Stories from Friday, December 8, 2023

Seniors citizens of Poplar Bluff Housing are invited to learn about health, financial wellness and more while experiencing a little Christmas cheer at Surviving the Holidays, an event by the Poplar Bluff Housing Authority in the Twin Towers Apartments Community Room. Festivities are 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday...

The Christmas Tree Forest will be open from 1-4 p.m. Sundays through the end of the year at the Poplar Bluff History Museum. A holiday tradition for the museum, it will also be open on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, according to organizers. Winners have been announced for this year’s displays, which were decorated under the theme “Silver Bells.”...

Jack Edward McDowell, 71, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. He was born Feb. 11, 1952, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri to Jack Carl McDowell and Helen (Hampton) McDowell. Jack was a lifetime resident of Poplar Bluff. He was a member of Palace of Praise Church. He enjoyed fishing, woodcrafts, working in his yard and landscaping. He loved to spend time with his family...

A wreath laying ceremony will be held Saturday, Dec. 16, at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The Poplar Bluff Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution have spent the past months fundraising to be able to bring this special recognition for veterans to Poplar Bluff for the first time...

Venita Monehan, 85, passed away Dec. 3, 2023, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She leaves behind family and friends grieving over their loss but rejoicing that she is now with her Heavenly Father for all eternity. Venita was born in Broseley, Missouri, May 10, 1938, to Carl and Maudie Mohr. She was one of six children and grew up and attended school in Broseley. She married the love of her life, William Leon Monehan, in Hernando, Mississippi in 1956...

Orville Bridges, 84, of Patterson, Missouri, died Wednesday, Dec. 6, on his farm in Patterson. Visitation is at 5 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 10, at Tabernacle Baptist Church, Piedmont. Funeral is at 11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 11, also at Tabernacle Baptist Church. Burial following in Patterson Cemetery, Patterson...

Florence “Boots” Haag, 89, of Fredericktown, Missouri, formerly of Broseley, Missouri, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 at Stockhoff Memorial Nursing Home, in Fredericktown. Mrs. Haag was born June 29, 1934 in Bernie, Missouri, daughter of the late William and Lula Rena Clark...

POPLAR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT Poplar Bluff firefighters responded at 3:10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, to a report of a fire alarm sounding at the Poplar Bluff Junior High School, 550 N. Westwood Blvd. According to Battalion Chief Stacy Harmon, while the four firefighters were in route they were advised a maintenance worker had hit the pull station with a ladder and caused the alarm to sound. ...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Pamela Blackwood reported at 10:57 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, her red 2016 Kia Soul was stolen from her residence in the 800 block of Foley Street. The stolen vehicle was later seen on the parking lot at Save-A-Lot at 451 Highway 53. ...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Heather M. Godair, 34, of Kennett was arrested at 4:55 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, on a Kennett Police Department warrant for failure to appear for no insurance and a Dunklin County warrant for failure to appear for no seat belt. She was booked at the Dunklin County jail...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The dangerous bacteria that sparked powdered formula recalls and shortages last year has infected two babies this year, killing a Kentucky child and causing brain damage in a Missouri infant. Federal health officials confirmed Thursday that two cases of invasive infections caused by cronobacter sakazakii have been reported in 2023, both in infants who consumed powdered infant formula made by Abbott Nutrition, the company at the center of the 2022 crisis...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The dangerous bacteria that sparked powdered formula recalls and shortages last year has infected two babies this year, killing a Kentucky child and causing brain damage in a Missouri infant. Federal health officials confirmed Thursday that two cases of invasive infections caused by cronobacter sakazakii have been reported in 2023, both in infants who consumed powdered infant formula made by Abbott Nutrition, the company at the center of the 2022 crisis...