Stories from Monday, April 17, 2023

Shane Cornman will serve as Poplar Bluff’s mayor for the next year after a vote Monday by the newly seated city council. The Ward 4 representative was nominated and approved by a vote of the council, with Ward 2 representative Jerrica Fox selected as mayor pro tem...

Wappapello Lake – April 14, 2023: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake has canceled the drawdown and dewatering scheduled for the 2023 periodic inspection of the dam, dikes, gatehouse, spillway and other related structures. The lake will no longer be lowered for dewatering of the dam...

Janice Bellina, 76, passed away on April 9 at her residence in Rockledge, Florida. Janice was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri to Eugene and Louise Stuart Dec. 16, 1946. She was a graduate of Fisk-Rombauer High School and retired from Southwestern Bell...

Clarence “Howard” Counts, 93, of Piedmont died Sunday, April 16, at Clark’s Mountain Nursing Center. Visitation is at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 22, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral service is at 3 p.m., also in the Piedmont Chapel. Burial is in Peachtree Cemetery, Piedmont...

Woodrow Leonard Farr, 86, of Malden died Friday, April 14, 2023 at Ridgeview Living Community in Malden.

Susan Fortenberry, 62, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away April 15, 2023 at Cedargate Healthcare in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Susan was born June 9, 1960 to Harold and Patricia Baker in San Antonio, Texas. She married Mike Fortenberry, he survives...

Poplar Bluff Police Department At 3:02 p.m. Sunday, April 16, police responded to a medical emergency at a residence on Wallace Street. Due to the unavailability of an ambulance, the child in medical distress and a parent were transported to the hospital by patrol car...