Stories from Sunday, February 19, 2017

Anyone having any information regarding the early Sunday robbery at BJ's Travel Center in Kewanee should call the New Madrid County Sheriff's Department at 573-748-2516 or Sgt. Troy Shelly at 573-748-0375. All tips may remain anonymous.

ORAN, Mo. -- Francis Arnold Urhahn, 91, died Feb. 17, 2017, at Chaffee Nursing Center in Chaffee. Born Nov. 26, 1925, in Chaffee, to the late Michael and Caroline Vogel Urhahn, he was a retired auto parts salesman. A member of Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Oran, he served in the United States Army during World War II and fought in Central Europe and was in the European African Middle Eastern Campaign...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Arthur "Art" Dykes Jr., 55, died Feb. 2, 2017, at St. Louis University Medical Center in St. Louis. Born June 29, 1961, in Wichita, Kan., son of the late Arthur LeRoy Sr. and Ethel Fay Buffington Dykes, he had lived in Poplar Bluff since the 1990s and was a diesel mechanic and had worked at Duckett Truck Center in Poplar Bluff. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...