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The imposing white Bedford stone building that sits vacant at Main and Poplar streets has a storied history in Poplar Bluff’s downtown. Hailed as “The Old Reliable’’ in the early 20th century, the building was constructed in 1914 as the new location for The Bank of Poplar Bluff. When it first opened, a 1915 newspaper headline blared “Elegant Bank Is Opened For Public’s Gaze.’’...

A 62-year-old Bernie man was found shot dead inside an apartment Sunday afternoon and Dexter police have charged Anthony Thomas Jenkins Sr. for the murder. Timmy D. Carwile was found deceased inside 314 Alice St. shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21...

Businessman Mike McKuin of Fisk and Bishop Ron Webb of Mt. Calvary Powerhouse Church share a common goal. They want friends and neighbors to have shelter and food during the cold, snowy weather. Webb was asked to partner with Family Counseling Center to find ways to keep people warm and fed...

A SCMCAA Head Start bus and a Ford SUV collided around 4 p.m. Monday afternoon at the unmarked intersection of McKinley and Woodrow streets, with both vehicles landing in the yard of 1603 Woodrow St. The SUV is believed to have hit the house, while bus stopped in the yard, according to witness reports. One person from the Ford was transported by emergency medical services personnel to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, according to officials on scene. Butler County EMS personnel evaluated four children who were on the bus before another school bus took them to the hospital to be checked again as a precaution, according to Head Start personnel. No one in the house appeared to be injured, officials said. Poplar Bluff police, firefighters and utilities employees, along Spire Gas employees were at the scene.

A former Poplar Bluff police officer sentenced recently in federal court to 25 years on child pornography charges was returned to Butler County jail Friday, Feb. 12, to face outstanding state charges stemming from the same offense. Brandon Michael Hopper, 40, now faces felony charges of sexual trafficking in children, promoting child pornography and two counts possessing child pornography, according to a complaint filed in Butler County Circuit Court. ...

Restoring old cars is a family tradition that sparks fond memories for Raul Salmon of Liberty, Missouri, but his latest project has him on a mission to locate a historic license plate in Poplar Bluff. Two years ago, Salmon started the ground-up restoration of a 1929 Model A Ford. Last year, after a long quest to find a 1929 Missouri plate, “I secured a single plate from an individual in Blue Springs,” he said...

A Dexter man has been arrested for rape involving a female juvenile. The girl, accompanied by her parents, visited Dexter Police Department on Feb. 15 to report she was “forced to have sexual intercourse’’ while visiting a male acquaintance’s home, according to a press release from the DPD...

Butler County’s next mass vaccination clinic will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 9 at the Black River Coliseum. Butler County Health Department administrator Emily Goodin announced the upcoming clinic during the weekly COVID-19 briefing Wednesday with Robbie Myers, county emergency management agency director...

A deadly shooting at the American Legion Post 66 in Kennett, Missouri, will have Poplar Bluff veterans organizations gathering in the coming days to investigate what kind of moral support their comrades in Dunklin County may need, as well as scrutinizing their own groups’ security...

Ozark Border reports the next several hours are critical for the energy grid to avoid more rolling blackouts. The electric cooperative has shared this information regarding the possibility. Will we lose power? At this point there is no time frame set for rolling blackouts to begin or if they will happen at all for OBEC Electric. ...