Stories from Friday, December 4, 2020

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Nicholas E. Thompson, 24, of Huntington, Tennessee, was arrested at 8:59 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, in Carter County on a Greene County failure to appear warrant for fourth-degree domestic assault and on suspicion of DWI, speeding, driving while revoked and no insurance. He was booked at the Shannon County Jail...

City firefighters responded at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, to assist emergency-medical-services personnel at 2031 Glendale Road. _ City firefighters responded at 3:47 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, to a report of an unauthorized burn on the east side. According to the report, firefighters found a large pile of building materials being burned near the rear of Crossroads Ministry, 416 S. ...

Feed and Seed will be Dec. 17 New Day Ministry Feed and Seed will be from 3-5 p.m. Dec. 17 at 703 Franklin St., Poplar Bluff. Those attending are asked to use the side gray door. One pack will be given per household on a first come first serve bases...

COVID-19 challenges have stalled the 2021 Heartland Agriculture and Natural Resources Expo -- the local Ag Expo -- but organizers already are planning for the 2022 event. For 34 years, farmers, gardeners and ag-related business owners have looked forward to the expo. Organizers have discovered, the worse the weather, the larger the crowd. But with attendees reaching up to 10,000 people, the virus is not something with which organizers want to deal...

Weather impacted “everything” during Jeremy Goodwin’s childhood in Poplar Bluff — so it should not be a surprise that he has made a career out of forecasting weather. Goodwin, a 1991 graduate of Poplar Bluff High School, is the chief meteorologist at WIBW-TV in Topeka, Kansas, and has worked at the station for nearly two decades...

A small earthquake occurred about 6 kilometers northwest of Doniphan early Friday morning. The 12:40 a.m. quake registered at 2.7 magnitude, according to the University of Memphis’s Center for Earthquake Research and Information. It had a depth of .650 kilometers...

The search continues for a Poplar Bluff man charged with a recent home invasion that left one dead and another with serious injuries.

Thanksgiving is behind, and it is full speed ahead to Christmas. It will look different this year, but Christmas will still be celebrated and honored. We have just had our first advent Sunday. Advent is the four Sundays before Christmas and helps us prepare spiritually for the birth of Christ...

Carol and Cindy met one another many years ago when they began working in an elementary school. Both felt an instant connection and have been friends ever since. Soon after becoming acquainted, Carol’s son, Todd, died in an accident while riding with a friend who had been drinking. Cindy’s support was vital to her friend as she processed her loss and gradually regained her hope and happiness...

Poplar Bluff City Council The Poplar Bluff City Council will have a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the City Council Chambers, 301 S. Fifth St. The council will review the proposed budget for the city of Poplar Bluff and municipal utilities for 2021. ...

The 2019-20 audit provided suggestions for changes the Neelyville R-IV district should make, but was overall clean.