Stories from Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Rena Kathryn (Burton) Barnhill, 91 of Springfield, Missouri, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2021 in her Springfield home surrounded by her loved ones. She was born February 25, 1930 in Wynne, Arkansas, the daughter of Jesse Everett and Sue (Hatchett) Burton. She was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School. Kathryn was united in marriage to William N. ‘Bill’ Barnhill on October 29, 1948. Bill preceded her in death on April 7, 1997...

Denyce Lynne and Joshua Luke Redmond of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, are the parents of a daughter, Emery Nicole Redmond, born at 10:07 p.m. Saturday, April 3, 2021 at Saint Francis Healthcare Family BirthPlace in Cape Girardeau. Emery weighted 7 pounds and 6 ounces and was 20.5 inches long...

Governor Mike Parson has named former Butler County resident Robert Knodell the acting director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) effective immediately. Knodell has served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Parson since 2017, according to a press release from the governor’s office...

A Senior Health Fair will be held from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday, May 3, at the Fusion Street Ministry Church, 19486 State Highway C, Advance. Social distancing guidelines will be observed, but masks are not mandatory. The event will be hosted by Crown Hospice and Genesis Home Care...

Gale Russell Pruett, 73, of Wappapello, passed away April 15, 2021 at his home.  Mr. Pruett was born October 23, 1947 in Dexter, Missouri, to the late William and Rosa (Walker) Pruett. Gale was raised and lived in Bloomfield and Dexter area most of his life. He then retired from truck driving to Wappapello. Gale enjoyed hunting, fishing and yard work...

Ruth Linnell Anderson, 88, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2021. She was born July 7, 1932 in Poplar Bluff to the late Elonzo Edward and Mildred Ruth (Simpson) Brown. She was of the Methodist faith. She married the love of her life, Jesse O’gene Anderson, July 23, 1949 in Piggott, Arkansas. ...

In observation of Earth Day, the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center’s Whole Health program annual bucket gardening event will be from 1-2 p.m. Thursday at the pavilion to the right of Building 8. Veterans are invited to come out and create a planter suitable for all kinds of vegetables, said Angela Smith, medical center public affairs officer. All supplies will be provided...

Whitten is Top Producer Terri Whitten has been named as Century 21 American Realty Top Producer for the month of March. Terri Whitten has been selling real estate since 2009 and has been the Top Lister and Producer for the past five years with her former companies. She has earned Gold, Silver and Platinum Level Awards for the past eight years...

Editor’s note: This is the final part of a series on Lacy Petrekovich and Jayson Passmore’s journey to recovery from drug addition. April 2021 VAN BUREN — The box of cupcakes on the table had finally been opened. You could tell not only by sight, but by smell. A rich, decadent, aroma of chocolate and vanilla that makes your blood sugar shoot up just by inhaling and 6-year-old Mason Passmore was still on the case...

Charles L. Howell, 46, of Tomaro Trail, was arrested at 11:18 a.m. Monday, April 19, at the intersection of Broadway and Ashcroft Road on a warrant for stealing a motor vehicle and a failure to appear warrant for possession of a controlled substance. He was booked at the Butler County jail...