Stories from Wednesday, October 11, 2023

100 years agoOct. 11, 1923 • Poplar Bluff’s 20th monthly Sales Day will be held Wednesday, Oct. 17. The sale will begin with merchandise being sold first, then livestock being auctioned. One of Sales Day’s pleasant features will be a guessing contest to guess how many grains of corn will a hog eat in five minutes. The winner will receive a registered Duroc Jersey gilt...

Dr. Cathy Hicks from Hicks Animal Hospital recently attended the Missouri Veterinary Medical Association’s Fall Equine Dentistry Lecture and Wet Lab in Union, Missouri. The course was held Sept. 29 through Oct. 1, at the Missouri Humane Society’s Longmeadow Rescue Ranch and offered 18.5 hours of state licensing board-approved continuing education...

Poplar Bluff saw four new residential construction projects in September, along with eight commercial additions and remodels. The city of Poplar Bluff Planning Department reports that 21 building permits were issued in September, with a work value of almost $1 million...

Dr. Michael Lim, an interventional cardiologist, has joined the medical staff of Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, according to a press release from the hospital. Lim will join the practice of Regional Physician Services in the Cardiovascular Institute of Southern Missouri. ...

Local restaurant La Torcia Brick Oven Pizza will be hosting a visit from America’s Best Restaurants next week. America’s Best Restaurants, a national media and marketing company focusing on bringing attention to local, independently-owned restaurants, will bring its ABR Roadshow to the restaurant on Friday, Oct. 20...

Judy (Floyd) Crafford was born Aug. 10, 1944, in Dent County, Missouri to Omer and Beulah (Holland) Floyd. She passed away Oct. 7, 2023, at Stonecrest Care Center in Viburnum, Missouri at the age of 79. Judy graduated from Licking High School in 1963. ...

With fall in full swing, it is little surprise to see fall and Halloween-themed events featured in this week’s MAIN EVENT. The Greenville Jack O’Lantern Jubilee begins a three-weekend run this Saturday at the Greenville Recreation area at Lake Wappapello. This exciting event is for kids of all ages and will feature area businesses, groups, agencies along with other ghosts and goblins. Campers also will decorate their campsites and welcome trick-or-treaters...

MOREHOUSE — A 23-year-old Malden man was killed Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle accident near Morehouse. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Gabriel G. Massey, 19, of Sikeston was operating a 2006 Ford F-150 pickup southbound at 6:25 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of U.S. Highway 60 and Highway E south of Morehouse when it failed to yield and struck an eastbound 2012 Nissan Altima operated by Steven W. Childers II, 23, of Malden...

A significant number of deer were harvested in Ripley County compared to other portions of the area in the state’s new firearms early antlerless portion of deer season. Ripley saw 437 deer harvested Oct. 6-8, according to preliminary numbers from the Missouri Department of Conservation...

Free and minimal cost dental care is being offered through Saturday at a Dexter church. A.T. Still University-Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health and its partners have set up at Lighthouse Church, providing care from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday...

The holiday of Halloween dates back to more than 2,000 years. Some sources say Halloween rituals used to be geared towards finding a husband, while others claim that immigrants helped to popularize the holiday within the U.S. There are even reports that sugar rationing during World War II temporarily paused trick-or-treating for children. ...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT An employee at J.W. Walker and Sons reported at 10:32 a.m. Monday, Oct. 9, a white male brought stolen scrap metal to the yard. The metal was reportedly stolen from bins on Nortek property at 1747 Cravens Road. _ A white 2011 Jeep sport utility vehicle was towed from the scene of an accident at 11:42 a.m. Monday, Oct. 9, after it was determined the vehicle was not insured. Driver Moslynn Bunglick was issued a traffic ticket for no insurance and released...