Stories from Thursday, November 3, 2022

One person is in custody after a Poplar Bluff man was shot multiple times early Thursday morning. The victim was airlifted to a St. Louis hospital, officials said. Updates on his condition were not available as of 11 a.m. Thursday. Officers were dispatched just after 5 a.m. Thursday to the 400 block of South Seventh Street in reference to a subject who had been shot, said Poplar Bluff Police Chief Mike McClain...

Mary Ellen Collier, daughter of the late LT Williams and Helen Porter Williams was born Dec. 18, 1946, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed of this life Nov. 2, 2022, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 75 years. Mary was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church in Dexter and a resident of Dexter. ...

United Methodist Women in Faith are not allowing COVID to stop them from raising money for their mission projects. While they are not having the traditional holiday bazaar, they will have Granny’s Attic, Saturday, Nov. 12, in the Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church, 500 N. Main St. The doors will open at 8 a.m. and close at 2 p.m...

Dena Ann Wright, 75, of Qulin, Missouri, died Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, at her residence in Qulin. Mrs. Wright was born April 21, 1947, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, daughter of the late Ernest “Ebb” and Delores Maxine Martin. Dena was an avid lover of horses and German Shepherds. She also enjoyed playing pool and drinking a cold beer...