Stories from Friday, December 16, 2022

Mike Russell and Jon Shepherd are two of the most engaged neighbors in Wayne County. The men were proclaimed winners in the recent Good Neighbor Week event created by the Missouri University. Wayne County Extension staff said the contest was to generate what a “good neighbor” looks like by encouraging residents to submit names and acts of kindness to the University of Missouri...

MALDEN — Isaac Hampton calls Southeast Missouri home. But the lifelong Malden resident decided the time was right to take a chance. So this year, Hampton, a wiry, blue-eyed, 24-year-old embarked on what some might call the journey of a lifetime. He traded his day job as a legislative assistant at Jefferson City and the comforts of civilization for a backpack, hiking boots and the wilderness of the west coast...

This week’s MAIN EVENT happens in Doniphan on Dec. 22, when the community will come together to host a traditional Christmas meal for all residents. The Prospect-News reported this week donations started pouring in as soon as the idea was announced in the fall and now organizers Serra McCabe and Chasity Mathis are ready to help serve up a meal for the community, prepared by the community...

The Poplar Bluff R-I school board approved the annual audit report for the fiscal year 2022 at their December meeting. The audit report, presented by Jeff Stroder of the Cape Girardeau accounting firm Beussing, Hey, Roe & Stroder, found a clean opinion of the school district’s financial statements...

Marie Annette Bower was born Aug. 8, 1936 at her parents’ farm just outside of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Her parents were Oscar Lee Bower and Roberta Isabel Holman. She had four sisters and one brother. She was a natural beauty and the Basketball Queen for Broseley High School. She married Jerome T. Kenner, son of Perry Kenner and Ina Seymore. They married in a private ceremony on June 1, 1955 at the Kenner home in Poplar Bluff...

Six new graduates crossed the stage Wednesday at the Poplar Bluff Excel Center. Though the pandemic has dampened enrollment, the small group had big emotions as they accepted their diplomas. Their excitement was echoed by Excel Center staff, including new Superintendent Eric Knost...

Jean Jordan, daughter of the late James Lee and Beatrice Potts Lee, was born on July 7, 1938, in Hartford, Kentucky, and departed this life on Dec. 15, 2022, at her residence in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 84 years. Mrs. Jordan was a former employee of Schnucks in St. Louis, Missouri for 20 years. She was a member of the Poplar Bluff Eagles #3730, and past president of the Poplar Bluff Eagles Auxiliary...

The year 2022 has been a year of transition for the city of Poplar Bluff — and a changing of the guard, as several longtime city officials have called it career after decades of service. Joining that list is longtime Poplar Bluff Municipal Judge Dean Million, who announced Thursday he was retiring from the city bench at the end of this year after 20 years...

Poplar Bluff Police Department An employee at Poplar Bluff High School reported on Dec. 15 finding a threatening message written on the wall of a bathroom stall. The student who wrote the message was detained and was taken to the Juvenile Office. _ A 2004 Chevrolet Malibu was towed from the scene of a traffic stop Dec. 15 on North Second Street at Pine Street after the driver was unable to provide proof of insurance. The driver was released at the scene with traffic citations...