Stories from Monday, September 18, 2023

Mary Jane Atchison, 82, of Williamsville, Missouri, died Saturday, Sept.16, 2023 at Oakdale Care Center, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Mrs. Atchison was born June 18, 1941 in Broseley, Missouri, daughter of the late Ralph Ernest and Mary May Norden. She was a member of Highland Drive Church of Christ. She had formerly worked in their family business, Four A Enterprise at Williamsville for 28 years...

Orby Willard of Campbell died Friday at Campbell Healthcare & Senior Living in Campbell.

Allen V. Moore Jr., 76, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri was ushered into heaven Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. Allen was born May 3, 1947, in Poplar Bluff, to Allen V. Moore, Sr. and Merle M. (Stucker) Moore. Allen served in the Army and spent 13 months on the DMZ in Korea. ...

Joseph B. Coble, 36, of Greenville, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He was born Jan. 6, 1987, in Poplar Bluff to Aubry Clifford Coble and Kathi Ebert. Joe was a lifetime resident of Greenville. He enjoyed working on anything with a motor, hunting, fishing; he loved riding his Harley, spending time with his dogs and family...

A Dudley man was killed and a Malden man was seriously injured in a pair of weekend crashes in Southeast Missouri, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Noah B. Rushing, 22, of Dudley died Sunday in a truck crash north of Dudley, while David A. Reeves, 57, of Malden was seriously injured in an ATV accident west of Malden...

The ninth SEMO Con, a regional anime, fantasy, sci-fi, gaming and comic convention, brought a multi-dimensional element to the city of Poplar Bluff last weekend. Event organizer and coordinator Christopher Pense hoped the three-day event would bring between 1,000 and 2,000 guests over the weekend...

DONIPHAN, Mo. — Doniphan will celebrate Veteran’s Day with a groundbreaking at Heritage Park to honor more than 120 former service members. The community is creating a Veteran’s Walk. The names of 121 soldiers and one deputy who were killed in the line of duty will be memorialized in granite. Each engraved 8-by-12-inch slate will also include the conflict which cost that honoree their life...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Jamie L. Ketherside, 36, of Wappapello was arrested at 6:55 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15. in Wayne County on suspicion of DWI (alcohol). She was booked at the Wayne County jail on a 12-hour hold. _ Alana J. Wilson, 29, of Bloomfield was arrested at 7:05 p.m. ...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Bill Howard reported at 11:54 a.m. Friday, Sept. 15, an incident involving the door to an outbuilding at his residence in the 700 block of North Ninth Street. _ Leslie Hathaway reported at 1:08 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15, houseguests stole a large sum of cash from her purse...