Stories from Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Three Rivers College awarded the Kay Porter Memorial Scholarship to four area Three Rivers students during the fall 2021 semester. The scholarship was awarded to Johnny Boham, Abigail Mason, Maci Rauls, and Michael Thom. These funds were endowed by Kay Porter, who gave back to Poplar Bluff entities during her lifetime...

Three Rivers College awarded the Richard Brumitt Memorial Scholarship to eight Three Rivers students from the Doniphan area during the fall 2021 semester. The scholarship was created in memoriam of former Three Rivers College Trustee and Endowment Trust Board member Richard “Dick” Brumitt. The scholarship is awarded to full-time students residing in Ripley County...

Shopping in the decorated Moark Regional Railroad Museum in Downtown Poplar Bluff and a visit by Santa will add to the Christmas season. The museum, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, has a train shop which is fully stocked with trains, freight cars, tracks and accessories for model train layouts...

When Jarron Terrence Lamar Williams passed away Sept. 7, 2019, his family and friends wanted to keep the 17-year-old Poplar Bluff High School student’s memory alive. A total of 19 families will have Thanksgiving Thursday because his mother, Tanya Williams, has collected donations, as well as adding her own money, to make certain they have the traditional holiday meal in Jarron’s memory...

After two near-death experiences, JJ Anderson is thankful this year just to be here to celebrate the holidays with his loved ones. Anderson is still recovering from a severe bout of COVID-19, complications of which left him with a 5% survival chance at one point and in a medically induced coma for 16 days. But it’s not the first time Anderson has defied death. He was also caught in the 2011 Joplin tornado, an EF5 that killed 161 people, including three in the Walmart where he took shelter...

Rodgers Theatre director Wally Duncan has made an exciting announcement about the ongoing Rodgers Theatre restoration. “We have received an anonymous donation of $20,000 to go toward the marquee restoration,” he said recently, adding the gift was made in honor of Evelyn Whitworth, Patricia Spain and Mary Greeson Peterson, all of whom passed away this month. Duncan described them as “very prominent ladies” in Poplar Bluff...

The Rodgers Theatre is holding its annual Holiday Double Feature the evening after Thanksgiving, showing Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas at 6 p.m. Friday and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York at 7:35. “It’s always been very well received and it’s a good way to kick off the Christmas season,” said theater director Wally Duncan...

DEXTER — July 10 felt like a typical Saturday for 18-year-old Kaeli Wells until 120 mph winds blustered through Dexter, Missouri, at approximately 8:18 that night. Wells and four other members of her church’s youth group held a Saturday-night jam session at First Pentecostal Church. They played instruments and sang songs, but then around 8 p.m., the group noticed heavy rain began to pound on the church’s windows...

If you’ve put off seeing your doctor for fear of catching or spreading the COVID-19 virus, Dr. Edward Reese wants you to know it’s safe and important to come in. “Depending on your situation you may feel that your health is wonderful or unfairly difficult. ...

LAS VEGAS — It was a once in a lifetime opportunity and two Doniphan women made the most of it in Las Vegas, Nev. Pat Leroux and Debbie Lathum were among 10 Missouri bowlers to compete during August at the 2021 USBC Senior Championships. Leroux was among the highest finishers, taking second place in the 75-and-up women’s division, finishing just five pins behind national winner Sherlinda Brown of St. Paul, Kan...