Stories from Wednesday, October 5, 2022

CAPE GIRARDEAU – A former Piedmont police officer has been indicted and accused of violating the civil rights of two people and then lying to the FBI about it. Woodrow Massa, 66, of Wayne County was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau on two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law and two counts of lying to the FBI, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office...

Welcome to the MAIN EVENT, the Daily American Republic's guide to upcoming area events. See our Thursday print and digital editions for a weekly update on local activities. Don’t see your event? Let us know what you’ve got coming up and we’ll add it. Just email dailyamericanrepublic@gmail.com...

FREE ACCESS Community calendar events for October. Saturday, Oct. 1 Sunday, Oct. 2 Monday, Oct. 3 • 7 p.m. A.A. Poplar Bluff Serenity Group, 506 E. Pine St., closed meeting. Contact: 573-714-2768. • 7-8 p.m. True Vine Recovery Support Group for substance abuse and addiction. will meet at VFW Hall on Richardson Street, Puxico...

Chandrea Gilmore, 49, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 8:07 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, during a traffic stop on North Westwood Boulevard on a Wayne County warrant for failure to appear on a charge of passing a bad check and a Butler County warrant for failure to appear on non-support. She was booked into the Butler County jail...

Missouri has over 100 JAG programs in 74 schools. State First Lady Teresa Parsons continued her tour of those in the Ozark region by visiting Van Buren High School on Tuesday, Oct. 4, telling students to seize opportunities. Parsons and her husband Gov. ...

Harold Lee Condray, 85, of Ellsinore, Missouri, died Monday, Oct. 3, 2022 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. A visitation will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022 in the McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellsinore with the graveside service at 1 p.m. in the in the Owl Roost Cemetery in Ellsinore. Rev. Russell Chitwood will be officiating...

Willa “Marie” Middleton, 88, of Jackson, formerly of Piedmont, died Monday, Oct. 3, at St. Francis Hospital, Cape Girardeau. Visitation is at 5 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral service is at noon Friday, Oct. 7, at Fountain of Life Tabernacle, in Jackson. Burial is at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

VAN BUREN — Ozark National Scenic Riverways will be conducting two managed deer hunts in October at Big Spring. To ensure public safety, portions of the Big Spring area will be temporarily closed Oct. 7-9 and Oct. 21-23. These hunting opportunities are being extended to two special groups of the nation’s population, our youth and our military service members with permanent mobility impairments. ...

Knowing how to score a set of antlers can make a memorable hunt even more meaningful. Even if a set of antlers does not break a record (which it probably won’t), antler scoring gives deer and elk hunters and their family members another way to remember a special hunting trip...

Fields of Faith returned to Poplar Bluff on Oct. 5 with a tailgate party, music and a message about miracles from a local coach who made a stunning recovery from an accident. Churches, schools and families all brought kids to Poplar Bluff Junior High football arena for Field of Faith...