Stories from Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Fifteen area schools have been awarded grants for project prom and graduation events. The $200 awards for student lock-in events come from the Southeast Coalition for Roadway Safety. Funding assists with event expenses such as location rental, food, or entertainment. Schools will also receive roadway safety educational items to share with students, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation...

A local gymnastics team excels at tournament by returning home with some hardware. The Xtreme Gymnastics competed at the Make It Count Spectacular gymnastics competition last weekend in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. During the tournament, the Xtreme Gymnastics walked away with a second-place team with the gold team, and the silver team finished in third place, the bronze team also placed fourth and several event champions and all-around champions. ...

Gwendolyn Drury, 97, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away March 4, 2024, at Westwood Hills Healthcare in Poplar Bluff. Gwen was born Sept. 16, 1926, to Jessie and Lilly (Hardin) Stanley in Poplar Bluff. She married Paul V. Drury Jr. Aug. 28, 1948, also in Poplar Bluff...

The Cape Girardeau Police Department has issued an Endangered Silver Advisory for a missing adult incident that occurred at 1809 Randol Ave, Cape Girardeau, MO at 11:45 AM on 03/06/2024. The endangered Silver Advisory missing adult is Jean C. Schoen, a white female, age 78, height 5’00, 102 lbs, gray hair, brown eyes. ...

A Fredericktown woman is in custody following a fatal shooting on Tuesday.

They approached their relationship with caution and exercised wisdom as a couple with every important decision, but Robert and Taylor Ice have learned that life is regularly full of surprises you can’t always plan for.

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Education and civics in Southeast Missouri lost an advocate when Joseph Victor (Joe) Knodell, 78, died Sunday, March 3.

Officers were called Tuesday, March 5, to an address on Maud Street in reference to a medical assist. Officers assisted and the subject was transported to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center _ A wallet was turned in Tuesday, March 5, to the front desk of the Poplar Bluff Police Department. Attempts to make contact with the owner of the wallet were unsuccessful and it was placed into evidence holding...

A century ago, two attempted murders in one day rocked Butler County: the first an ambush attack over money owed, and the second a drunken stabbing.

Poplar Bluff firefighters responded to a two-vehicle motor vehicle accident at 12:08 p.m. Friday, March 1, at 839 W. Pine Blvd. According to Battalion Chief Jeff Hale’s report, crews from two stations responded. When the crew from Station 1 arrived, everyone was out the vehicle and there were no injuries. Firefighters from station three were canceled. The first group stayed until the roadway was clear...