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Authorities investigate death of man found in Black River
(Local News ~ 04/20/20)
Butler County authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was pulled from Black River Sunday afternoon. Just after 2:30 p.m., Sheriff Mark Dobbs said, a fisherman called to report he found what he believed to be a body in Black River, approximately one-half to one mile upstream from the Hargrove Road...
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Authorities continue to investigate deaths of mother, infant
(Local News ~ 04/20/20)
Autopsies will be performed later today on a Poplar Bluff woman and her infant daughter, both of whom died Sunday of apparent gunshot wounds. “I pronounced 31-year-old Angela Lemonds dead at the scene” at about 10 a.m. Sunday, according to Butler County Coroner Andy Moore. “I went to the emergency room for the child.”...
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Stoddard County Commission confirms 18th case of COVID-19
(Local News ~ 04/20/20)
Two more cases of COVID-19 were reported in Stoddard County over the weekend, bringing the total to 18. According to Stoddard County Presiding Commissioner Danny Talkington, a 19-year-old male from Bloomfield and a male in his late 50s from Advance tested positive...
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Body found in Black River identified as missing PB man
(Local News ~ 04/20/20)
A body found in Black River Sunday afternoon has been identified as a local man who was reported missing by his mother more than a month ago. Butler County Coroner Andy Moore said the body was identified as John Bishop, 36, of Poplar Bluff. “He had identification on him, and we were able to match tattoos from pictures” to confirm ID, Moore said...
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Coroner: Mother, daughter die in murder-suicide
(Local News ~ 04/20/20)
Butler County Coroner Andy Moore reports the deaths of a Poplar Bluff woman and her infant daughter were a murder-suicide. The deceased have been identified as Angela Lemonds, 31, and her 6-month-old daughter, Brooklynn Lemonds. “With the evidence at the scene and the result from the autopsies, we have determined that the incident on Sunday was a murder-suicide,” Moore said...
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Saint Francis approved for plasma treatment of COVID-19 patients
(Local News ~ 04/20/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Saint Francis Healthcare System received approval from the Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board to use plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients for treatment with currently hospitalized patients with the coronavirus. When a patient has an active viral or bacterial infection, the immune system develops proteins, called antibodies, which help fight infections. ...
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