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An autopsy revealed Butler County Health Department Administrator Robert Hudson died Sunday from carbon monoxide poisoning while working on his truck inside a closed garage. “The official cause of death is going to be carbon monoxide poisoning, and all indications indicate that it was an accident,” said Butler County Coroner Andy Moore. “There is no other reason to believe it was anything else.”...

PUXICO — Officials at the Mingo National Wildlife Refuge and adjacent Duck Creek Conservation Area are preparing for a feral hog eradication operation, and both areas are expected to be closed intermittently during the week of Jan. 20-25. During that period, refuge manager Ben Mense said, officials will use a helicopter and aerial gunning in an effort to reduce the numbers of feral hogs on the refuge...

A $500 reward is being offered by Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs for “direct information” leading to the capture of Walter Lee Currie Jr. Currie, whose last known address was in the 500 block of West Harper Street, is wanted in connection with an early Thursday morning shooting on the parking lot of the Motel 6. No one was injured by the rifle rounds allegedly fired by Currie...

Authorities found Butler County Health Department Administrator Robert Hudson dead inside his garage Tuesday morning. Foul play is not suspected in his death. At 8:36 a.m., “we received a call from the Butler County Health Department in reference to Administrator Robert Hudson not showing up for work (Monday) and (Tuesday) morning,” explained Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs...

One of Butler County’s most significant advantages during a disaster, would be the rural nature of the area, Robert Hudson said in 2007, during a preparedness event. “The county has the mentality that neighbor should help neighbor. That will be a great asset,” said Hudson, who became the administrator of Butler County Health Department in 1997...

Authorities says a Poplar Bluff man suffered life-threatening injuries Tuesday afternoon when he was shot in the head.

Robert Hudson was a man who could turn a wrong number phone call from a stranger states away into not only a close friendship, but the kind of partnership that makes our community stronger. His loss this past week will be felt far beyond Butler County Health Department, where he had been administrator since 1997...

A Poplar Bluff man is to make his first court appearance Thursday after being charged with shooting his mother’s boyfriend in the head. Kayln Trasell Johnson is to appear before Associate Circuit Judge C. Wade Pierce for arraignment. The 22-year-old was charged Wednesday afternoon with the Class A felony of first-degree assault, the unclassified felony of armed criminal action and the Class D felony of unlawful possession of a firearm by Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kacey Proctor...

A Poplar Bluff landlord may again face sexual misconduct charges after he allegedly fondled a woman inside an apartment he had available for rent. On Friday afternoon, a 19-year-old Poplar Bluff woman contacted Ray Allan Robertson about renting an apartment in the 500 block of Lester Street from him, according to Poplar Bluff Police Patrolman Chris Ridens’ report...