Stories from Wednesday, October 21, 2020

For the second time this fall the Poplar Bluff football team will be sitting at home Friday night. The Mules were forced to cancel their game at Hillsboro on Wednesday morning when the school learned that contact tracing of a positive test for COVID-19 limited the number of players available to play...

Dr. Alexandra Bors joined the medical staff at Regional Physician Services and will perform evidence based surgical procedures at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Bors offers quality care and a variety of treatments, specializing in breast surgery and open/complex abdominal surgery, as well as laparoscopic and robotic surgery...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Sarafin M. Figoroa, 34, of Dexter was arrested at 8:51 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, on a Butler County warrant for DWI, a Pulaski County failure to appear warrant for driving while revoked and no insurance and on suspicion of no valid license, failure to display valid plates and no seat belt. He was booked at the Stoddard County Jail...

City firefighters responded at 6:13 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, to a fire at the 1614 N. 14th St. residence occupied by Shannon Mansfield. According to the report, firefighters found a man burning trash in the back yard and told him about the city’s burn ordinance. The man put out the fire...

The Poplar Bluff Police Department has issued an Endangered Silver Advisory for a missing adult who suffers memory loss. Robert Lee Coats, 83, was last seen at about 9:45 a.m. Tuesday at First Midwest Bank 704 N. Westwood Blvd. According to the advisory, Coats while at the bank withdrew a large sum of money from his account. He does not have access to a vehicle, and his direction of travel is unknown...

Neelyville’s state playoff game at Vienna has been postponed until Thursday. Neelyville coach Cindy Siebert said she got a call Wednesday morning a little after 8 a.m. that Vienna’s field was too wet after recent rain. The current plan is to play tomorrow at 4 p.m. at Vienna, but if the field is still unplayable, the game will be moved to Neelyville...

Workforce Development at Three Rivers College now offers a five-week Commercial Driving Training program that prepares students to successfully complete the test requirements for Missouri Class A CDL Driver License. Three Missouri programs are available to help qualified students complete this training free of charge.

FISK, Mo. — Lynn “Dale” Vandermark, 72, of Broseley, Missouri, died Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 at Cotton Point Living Center, in Matthews, Missouri. Mr. Vandermark was born June 21, 1948 in Broseley, to the late Willard Vandermark and Hazel Pauline Coe. On Feb. 14, 1984 he married Constance Pogue; she survives...

Donnie Wayne Johnson, beloved husband, father, brother and friend, left this earth at the age of 70 Oct., 20, 2020 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Donnie was born Dec. 14, 1949 in Kennett, Missouri to Brice Johnson and Beulah Hanners-Johnson. Both preceded him in death...

Earl L. Pennington, 88, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Earl, the son of Leonard V. and Edna (Dodd) Pennington, was born April 9, 1932, in Flint, Michigan, and was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School. ...

Twelve regional officers received training earlier this month on how to recognize and de-escalate a situation when someone is experiencing a mental health crisis. Three Rivers Crisis Intervention Team Council (C.I.T) held its third 40-hour, basic crisis intervention team training at the Black River Coliseum...

Two members of the Three Rivers College community recently received recognition for their work.

Butler County had 14 new COVID-19 cases announced Wednesday bringing the total number of positive cases to 1,315 since the beginning of the outbreak locally. Butler County Health Department Director Emily Goodin explained to those attending the weekly COVID-19 briefing Wednesday the mass COVID-19 screenings are tagging quite a few people. A total of 448 were tested Wednesday...