Stories from Tuesday, January 14, 2020

The application deadlines for three Three Rivers College Nursing programs in Poplar Bluff are approaching. The application deadlines are March 1 for the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing Day Program (RN) and the Evening LPN-RN Bridge Program; and May 1 for the AAS in Nursing Evening Program (RN).

As Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center and Dexter R-XI prepare for a new partnership, potential improvements appear down the line for both schools.

Poplar Bluff Fire Chief Ralph Stucker injured his knee while attempting to retrieve equipment from the bed of his pickup Monday evening. Stucker and firefighters from all three stations responded to a structure fire at the 817 Warren St. residence owned by Bob Sutton at 6:18 p.m...

The program for the 34th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Jan. 20, in Poplar Bluff, is being updated by the Wheatley Historic Preservation Association executive board. WHPA member Rex Rattler announced three additions to the schedule. John McCain will pray for the nation and solos by Zabre Burns and Janeece Matlock will be included...

Dolores ‘Dee’ June Elledge, 88, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Litchfield, Ill., passed away Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Dee, the daughter of Virgil and Edith Huddleston Miller, was born June 10, 1931, in Gillespie, Ill. ...

Tonya Kay Hogue Shearon, 56, of Bement, Ill, formerly of Tuscola, Ill., passed away Saturday afternoon, Jan. 11, 2020 as a result of an automobile accident in Piatt County. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 at the Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home, 705 South Main St., Tuscola, with Rev. Joe Carter officiating. Burial will be in the Tuscola Township Cemetery...

The Three Rivers College Athletic Hall of Fame is celebrating its first four inductees with a banquet at the end of the month.

City firefighters responded at 9:19 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, to a report of fire on Bradley Street. According to the report, firefighters found an unauthorized burn at the 303 W. Harper St. residence owned by Jasmine Terry. Firefighters reportedly told Terry about the city’s burn ordinance and used five gallons of water to put out the fire...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Timothy G. Ossana, 51, of Doniphan was arrested at 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was booked at the Ripley County Sheriff’s Department and later transferred to the Butler County jail...

Authorities found Butler County Health Department Administrator Robert Hudson dead inside his garage Tuesday morning. Foul play is not suspected in his death. At 8:36 a.m., “we received a call from the Butler County Health Department in reference to Administrator Robert Hudson not showing up for work (Monday) and (Tuesday) morning,” explained Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs...

Authorities says a Poplar Bluff man suffered life-threatening injuries Tuesday afternoon when he was shot in the head.