Stories from Friday, September 9, 2022

Local officials and volunteers are seeking the public’s help today, after what has been described as a senseless act of vandalism destroyed thousands of dollars worth of items on the Wolf Creek Trail. Signs donated by the local volunteer trails coalition and benches constructed by Boy Scouts were among the items lost, according to reports...

Roy Reynolds, 90, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 07, 2022, surrounded by family at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Roy was born on June 7, 1932, to Henry and Mary (Brandon) Reynolds in Dorina, Missouri. He married Doris Umphress on May 25, 1954, in Rutland, Illinois...

Rev. Jimmy David Cornman, 74, of Malden, died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 at his residence in Malden.

The state fire marshal is investigating the fourth fire on Garfield Street in Fisk since Aug. 24. The Thursday night event was also the fourth structure fire that county crews have responded to since Monday. The latest fire was at 8:45 p.m. Thursday at 411 Garfield, with 10 Butler County firefighters spending between one and half and two hours battling the fire...

Cloyd George Cook, 100-year-old WW II veteran who resided at John J. Pershing VA Hospital, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. He was born Feb. 15, 1922, in Aquilla, Missouri to George and Mary Asbell Cook. He spent his early childhood in Aquilla and later in Qulin. He served two tours with Civil Conservation Corps in his teenage years. He enlisted in the US Army in 1942 and served in eight foreign countries, with the 94th Infantry under General George Patton...

Cora Lee Janes, 94, of Qulin, Missouri, passed away Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Janes was born March 13, 1928, to the late Leonard and Bertha Steen. She loved her family and especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. On Aug. 7, 2022, she married her love of 22 years, Joe Janes. He survives...

Percy Lee Kiefer, 89, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 06, 2022, at his home. Percy was born on April 22, 1933, to Ben and Mamie (Lewis) Kiefer in Alicia, Arkansas. He married Peggy Lou Green on June 6, 1951, in Paragould, Arkansas...

Elmerita Lucille Robinson, 97, of Campbell died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, at the Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT A handgun found discarded on Grand Avenue was turned into the police department at 8:01 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. Credit cards and a set of keys found on M Highway were turned into the police department at 9:16 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8...