Stories from Thursday, April 20, 2023

At 6:20 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to a residence in the 400 block of North C Street for a report of shots fired, according to a press release from the Poplar Bluff Police Department. As officers secured the scene, Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center called and said two adult males were brought to the Emergency Room for treatment of gunshot wounds, officers reported. One of the subjects was said to be in critical condition, and he was transported to a hospital in St Louis...

Dorothy Hover Atwell of Neelyville passed away, April 18, 2023, at Cedargate Nursing Home with Legacy Hospice from complications of COVID. Dorothy was born to John A. Hover and Purma Morrow Hover Jan. 8, 1939, at Taft, Missouri. She graduated from Neelyville High School in 1957 and married her high school sweetheart, Johnny Charles Atwell, Sr. They were married 59 years and 11 months...

Wanda Louise Graham Plemmons Bean, 95, of St. Charles, Missouri, formerly of Poplar Bluff, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, surrounded by family. Wanda was born Nov. 9, 1927, in Peach Orchard, Arkansas. ...

Harlan B. Russell, 69, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 500 Highway NN, Poplar Bluff...

Catherine Moore Almond of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, peacefully passed away with her devoted daughter by her side on the evening of April 18, 2023. Catherine was born on Feb. 15,1933, to William and Nettie Lee (Campbell) Moore in Hope, Arkansas. Catherine was a retired homemaker. ...

A wildfire located approximately one mile south of Van Buren kept volunteers in the area busy on Friday. According to Curt Majors, Carter County Emergency Management Director, the land that caught fire was privately owned. “Essentially we got a report of quite a bit of smoke in town,” explained Majors. “We went out and investigated and had to walk in a few miles to find the fire, but it was not a controlled burn or intentional fire. It was definitely lit by someone and left.”...

John Joseph Mureno, 59, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Tuesday April 18, 2023. He was of Italian and Irish descent, both sets of grandparents immigrated from their native counties. He was born Jan. 7, 1964, in Poplar Bluff, to George and Gertrude Mureno...

Shirley Ann Thomson, 65, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Thursday, April 20, 2023, at her residence.

Ozark Border Electric Cooperative offered a course on electrical safety for first responders on Wednesday. The course covered potential hazards related to electricity during emergency response situations, such as downed power lines, vehicle accidents, and home and business fires...

Vickie Sue Lindsey, 69, of Malden died Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Hard work combined with the help of a platinum donor made it possible for Southeast Missouri 4-H members to join teens from across the U.S. at Ignite by 4-H in Washington, D.C. For several youth, the recent event was their first time to fly. With the cost of $1,400 a person, Wayne County youth program associate Davida Pedigo said, “These kids worked very, very hard to raise the money. ...

Poplar Bluff Fire Department Poplar Bluff firefighters were dispatched shortly before midnight Tuesday, April 18, to 949 Robin Lane to assist Butler County EMS in making entry inside the home. According to Captain Bradley Jones, the occupant of the home had fallen and could not unlock the door. Firefighters had to remove the outer lock from a barred door and force the interior door. The two firefighters helped EMS prepare the patient for transport. The front door was secured...

Poplar Bluff police Tiffany Jones of Dexter was arrested at 3:40 p.m. on Thursday, April 20, at the probation/parole community supervision center located at 1441 Black River Industrial Park Road. Jones was booked on a Malden municipal warrant for contempt of court, with a $434 cash-only bond, and she was lodged in the Butler County jail...