Stories from Wednesday, October 2, 2019

The Fisk High School class of 1959 recently held its 60th reunion at Hickory Log restaurant in Dexter. Classmates in attendance were back row from left, J.D. Hicks, Dolly Monehan, Doy Foust, David Crain, Louise Bounds, Pansy McKinney and Curtis Brown. Shown front row from left, Rita Sue Bell, Peggy Kennedy and Edna Edwards...

The Poplar Bluff Walk to End Alzheimer’s will be Saturday in McLane Park and the organizers’ fundraising goal is $35,000. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. The opening will take place at 10 a.m. with the walk immediately following. “Last year, we had 253 individuals on 38 different teams participate,” said Jacob Farmer. “We expect the number to grow to over 300 this year, so please register and join us.”...

Poplar Bluff Police _ Daniel Gene Fennell, 58, of the 800 block of Warren, was arrested at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, at his home on a Madison County warrant for failure to appear on a charge of fourth degree domestic assault and a warrant for resisting arrest. He was booked at the Butler County jail...

QULIN — Pageants, a parade, contests, food and visiting with friends and neighbors will keep those attending the 28th annual Qulin Homecoming busy on Saturday. Qulin City Clerk Melissa Berger explains while the main festival events will be Saturday, activities will kick off with beauty pageants for girls ages birth through 15 years old at 6 p.m. Friday, at the Qulin Middle School...

_ City firefighters responded at 5:02 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, to a report of a fire at the 2535 Lee St. home owned by Kyle Pridy and occupied by Tim Lipsey. The occupant reported putting out a fire in the kitchen, and when firefighters arrived, they used a thermal imaging camera to check for hot spots. They also used a positive pressure fan to ventilate the home...

Roger Daggett, (right) of the Poplar Bluff Municipal Utilities, presents Randy Stallings (left) a watch in honor of Stallings' 27 years of service to the organiztion. Stallings began working for Municipal Utilities in 1992 as an operator/foreman.

In the coming days, motorists who travel along Highway PP west of Poplar Bluff will notice a new sign, welcoming them to the Mark Twain National Forest. The “portal sign,” as Poplar Bluff District Ranger Jon Stansfield described it, will welcome travelers to the forest on the west side of the city...

Though it’s still early in October, it’s time to break out your Halloween costume and head to Poplar Bluff’s Mark Twain Museum, 1010 N. Main St., Saturday for the fifth annual “Hocus Pocus Night at the Museum” Gala. “We’ll have a Halloween theme this year, and though costumes are optional, they are encouraged,” said event coordinator Emily Thurman...

DEXTER — John B. Stark Barney, 79, of O’Fallon, Mo., died Oct. 1, 2019 at NHC Healthcare in Town & Country, Mo. Visitation will be after 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3 at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. A graveside service will follow at 11 a.m. at the Dexter Cemetery in Dexter with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements...

Three Rivers College was honored to join the Rotary Club of Poplar Bluff at their meeting last week. Brody Moore, a student at Three Rivers and speaker at the meeting, was the recipient of the club’s annual scholarship award, which is awarded through the Three Rivers Endowment Trust.

During my student days at a UCLA economics department faculty/graduate student coffee hour in the 1960s, I was chatting with Professor Armen Alchian, probably the greatest microeconomic theory economist of the 20th century. I was trying to impress Alchian with my knowledge of statistical type I and type II errors. ...

“This is a very sad time for our country. There is no joy in this,” said Nancy Pelosi Saturday. “We must be somber. We must be prayerful. ... I’m heartbroken about it.” Thus did the speaker profess her anguish -- just four days after announcing that her Democratic House would conduct an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump...

Shirley Wells, 81, of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019 at Westwood Hills Heath Care Center. Arrangements are pending with Moore Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff .

DONIPHAN — Geraldine (Toot) Kernodle, Doniphan, died Oct. 1, 2019. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4 in the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel in Doniphan with the funeral service following at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Tucker Cemetery near Gatewood with Bro. Jared Baker officiating...

Fourteen teams fished Saturday’s Current River Smallmouth Association tournament at Van Buren. The tournament wrapped up the regular season for the organization, which will hold its annual Classic event on Oct. 12 at Doniphan. On Saturday, the team of Williams and Hoffman earned the top spot and the title of Anglers of the Year. They had a winning weight of 12.48 pounds, which included the day’s second-largest bass, weighing 3.12 pounds...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — With quail and pheasant-hunting season starting Nov. 1, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) advises hunters that quail and pheasant production appears better than expected despite harsh conditions last winter and flooding this spring...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. – Landowners can learn to use prescribed fire as a land management tool at a Prescribed Fire Workshop presented by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and Quail Forever at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Chamber of Commerce in Poplar Bluff. Prescribed fire is an ancient technique used to manage grasslands and old fields for forage production and improvement of wildlife habitat. Used first by Native Americans, the technique is now taught by MDC across the state...

A city fireworks license was granted Wednesday for a new event being held Saturday in Poplar Bluff. Pyrofest 2019 will be hosted by a pyrotechnics and fireworks club created last year to provide more information about safety, construction and shooting fireworks, according to members, who appeared before the council...

A Doniphan man was scheduled to be released Tuesday from a psychiatric ward and taken to the Wayne County Jail following a 15-mile vehicle pursuit Sept. 24 that closed U.S. Highway 160 for about 30 minutes near Ringo Ford. John Hill, 47, is charged with two felony counts of attempted second-degree assault, felony resisting arrest by fleeing, two misdemeanor counts of violating an order of protection and careless driving...

Three Rivers College’s annual FAFSA Frenzy is returning this month as a service to current and future college students. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is a tool used to determine a student’s eligibility for scholarships or loans to help pay for their classes...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Thomas J. Perry, 40, of Farmington was arrested at 11:35 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, on a felony warrant for Probation and Parole. He was booked at Wayne County Jail. _ A Fredericktown man was killed Tuesday in a two-vehicle accident on Highway 72, just west of Highway OO...