Stories from Monday, October 9, 2023

Neoma Lee Sandage, 82, of Qulin, Missouri, died Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, at Mercy Hospital South, in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Kenneth Dale Stilwell, 76-year-old resident of Doniphan, Missouri, departed this life at home with family Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. He was born Aug. 4, 1947, in Doniphan, to the late Lee Roy and Nellie (Barcom) Stilwell. Ken was a “Jack-of-all-Trades” having been employed with McDonnell Douglas, in finance with Bank of Grandin, serving his community as Eastern District County Commissioner, and most well-known for his time working as a salesman at Current River Ford. ...

Polly Ann Stitz, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023 surrounded by family, after a second battle with CNS Lymphoma. Polly was born Feb. 18, 1940, in Fisk, Missouri, daughter of the late William Matthew and Susie Monehan. On July 4, 1964 she was united in marriage to Alvie Stitz. ...

Rick Adams, 66, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, at his home. d

Blanche Bracco, 84, of Macomb, Michigan, died Oct. 6, at her residence. Visitation is at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 14, at Beulah Baptist Church, Brunot, Missouri. Funeral following at 1 p.m., also in Beulah Baptist Church. Burial is in Beulah Baptist Cemetery, Brunot...

QULIN — Hundreds of community members attended Qulin’s 32nd annual Homecoming Festival on Saturday, Oct. 7. This year’s celebration saw the return of popular events and attention-grabbing new attractions. The celebration kicked off with a parade led by grand marshal Barbara Lancaster-Nail, followed by recent beauty pageant winners and classic cars...

Another $513,000 in grant money has been awarded toward the Culinary Arts Center at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center, adding to a total of approximately $1.3 million or, all told, about two-thirds of the project externally funded. The R-I school district was among 17 that applied for the 50/50 matching grant made available through the Area Career Center Construction fund bill of which the TCC captured about 10 percent of the $5.5 million dispersed, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced on Friday, Sept. ...

Six decades of former students and teachers will come together Oct. 14 to celebrate old times from J. Minnie Smith Elementary School, which was located on Poplar Bluff’s East Side before closing in 1987. Those with ties to the school are invited to attend the lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bible Baptist Church, 549 S. C St. Barbecue will be provided, and attendees are asked to bring a side dish, dessert or non-alcoholic beverages to share...