Stories from Monday, December 4, 2023

John Claude Hayes, 85, of Campbell died Friday at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.

Margaret Darlene Allen, 86, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, at Cedargate Health Care. Margaret was born May 27, 1937, to Emile and Myrtle (Richardson) Lefevre in Lehigh, Oklahoma. She married Ivan “Mickey” Leon Allen Oct. 17, 1955, in Wichita, Kansas...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Saint Francis Healthcare System will recreate the scene of Jesus’ birth with its fifth annual outdoor Live Nativity. The public is invited to come and experience the true reason for the season on 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15 at the Saint Francis Cancer Institute (Entrance 6) in Cape Girardeau...

Poplar Bluff students competed in the Southeast Missouri District Band competition on Nov. 7 at Jackson High School. The students played an audition against hundreds of other schools around the district, and those with the highest audition scores were selected for the district band. The students were then able to participate in the district band concert on Nov. 18 at Cape High School...

Prospective firefighters have until Dec. 15 to apply for the Poplar Bluff Fire Department Scholarship to Three Rivers College Fire Academy. Classes start in January. “Our department is going to grow in the next few years,” said Poplar Bluff Fire Chief Mike Moffitt. ...

BROSELEY — Two men were seriously injured in an ATV accident at 5:40 p.m. Saturday on County Road 629, one mile north of Broseley. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Tyler R. Cowan, 22, of Broseley was operating a 2023 Can-Am Maverick eastbound when it began skidding and sliding, then overturned...

Aaron Douglass Dodds, 50, of Webb City, Missouri, died Friday, Dec. 1, at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Missouri.

Dr. Tom Lawson’s death Monday at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center left the community in shock. Everyone described the 91-year-old retired educator and community leader as a dedicated public servant, gentleman and true leader. “Dr. Lawson was a leader,” said Bill Robison, who worked with Lawson on the Highway 67 project. “He knew how to lead. He knew how to bring people together to accomplish what we’ve accomplished with Highway 67 north and to lay out a path for 67 south.”...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Kolby W. Sutton, 20, of Ellington was arrested at 10:06 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in Reynolds County on suspicion of misdemeanor DWI. He was cited and released. _ Holden B. McClung, 35, of New Madrid was arrested at 3:53 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, in Stoddard County on suspicion of DWI (prior offender), failure to register a motor vehicle and no insurance. He was released...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT An employee at Poplar Bluff Junior High School reported at 7:45 a.m. Friday, Dec. 1, a juvenile student confronted another student in the hallway and threatened them with a pencil. This matter was referred to the Juvenile Office...