Stories from Tuesday, February 13, 2024

A retired Wapappello home health care worker enjoys sharing how God answers prayers in her life and the lives of others, but she resisted putting those accounts on paper. Jeanie Selby kept telling others she wasn’t a writer, but family and friends kept encouraging her to compile a book...

Poplar Bluff Buddy Ball hosted a first time event Friday, with a sold out Valentine’s Dance. Held at the Westwood Center, it offered families a night out with dancing, photos and a catered meal. Support for the event came with the help of Poplar Bluff Police Department, Murphy Music & Media,...

Fisk resident and Army veteran Don E. Eddy will be honored at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center’s Wall of Valor induction ceremony in recognition of his meritorious service during the Vietnam War. The event will take place at 11 a.m. Friday at the Cape Girardeau clinic as part of the center’s annual event for National Salute to Veteran Patients Week. Eddy will be joined by three other veterans of the conflict...

Poplar Bluff has new options for specialist and urgent care with the recent opening of Community Medical Plaza and Community Urgent Care on Shelby Road. Dr. Raghuveer Kura explained his pivotal role in establishing the combined facility. The new building houses offices as well as the urgent care clinic. His foremost desire was to bring more care to the region...

Lillian Pauline Bell, 89, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, at her home.

Ralph Woodrow “Woody” Harty, 91, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Sunday, Feb.11, 2024, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Ralph was born March 5, 1932, to James and Rose (Day) Harty in Southeast Missouri. He married Dorothy Thornberry Oct. 2, 1954, in Clarkton, Missouri...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Officers were dispatched Feb. 12 to Menards at 3105 Oak Grove Road in reference to a patient that left the hospital. Officers were advised the patient was aggressive. The patient was contacted and transported back to the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center...

Dash to the past: The Crown Hotel gets cuffed and closes its doors due to pressure from law enforcement. The hotel was busted for housing an illegal gambling ring on Feb. 9, 1924, in a police dragnet that caught 24 people. Accidents and strikes also mark this day...