Stories from Friday, May 3, 2019

Joseph Sterling Ford and Alicia Dawn March, of Dexter, Mo., announce the birth of their twin boys, Garrett Lee Ford and Grant Sterling Ford. The babies were born on April 6, 2019 at Saint Francis Healthcare Family BirthPlace in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Garrett was born at 2:23 p.m. weighing 5-pounds, 9-ounces and was 19 inches long. Grant was born at 2:24 p.m. weighing 4-pounds, 1-ounce and was 17 inches...

Rev. James ‘Albert’ Wood was born Dec 4, 1932 in Taskee, MO. He went home to be with the Lord May 1, 2019 at St. Francis Hospital, Cape Girardeau, MO, after a vehicle accident. He graduated from Greenville High school in 1950 and attended Columbia Bible Seminary in Columbia, SC,...

MALDEN, Mo. ­— Tom Downing, 78, of Malden, died Friday, May 3, 2019 at Ridgeview Nursing Home in Malden. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 6 at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will follow at 1 p.m. at Bradshaw Chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden...

Poplar Bluff was forever changed on May 9, 1927. A tornado hit the City at 3:13 p.m. and brought destruction, killing 86 persons and destroying much of the city from Park Avenue to across the river on the East Side. Many stories of those who survived and the sadness of those who left this town to never return are a part of our memories...

Two additions have been made to the Friends of the Margaret Harwell Sculpture Garden. The pieces will be recognized during a special reception from 6-8 p.m. May 17 at the museum. The first is a piece called “Bobby-Soxer” by local sculptor Ralph Freer. It was originally created from wood and then fabricated in aluminum by another area resident, Lee Cotrell, said museum Director Steve Whitworth...

Poplar Bluff native and Emmy Award-winning creator, writer and producer Linda Bloodworth Thomason was one of four notable University of Missouri alumni recognized with the Jefferson Club Golden Quill Alumni Excellence Awards recently. Their names were unveiled on the Jesse Hall Notable Alumni Wall in the south entrance of the building...

Twin Rivers High School senior Blake Bleem has always been an A Honor Roll student and made good grades. Once getting a taste of academic success, he decided to keep it going throughout his school years, ultimately landing him the top spot among the TRHS class of 2019 as valedictorian...

The aroma of BBQ filled the streets of downtown Poplar Bluff on Friday evening as 21 teams fired up their grills and prepared to cook into the night. The Downtown Poplar Bluff BBQ Street Wars tripled the number of teams in its second year from seven to 21, said DPB Director Jerrica Fox...

This week marks the 92nd anniversary of the darkest day in Poplar Bluff’s history when a massive tornado ripped through the city. In 1927 there was no warning of the impending danger and little time to seek shelter. Today with advances in technology and forecasting, we are fortunate to have warnings when and where severe weather will strike. ...

City firefighters responded at 3:54 p.m. Thursday, May 2, to a motor-vehicle crash in the 900 block of North Westwood Boulevard. According to the report, firefighters checked the for injuries. ———— City firefighters responded at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 2, to a motor-vehicle crash in the 2500 block of North Westwood Boulevard...