Stories from Thursday, October 20, 2022

DUNKLIN COUNTY — A bridge at Highway J near Glennonville in Dunklin County will be out of commission until early summer 2023, a Missouri Department of Transportation specialist said Thursday. District Bridge Engineer for the Southwest District Ed Hess said soil erosion at the bridge site is the culprit...

Betty L. Trunnell, (nee Roland) of Collinsville, Illinois, passed away Oct. 17, 2022. Born to Maggie Belle (Duncan) and John Truman Roland of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, April 4, 1934, the seventh of eight children (Robert Otho, William Franklin, Nola Mae, Emma Lee, Bryl, John Jr. and Flora Gene)...

Donald Glenn Stone, 89, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. He was born in Butler County, Missouri, on March 5, 1933, to the late Joseph Manford Stone and Ruby Mae (Montgomery) Stone. He was a lifelong member of Black Creek Missionary Baptist Church...

Amy Lynn Pullum, 46, of Williamsville, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, unexpectedly in her sleep. Amy was born on Sept. 29, 1976, to James Leroy Jarvis Jr. and Francis Arlene Pullum in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. They both preceded her in death. Amy has been lovingly taken care of by her other parents, her Aunt Linda and Uncle Steve Hewlett for the past 20 years...

Denver “Curt” Skaggs, 75, of Piedmont, died Wednesday, Oct. 19, at his residence. Visitation is at 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 21, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral service is at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 22, also in the Piedmont Chapel. Burial following in Grassy Cemetery, with full military honors...

The Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, 420 N. Main St., invites residents back to the Craft Fair from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, Admission is free. The Julia Kraft Guild Craft and Bazaar will begin serving lunch at 11 a.m. “Relax with us with a bowl of chili, cream of broccoli or beans and ham soup,” said Carla Aldridge, president of Julia Kraft Guild...

Poplar Bluff Police Department officers are investigating alleged threats made against the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center facility and/or their staff today, said PBPD Chief Mike McClain. “The hospital reported that they had received information of threats against their facility and/or their staff,” McClain said. “Officers were dispatched and began an investigation. Patrol officers and detectives, with little to go on, began chasing leads in an attempt to locate the suspect.”...

More improvements are planned, announced Rodgers Theatre board members during their annual fundrasier banquet Thursday. Restore the Rodgers was held at the Black River Coliseum with about 200 guests in attendance. Wally Duncan, board president, praised the Downtown Poplar Bluff resurgence and renovations...