Stories from Wednesday, November 1, 2023

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Joyce Walmsley, 37, of Poplar Bluff was booked at 8:40 a.m. Monday, Oct. 30, on a Poplar Bluff municipal warrant for failure to appear on a traffic offense. Walmsley was unable to post bond, but she was released on her own recognizance...

Three Rivers College is now offering a Surgical Technology program to help meet local employment needs for healthcare providers and to train students to meet those needs. The application deadline for the new Surgical Technology program at Three Rivers is Dec. 1...

Casey’s has celebrated the grand opening of a new location at 700 Highway 53. “At Casey’s, our purpose is to make the lives of our guests and communities better each day,” said Darren Rebelez, Casey’s president and chief executive officer. “We’re excited to welcome our neighbors to our new stores...”...

Delta Companies Inc. has presented a $5,000 check to the Poplar Bluff Kiwanis Club to help pay for new, all-inclusive playground equipment at Kiwanis Bacon Park. From left: Steve Whitworth, Kathy Brittingham and Brian Taylor of Kiwanis, Dan Crites of Delta Companies and Steve Halter of the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce...

Flooring Direct celebrates its new ownership with a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, Oct. 25. Eva Grace Murphy center, cuts the ribbon. Behind her are Jarrod and Beth Murphy, pictured at center, took over the business from Kyle Pridy at the beginning of the month. Among the crowd are community members, members of the Murphy family and employees...

Mid-Continent Steel and Wire donated a stove on Thursday, Oct. 19, to the Independent Living class at Poplar Bluff High School. Students will use the new stove to bake cookies, muffins and other pastries when operating the coffee cart each week in order to build social skills through service as well as help develop cooking abilities, according to faculty...

Wednesday, Nov. 1 • 7 p.m. A.A. Poplar Bluff Serenity Group, 506 E. Pine St., closed meeting. • 10 a.m. Domestic Violence Support Group, Haven House. • 9-10 a.m. ILCSEMO Arthritis Land Exercises Classes (free), Twin Towers Senior Center activity room...

Don’t see your event? Let us know what you’ve got coming up and we’ll add it. Just email dailyamericanrepublic@darnews.com --- — Bicycle giveaway, through Nov. 2 WHERE Butler County Health Department, 1619 N. Main St. COST Free. WHAT The Butler County Health Department has a bicycle giveaway with free entry until Nov. 2. For more information, call 573-785-8478 EXT. 215...

Gary Benjamin Silman of Naylor, Missouri, passed away Oct. 31, 2023, at his residence. He was born March 16, 1944, at Tallapoosa, Missouri to the late Benjamin Franklin Silman and Pauline Belle “Beegle” Silman. On June 23, 1963, at Portageville, Missouri, he was married to Bernice Silkwood. She survives...

Ronald Ardell Pullum, 74, of Wappapello, Missouri, passed away Oct. 26, 2023 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center , Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Ronald was born on July 10, 1949 to Orla and Juryline Elizabeth (Hoxworth) Pullum in St. Louis, Missouri. He married Sandra (Pierce) Sept. 16, 2016. She survives...

The beginning of November features a diverse list of happenings in this week’s MAIN EVENT. The third annual Quilt Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at 300 S. Main St. in Downtown Poplar Bluff. This event is sponsored by the Poplar Bluff Historic Train Depot. There will be raffles, a silent auction and vendors, with prizes awarded for Best in Show and the top three places voted by people’s choice...

Poplar Bluff police are searching for multiple suspects after two people were injured in an attempted forced home invasion early Wednesday morning. The incident occurred shortly after 4 a.m. in the 100 block of West Lexington Avenue, according to police reports...

100 years agoNov. 1, 1923 • Local architect M.J. Laubis was awarded the contract for furnishing plans, specifications and estimates of the cost for the new Neelyville High School when the school board met last night (Oct. 31). The new high school will be a four-room, two-story brick structure and cost $10,000. The building will be modern in most every detail, with the two rooms on the second floor having folding doors allowing the two rooms to be turned into an auditorium...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — Construction of a bypass around the city of Corning, Arkansas, is expected to start in 2025, as part of the next phase of future Interstate 57 as it crosses the Missouri border. A long-awaited decision on the route for that section of the corridor was released last week by the Arkansas Department of Transportation...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Jeremy Wethington reported Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 11:52 a.m. a contractor hired to replace his roof stole $2,500 given to him for the purchase of materials. _ Officers responded at 12:05 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, to a residence in the 800 block of Kinzer Street for a drug overdose. EMS administered Narcan and the victim improved. The victim was taken by ambulance to the emergency room...