Stories from Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Poplar Bluff police made contact Monday with two men believed to be suspects from a car chase. Corning, Arkansas, police engaged in a high-speed chase northbound on Highway 67 early Monday morning, which ended when the suspect vehicle crashed in Poplar Bluff. One occupant was arrested, Nathaniel Garrett, 21, of Florissant. Three others escaped on foot...

A Dexter branch manager is being promoted to executive vice president and chief credit officer for Farmer Credit Southeast Missouri. Mark Zabelin joined Farm Credit Southeast Missouri as a loan officer in 2003 at the Dexter branch, and was promoted to senior loan officer in 2012. Since 2017, he has served as vice president and branch manager at the Dexter office...

Janis Marie Hawkins Dust, 75, of Sikeston, Missouri passed away peacefully in her home March 18, 2024. She was born Feb. 4, 1949, in Randolph County, Arkansas, to the late Eskine and Laura Stacy Hawkins. Janis was a proud member of Poplar Bluff Garden Club. Her favorite pastimes were working in her flower gardens and spending time with her grandchildren...

Ruby Jewell Templemire, 96, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2024, at Arcadia Health & Rehab in Pensacola, Florida, with her daughter by her side. Ruby was born Dec. 30, 1927, to William and Cleada (Stucker) Scates in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She married Harry Templemire Aug.3, 1947, in Pocahontas, Arkansas, after his return from WWII...

Marilyn Jo Ann Turner, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri went home to be with the Lord March 16, 2024, with her family by her side, in Poplar Bluff. Jo Ann was born Jan. 1, 1941, to Everett and Irene Coleman in Potosi, Missouri. She married Kirby Turner Jan. 1, 1988, in Poplar Bluff...

Southeast Missouri will be a main attraction for the 2024 total solar eclipse. An event like this comes with many questions, one in particular: what is a solar eclipse? Eugene Vale and Jo Schaper with Geo Communications Services were invited to the Wappapello Bill Emerson Memorial Visitor Center to demonstrate the answer and educate the public.

The weekend leading up to the eclipse will be busy and full of different events, concerts and performances of various types, but don’t take the advice of ZZ Top — avoid a pair of cheap sunglasses.

Nominated by their fellow teachers and students, the Neelyville School District honored four individuals as teachers of the year, three of whom have taught for 24 years. Crystal Gillespie of Hillview Elementary, Amy Hays of Neelyville Elementary, Billie Foust of Neelyville Junior High, and Lisa French of Neelyville High School earned the recognition.

The administrator of Westwood Hills Healthcare reported at 8:30 a.m. Monday, March 18, a theft had occurred at the facility. It was determined the compressor had been stolen from an air conditioner March 16. _ An employee of J.C. Penney reported at 6:26 p.m. Monday, March 18, a male subject had shoplifted from the business. There was a video of the incident...

A decision looms for the historic Poplar Bluff Post Office in 1974, and citizens aren’t letting the building go down without a fight. Alternate proposals and a heavily signed petition were presented at the most recent city council meeting.