Stories from Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Zoe Savat, a 2021 graduate of Poplar Bluff High School, was selected to receive a $2,500 STAR Scholarship from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was recommended by P.E.O. Chapter MF. Savat is the daughter of Lanny and Bree Savat Corcimiglia and the late Josh Savat. ...

Prolific children’s book author and illustrator, Jan Brett, visited Oak Grove last week and read one of her favorite titles, sharing some insights with the elementary students, as part of her 10th annual contest. Avid reader, Oak Grove assistant librarian Christi Todd entered the contest in 2020 and the campus community rallied behind the elementary school, beating out a total of 4,631 schools and libraries across the country, with 1,069 votes. ...

Poplar Bluff Middle School has named its fourth grade honor roll for the third quarter. Theodore Adams Lillian Andrews Teegan Bailey Summer Bastien Hayden Beaton Cody Beck Braiden Beckett Lyla Bennington Abella Bishop Cassy Booth Zoey Brinkman Kyleigh Brown...

POPLAR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT City firefighters responded at 2:45 p.m. Thursday, May 27, to a report of an unauthorized fire at 1327 Benton St. According to the report, unauthorized materials were burning behind the address. A cleaning crew was working at the location and firefighters informed them of the cities burn ordinance. The fire was extinguished by the cleaning crew...

Nira Joyce McNeely, 87, of Poplar Bluff passed away Monday, May 31, 2021, at her residence. Nira was born August 31, 1933, in Poplar Bluff to Charles and Janie Owens. She and Charles ‘Chuck’ McNeely were married June 8, 1952, at Second Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff. He survives...

Kevin Ray Dean, 54, of Qulin, Missouri, passed away May 27, 2021 in the Southeast Hospital at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born November 17, 1966 at Poplar Bluff, Missouri to the Jesse Dean and Linda (Pickett) Dean. He is survived by, his mother, Linda Dean; one son, Isaiah Dean, of Springfield, Missouri; two sisters, Tina Garrett of Naylor, Missouri and Peggy Ledford of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; one brother, Keith Dean of Poplar Bluff, Missouri as well as several nieces and nephews...

There were six fatalities and more than 80 injuries in boat and vehicle crashes over the Memorial Day holiday, including one death in Troop E and three serious injuries across the seven-county region. An East Prairie resident was killed shortly after 8 p.m. ...

Kenneth W. Riddle, age 80, of Wappapello, Missouri, died Sunday, May 30, 2021 at his residence. Mr. Riddle was born February 22, 1941 in Portageville, Missouri, son of the late Harold and Mary Riddle. On March 21, 1988, he married Glenda Harrison. She survives...

Renowned plein air artist Don Sahli, known for his use of vibrant color, will be the featured artist for the month of June at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum. “We’re really excited about him. He’s been featured on the cover of ‘Artists Magazine’ and won all kinds of awards,” said museum director Steve Whitworth...

A Carter County man was arrested Friday afternoon on a warrant for first-degree child molestation. Denver Wade Gore, 45, of Van Buren was arrested at the Carter County Sheriff’s Department in Van Buren and later transported to the Butler County jail to be incarcerated on a 24-hour investigative hold...

A Poplar Bluff man was arrested Monday on a warrant for domestic assault and also might soon be facing drug possession charges after methamphetamine, ecstasy and marijuana allegedly were found in his vehicle. In the morning hours of May 31, Poplar Bluff police officers responded to a disturbance complaint in the 1700 block of Illinois Avenue, according to a press release. ...

A Carter County man was arrested Friday afternoon on a warrant for first-degree child molestation. Denver Wade Gore, 45, of Van Buren was arrested at the Carter County Sheriff’s Department in Van Buren and later transported to the Butler County jail to be incarcerated on a 24-hour investigative hold...

Wanda Michelle Stevens, 28, of the 200 block of E Street was arrested Thursday, May 27, in the 700 block of Ninth Street on failure to appear felony warrants for possession of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid and first-degree burglary. She was booked in the Butler County jail...