Stories from Monday, February 7, 2022

Janet Maxine Graham, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, at Mark Twain Caring Center In Poplar Bluff.

Robert “Bobby” R. Bemister, 56, of Bloomfield, Missouri passed away Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, while surrounded by his family at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. We have all heard the phrase “lost his/her battle with cancer” but you’re not going to read that here. No one with cancer should ever be considered a “loser” in any way, including those patients who die of their cancer...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. — William Wade Dawsey, 49, of Corning, Arkansas passed away Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. He is survived by his children, Ryan and Alex Dawsey; mother, Darlene Dawsey; paternal grandmother, Jewell Kennison; brother, Nicholas Dawsey (Hannah and Asher); and sister, Myria Dawsey-Harmon (Lucas)...

Venita Ruth (Watson) Woods, 96, of Enville, Tennessee, formerly of Malden, died Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022 at her home in Enville.

The Poplar Bluff R-1 School District is looking for someone to fill an administrative role and has named another as interim transportation director. At its closed session meeting Feb. 3, the board of education accepted the resignations of Dr. Fara Jones, assistant superintendent for personnel, and Brenda Resnik, interim transportation director...

Kathryn ‘Kathy’ Irene Davidson, 59, of Independence, Missouri departed this life Feb. 2, 2022 at St. Luke’s East in Lee’s Summitt, Missouri. Kathy was born June 13, 1962 to Donald and Zadie (Brunner) Campbell in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She married Dennis Davidson Nov. 4, 1978, in Malden, Missouri...

Gene Watson’s scheduled Feb. 5 performance at The Rodgers Theatre was canceled by the winter storm that blanketed Missouri in ice, sleet and snow last week. Rodgers director Wally Duncan said the promoters made the call on rescheduling. “This was one of those shows that the Rogers were just renting the facility to a promoter from Nashville who was bringing Gene Watson here,” he explained...

The city of Poplar Bluff plans to use COVID-relief money to reduce the liability for lawsuits at the regional airport. City council members discussed Monday the need to reduce “predator habitat” near runways at the Poplar Bluff Regional Business Airport...

POPLAR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT Firefighters responded at 12:54 a.m. Monday, Feb. 7, to a report of a sounding smoke detector at 1719 Illinois Ave. It was determined a dead battery caused the alarm to chirp. _ Firefighters responded at 12:28 a.m. Monday, Feb. 7, to a report of smoke in the area of 506 Hazel. It was investigation only...

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT A resident of the 2800 block of Southward reported at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 12, that sometime around Jan. 1, his/her vehicle was broken into and several checks were stolen. _ A resident of the 600 block of Highway NN reported at 1:54 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, that his utility trailer had been stolen from his residence...

JACKSON, Mo. — McKenna Morrow’s 3-pointer midway through the fourth quarter broke a tie and extended Poplar Bluff’s game-changing run Monday night. The Mules put together a 10-1 swing in the fourth then held on with steals to win 39-36 at Saxony Lutheran in a SEMO Conference game...