Stories from Sunday, May 21, 2023

Westwood Baptist Church is giving back to the community with a Red Cross Blood Drive from 1-5 p.m. June 5. Westwood Baptist Church is located at 419 County Road 5321, Poplar Bluff. For more information or to make a donation appointment, call 1-800-733-27667 or sign up online at redcrossblood.org with the sponsor code Westwood Baptist Church...

The staff at Current River Nursing Center all know that if you ask 100-year-old resident Kathleen Woolard a question, she’ll have a quick answer. More often than not, she’ll say something witty or unexpected, then chuckle. On her best days, Miss Kathleen proves that her sense of humor is very much still intact. Asked about her amazing longevity during a recent interview, she shrugged and said, “You just go on, one year after another. That’s the way it goes.”...

Poplar Bluff Police Officers responded at 9 a.m. Friday, May 19, to a domestic disturbance at a residence in the 1200 block of Mulberry Street. The parties separated before officer arrival, and neither wanted to press charges, according to the report...