Friday, December 13, 2024
POPLAR BLUFF FAMILY TO BE INDUCTED INTO MISSOURI SPORTS HALL OF FAME
A Poplar Bluff family will be honored early next year.
According to Poplar Bluff Athletics Director Kent Keith, the Godwin Golf Family will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on February 2nd.
Buddy Godwin won more than 100 amateur tournaments and was also an eight-time winner of the Ozark Open. He also won the Missouri Amateur in 1973 and later competed in several PGA Senior Tour events.
Bobby Godwin was a three-year letterman at Poplar Bluff High School, competing on the Mules’ 1980 and 1981 state championship teams. Beginning in 1989, he qualified for seven USGA events and won numerous local, state and national amateur tournaments, including the 1999 Missouri State Stroke Play championship, and was the Missouri Golf Association Player of the Year that year.
Ben Godwin lettered in golf for four years at Poplar Bluff, competing on the Mules’ 1988 state championship team. He began winning local and state amateur tournaments in 1990, qualifying for six USGA events. He won the two-man state team event with Bobby in 1998 and eventually won the Missouri Amateur in 2003 and 2006.
Buddy and Ben are only the second father-son duo to win the Missouri Amateur following Bill and Payne Stewart.
WARRANTS SERVED ON MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN CONNECTION TO DRIVE BY SHOOTING IN RIPLEY COUNTY
Warrants were served on multiple people this week in connection to a drive by shooting in Ripley County.
According to a probable cause affidavit, on December 2nd, two subjects reported that shots were fired from a vehicle into their residence. The reporting party said that 11 rounds struck the front of the house with the total damage exceeding $1,000.
During an interview with Gauge Bissette, of Doniphan, Bissette reportedly admitted to officers that he was in a vehicle with Jordan Sumner and Gunnar Hill when Sumner and Hill each fired pistols at the residence. Bissette then concealed the pistols for a time before returning them to Sumner and Hill.
Warrants were served on Sumner and Hill, both of Doniphan, on Tuesday, charging each of them with four counts of armed criminal action and two counts of assault 2nd degree, among other charges.
Bissette was arrested on those charges last week and appeared in a Ripley County courtroom on Wednesday, where he pleaded not guilty.
A fourth person who was in the vehicle has not currently been charged.
POPLAR BLUFF MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO STATUTORY RAPE AND STATUTORY SODOMY
A Poplar Bluff man will be sentenced in February after pleading guilty to statutory rape.
According to Missouri Case Net, Corvette Christian entered a guilty plea on Tuesday to charges of 1st degree statutory rape out of Butler County and statutory sodomy out of Ripley County.
The charges stemmed from incidents that occurred in 2022.
Prosecutors have recommended sentences of 11 to 15 years for each charge.
Sentencing has been scheduled for February 25th.
NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER TO HOST PANCAKE BREAKFAST THIS WEEKEND
Northside Community Center in Poplar Bluff will be hosting their annual Pancake Breakfast this weekend.
The event has been scheduled for 9 am to noon on Saturday and will include pancakes, sausage, eggs, and a beverage.
Donations of $5 will be accepted.
Northside Community Center is located at 1450 Garfield Street in Poplar Bluff.
POPLAR BLUFF CHURCH TO DISTRIBUTE COATS AND GLOVES THIS WEEKEND
A Poplar Bluff church will be distributing winter items to area residents this weekend.
Mt. Calvary Powerhouse Church is hosting the 18th Annual Community Coat Drive from 9 am to noon on Saturday, December 14th.
Officials say that the “Drive Thru” event will include coats, hats, gloves, food boxes, and diapers.
The church is located on Speedway Drive in Poplar Bluff. For more information, call 573-686-7844.
TWO WAPPAPELLO RESIDENTS ARRESTED ON METH CHARGES IN WAYNE COUNTY
Two Wappapello residents were arrested on meth charges Wednesday in Wayne County.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 24 year old Joshua Henson was arrested shortly before 3 pm on felony charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of stolen property, and possession of a controlled substance - methamphetamine.
Henson also had a felony Butler County warrant for dangerous drugs.
A short time later, 26 year old Jasmine Henson was also taken into custody on a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance - methamphetamine.
Both were held at the Wayne County Jail.