Stories from Monday, May 11, 2020

Van Buren, MO - Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Ozark National Scenic Riverways is increasing recreational access and services. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis...

Three Rivers College is holding the online information session, “Explore TRC, Virtually: Teacher Education” at 7 p.m. May 21.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missourians need not worry about insects dubbed “murder hornets” in social media, says University of Missouri Extension entomologist Kevin Rice. He hopes to put a halt to hysteria about the Asian giant hornet. “The name circulating on social media is misleading,” Rice says. “Scientists do not use the term murderous to describe this interesting insect. These headlines sound like something from a Stephen King story and instill unnecessary fear.”...

Thelma Jean Colbert, 70 of Campbell, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2020 at Malden Nursing and Rehab Center in Malden, Missouri. Thelma, daughter of J. B. Haynes and Dorothy Shrum Haynes Green, was born on Monday, Jan. 30, 1950 in Senath, Missouri. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Shepherd’s Chapel Church in Gravette, Arkansas...

Oliver “O.B.” Bradley, 82, of Neelyville, Mo., passed away on May 10, 2020, at home. Mr. Bradley was a retired truck driver. He enjoyed watching westerns, playing with dogs, whittling wood, and spending time with family and friends. On Oct. 11, 1969, he married his wife Judith Wills. They recently celebrated 50 years of marriage...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 47-year-old Greenville man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 4:45 p.m. Sunday, May 10, on Highway M, one and one-half miles north of Highway 34. According to the report, Bruce G. Todahl was operating a 2022 GMC pickup southbound when he experienced a medical condition, which caused his truck to run off the left side of the road. Todahl’s truck then reportedly struck a utility pole and a barbed-wire fence...

City firefighters responded at 8:01 p.m. Sunday, May 10, to a report of a fuel spill at 700 Highway 53. According to the report, firefighters found about five gallons of gasoline had been spilled near the pumps and used 30 pounds of absorbent to contain the spill...

A special meeting of Poplar Bluff’s City Council will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, at the council chambers. The council will consider a BUILD (Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development) grant application to further Highway 67 Project funding and is expected to take action on the resolution...

It was precisely two months ago that area officials started meeting daily at the Poplar Bluff Police Department to discuss COVID-19 management. As of Monday, Butler County has held at 26 cases for two weeks, with one current test undergoing further investigation...

Hazel Marie Hobbs, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Thursday, May 7, 2020 at Westwood Health and Rehab Center. Hazel, the daughter of the late William Taylor and Oral Arvilla (Hull) Fagg, was born Dec. 20, 1935 in Greenville, Mo. She was of the Baptist faith and a river boat cook for Ingram Barge. Hazel enjoyed spending time with her family, going antique shopping and bird watching...

Kathy Marie Padron, 59, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Friday, May 8, 2020 at General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. Kathy, the daughter of the late John R. and Thelma D. (Boyster) Wright, was born March 10, 1961 in St. Louis, Mo. She was the manager of the Main St. Dollar General Store for over 20 years. She enjoyed spending time with her family, bingo and enjoyed the challenge of finding a good use for her coupons...

A Coldwater, Mississippi, man appeared in court Monday morning after he recently was charged with the stabbing death of his uncle. Terry A. Brown appeared via video before Associate Circuit Judge C. Wade Pierce for arraignment on the Class A felony of second-degree murder and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action...

A Poplar Bluff man’s alleged flight from officers Monday afternoon ended when his car became airborne and landed nose down in the grass against a guide wire on Sixth Street.