Stories from Friday, January 25, 2019

MALDEN — Mardi Gras is upon us and as the Cajun expression goes, “Laissez les bons temps rouler!” The good times will roll at the annual Bootheel Youth Museum’s Mardi Gras fundraiser at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. A warehouse behind the Museum will be transformed into a little slice of New Orleans complete with jazz music, Cajun seafood, King Cake and lots of fun...

After a year that saw more than 8,000 takeoffs and landings at the Poplar Bluff Municipal Airport, officials have turned their attention to an outdated masterplan and how to prepare for future growth. The year-long process to update the masterplan is being paid for with a grant of approximately $200,000 from the Missouri Department of Transportation, and about $15,000 in city money...

Three Rivers College community theater group, Center Stage, is accepting proposals from potential directors for the 2019-20 season and will hold auditions for an upcoming musical. Open auditions will be held for “Clue The Musical” from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Feb. 4 and 5 at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center on the campus of Three Rivers College...

PIEDMONT, Mo. — Edgar Eugene ‘Gene’ Jackson, 93, of Piedmont, died Wednesday, Jan. 23 at Missouri State Veterans Home, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 27 at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m., also at the Piedmont chapel with Pastor Richard Sanders officiating. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery in Piedmont with full military honors. Online condolences can be made at www.rueggfuneralhomes.com...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Mary Newman, 83, of Poplar Bluff died Thursday, January 24, 2019 at Westwood Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born July 28, 1935 in Kennett, Mo. to the late Charles A. Long and Opal Collins Long. Mary was a long time resident of Butler County. She was a member of the South Side Assembly of God Church...

MALDEN, Mo. — Phillip E. Brock, 78, of Malden, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 at Southeast Hospital of Stoddard County in Dexter, Mo. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 25 at the Landess Chapel in Malden. The funeral will be at 1 p..m., Saturday, Jan. 26 at the Landess Funeral Home Chapel in Malden with Mr. James Powell officiating. Burial will be in the Rosewood First Addition Cemetery in Malden. Landess Funeral Home of Malden is in charge of arrangements...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. – Charlotte Sue Smith, 62, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died January 23, 2019 at her residence. Arrangements are pending with Fitch-Hillis Funeral Home.

PIEDMONT, Mo. — Donna Jean Fisher, 77, of Piedmont, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 at her residence. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 26 at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont. The funeral will follow in the chapel at 2 p.m. Cremation will follow services. Online condolences can be made at www.rueggfuneralhomes.com...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Vida Lucille Schalk, age 94, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, at Oakdale Caring Center. Vida was born to the late Delbert and Lucy (Roe) Stroud, on Jan. 3, 1925. She was raised in the Rombauer and Broseley area...

City firefighters responded at 1:03 a.m. Friday to an alarm at the 817 W. Victor St. residence occupied by Patrick Oxley. It was investigation only. ———— City firefighters responded at 7:42 p.m. Thursday to a report of a shed fire on Woodrow Street...

Over 100 people were in attendance at the Malden Community Center Friday afternoon to honor and celebrate rockabilly legend Narvel Felts.

“Poetry is my passion,” explains professional performer Slava Kuznetsov. “I write some original compositions, but it is poetry that stirs my musical creativity. When I read a poem that moves me emotionally, I express those emotions through music.” The story of Slava Kuznetsov and his journey from remote Siberia, Russia, to Poplar Bluff, Missouri is one of luck, hard work, coincidence, fate and romance — heavy on the romance...