Stories from Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Dille Traxel Architecture, a commercial architectural firm in Poplar Bluff and Cape Girardeau announces Michael D. Pollard as a partner. Pollard joined Dille Traxel in 2014 as the senior project manager and has been involved in all aspects of the design and construction process, according to a press release. Pollard works well with clients, managing and guiding project design teams while presenting effective solutions and maintaining complex budgets, officials with the company report...

Poplar Bluff High School Student Council members will hold a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday. Community members are encouraged to participate and will be moved to the front of the line, according to organizers. “Red Cross is on donor appeal, meaning we’re in a shortage. We need all donors we can get,” said Eva Bedell, student council president. “We do a fall blood drive and a spring blood drive each year. Our goal for this fall drive is 200 donors.”...

Two area men were injured Tuesday in a three-vehicle accident involving a deer. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports more than half of deer strike crashes typically occur between October and December, with the largest portion in November. Tuesday’s accident occurred at 6:15 a.m., on U.S. 160, one mile west of Fairdealing...

Wayne County’s new conservation agent, Drew Miller, came to the region a month ago from the lush farm country of Northeast Missouri, but he’s already planning on making the region his home. “I like it,” Miller said of the area. “It’s very, very different.”...

The Poplar Bluff High School class of 1959 recently gathered for a 60th reunion. Shown front row from left, Shirley (Hickerson) Kneir; Jeannie (Burris) Wheeler; Linda (Brannum) Whelchel; Helen (Wilson) Felts; Martha (Campbell) Cornett; Phyllis (Squires) Trout; Joyce (Sweat) Julian; Judy (Litchnegger) Lee; Sue (Johnson) Scott; June (Stucker) Dye and Sandra (Flanakin) Ross...

The Poplar Bluff High School class of 1959 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Lemonade House Grille in Poplar Bluff. All class members, spouses and guests are invited to attend. For more information call 686-1019 or 718-5900.

Perfect weather conditions last weekend kept young deer hunters in the woods and strong rutting activity kept deer on the move, resulting in a stellar first segment of Missouri’s youth deer season. The state’s youngest deer hunters killed 18,158 deer during the two-day season, up significantly from the 13,645 taken a year ago...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Two Ripley County residents were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, on U.S. 160, one-half mile west of County Road 160W-17. According to the report, James S. Clayton, 27, of Doniphan was operating an eastbound 2004 Jeep Liberty, which was stopping for a cow in the road, and was struck in the rear by a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan being driven by Daniel L. Price, 52, of Alton...

Jeffery Scott Winters, 37, of Oxly was arrested at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, in the 300 block of North 10th Street on suspicion of first-degree trespassing. He was booked at the Butler County jail. _ William Heath Smith, 47, no address listed, was arrested at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the 2100 block of Summit on a municipal failure to appear warrant for second-degree trespassing. He was booked at the Butler County jail...

With Halloween in the past, the Neelyville R-IV elementaries are collecting unwanted candy to be sent to service members.

DEXTER ­— George Allan Frye, 65, of Dexter, died Nov. 5, 2019 in Dexter. Memorial service will be held at a late date, with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements. Online condolences: www.watkinsfuneralhome.com

Seven were arrested Wednesday morning as local, state and federal officers began serving arrest warrants on nearly 20 who had been indicted for such offenses as drug distribution and trafficking. “We have been working with our federal partners and the SEMO Drug Task Force in covert operations for the past 24 months,” Poplar Bluff Police Chief Danny Whiteley said. “(Wednesday), we culminated all of those cases with a round up.”...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — A Doniphan man was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. Terrance R. Malkowski, 28, was sentenced to 64 months imprisonment on one felony count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon by U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr., according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office...

CONWAY, Ark. — Lieutenant Commander Jimmy Frank Smith, U.S. Navy, Retired, age 85, of Conway, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. He was born in Perry, Ark., the son of the late Verne and Omie Raney Smith. He obtained a degree in chemical engineering from Oklahoma University and a Master of Science in Chemistry from the United States Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., from there embarking on a distinguished naval career as an ordnance engineer...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce that Thomas Hansen, MD, has joined the Pain Management Center. Dr. Hansen has 30 years of experience in pain management and anesthesiology with a special interest in dorsal column stimulation and headache pain. He has numerous publications on neurophysiology in pathological conditions...

WAPPAPELLO — The camping season is winding down at Wappapello Lake, with a few campgrounds already shut down for the year and more closing in the coming days. “The demand just isn’t there during the winter months, and the campgrounds are driven by demand,” said Park Ranger Rosie Lemons...