Stories from Monday, December 5, 2022

Two Southeast Missouri churches, one in Perry County and the other in Bollinger County, formally voted Wednesday, Nov. 30, to disaffiliate from America's second-largest Protestant denomination, the United Methodist Church (UMC). n Perryville UMC voted unanimously, 26-0...

State Highway Patrol officials recently presented Honorary Trooper Certificates to Jacob Shelton of Jackson and Donald Pritchard of Marble Hill, Missouri. Capt. Phillip Gregory of Patrol Troop E honored the men at a ceremony at Bollinger County Health Center in Marble Hill...

Claudie Lee Kanell Jr. passed away Nov. 30, 2022. Preceding him in death was his mother, Ruth Kanell, and father, Claudie Kanell, four brothers, Rudy Kanell, John Kanell, Allen Wayne, and Billy Clay. He has two living siblings, Claudia Ice and Rita Roberts...

Gladys Charline Scott, 82, of Poplar Bluff, passed away peacefully Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Gladys was born Feb. 20, 1940, in Ellsinore. Missouri, the daughter of William and Nellie (Davis) Dorris. She was a homemaker and lifetime member of AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary Number 0029. Gladys also enjoyed playing bingo, planting flowers, and working in the yard, and loved fishing and camping with family and friends. She was a loving wife and a kind friend to all...

Donna Frances Forsythe, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Donna was born March 25, 1943, in Poplar Bluff to the late Thomas F. and Geraldine (Hert) Smith. She was of the Pentecostal faith and was a member of the Palace of Praise Church where she helped with the hospital ministry. ...

The Poplar Bluff School District announced Dr. Aaron Cornman will take the reins as R-I’s 20th superintendent, beginning in July 2023. “He has a solid reputation as an educator and a school administrator, and I think the district is in good hands,” said current Superintendent Dr. Scott Dill, who mentioned he has known Cornman as a peer for “many years.”...

Poplar Bluff Police Department Danny Killian reported Friday, Dec. 2, cash and a Direct Express card were missing from his residence in the 600 block of North E Street. ————— Rhieannon Hawkins reported her car was struck at 1:36 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, while it was parked in front of her residence in the 1000 block of Franklin Street...