Stories from Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Mary Ann Lindsay, age 89, died Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri, with her sons and eldest granddaughter near. Graveside services were held at the Rucker Cemetery north of Poplar Bluff, Missouri on Friday, January 21, 2022, under the care of Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home. Memorials may be directed to the First Christian Church in Creston or the Rucker Cemetery...

SFC Michael Dean Applegate, USMC/USA, Retired of Puxico, MO was born on June 17, 1954, in MT Holly, NJ to the late James MacFarland and Margaret Applegate and passed away on December 17, 2021, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO at the age of 67 years...

John J. (Jack) Wells Jr., son of the late John J. Wells Sr. and Kathryn Bock Wells, was born on November 20, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, and departed this life on January 18, 2022, in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 79 years. Inturnment services were conducted in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield with full military honors...

Wappapello Lake - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host a Winter Watch (Eagle Viewing) event Saturday, February 5th, 2022, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Bill Emerson Memorial Visitor Center. Starting at 10:00 am, participants will meet at the Visitor Center! You will have the opportunity to look for eagles, other migratory waterfowl, and birds at the designated viewing stations at Wappapello Lake. ...

BLOOMFIELD — The area engineer for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) Southeast district informed the Stoddard County Commission during Monday’s meeting that a four-way stop will be created at the intersection of state Routes 114 and 153...

Captain Philip E. Gregory, commanding officer of Troop E, Poplar Bluff, announced the promotion of Trooper Brooks A. Pratt, effective Feb. 1, 2022. Pratt has been promoted to the rank of corporal and designated the assistant zone supervisor of Zone 7, Mississippi, New Madrid and Scott counties. ...