Stories from Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Advances in agricultural technology serve one purpose: Efficiency. Behemoth machines traverse fields — mostly by themselves. Sensors track myriad elements, from soil density to crop moisture. Drones are even in the mix, in some instances. Each type of technology wrings out every possible efficiency to increase yields, lower input costs and conserve resources...

In a display of community and environmental stewardship, volunteers with AmeriCorps Seniors came together Saturday for the third annual Current River Clean-Up event. It was held in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. The event, which coincides with the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, not only honors the memory of those lost but also underscores the unity and spirit of helping one another that characterized that challenging time, according to organizers...

The 91st Annual Missouri Mid-South Gospel Music Singing Convention is coming to Poplar Bluff, presenting residents with the chance to enjoy two nights of live gospel music celebration. It will be held at New Covenant Fellowship Church at 3396 Kanell Blvd. Eight special guest performers will appear at 6:30 p.m. each night Friday and Saturday...

Southeast Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s 2023 Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for its commitment to improving outcomes for patients with heart failure, the hospital announced in a press release...

Three Rivers College will hold a ribbon cutting at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 19 for its new Manufacturing Tech Lab at its Sikeston location. The Manufacturing Tech Lab will host all manufacturing technology programming and workforce customized training on the second floor of the Three Rivers – Sikeston location at 1400 S. Main St. in Sikeston. This includes robotics, AC/DC training, programmable logistics and more...

David Clark Dowler, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Monday Sept. 11, 2023, in his home. He was born July 9, 1938, in Winterset, Iowa to Clark B. Dowler and Mariam (Cosand) Dowler. David enjoyed fishing and hunting. David is survived by his wife: Lynn Dowler; one son: Ethan Dowler of Pueblo, Colorado; one daughter: Deanna Lynn Nelson of Ann Arbor, Michigan; one sister: Ann Newberry of Winterset, Iowa; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. ...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 13-year-old boy sustained morderate injuries in a one-vehicle accident at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, on County Road 535, 8 miles north of Poplar Bluff. According to the report, Deloriss E. Milam, 35, of Poplar Bluff was operating a 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan southbound when it crossed the center of the road and struck a northbound 2022 Dodge Ram 3500 pickup operated by Dale D. Fry, 40, of Poplar Bluff...

Just a few weeks away from completion of exterior renovations to the marquee and Rodgers Theatre has hit — or rather been hit by — another bump in the road. A semi-truck scraped the newly replaced red metal wrapping around the base of the iconic rounded marquee around 8 a.m. Tuesday...