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**UPDATE - MOORE DENIES WRONGDOING** Butler County Coroner Andy Moore is currently facing a criminal investigation, at the request of the Butler County prosecutor. The Missouri State Highway Patrol began investigation about one and a half to two months ago, MSHP public information officer Clark Parrott said in a statement. It was requested by the prosecutor...

Barely a year after opening, Scotty’s Brewhouse in Poplar Bluff may be shut down as the parent company battles bankruptcy. The location was closed as of early Saturday evening, with no answer at the location’s phone number. The Indianapolis Business Journal reported Saturday that at least 15 Scotty’s or Scotty’s-related locations have closed since the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December. The closures have involved both corporate-owned and independent operations...

At least two of three major medical providers in Poplar Bluff say their physicians will not become certified to prescribe medical marijuana. Both Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center and Saint Francis Healthcare Systems are opting out at this time, while SoutheastHEALTH is still considering the matter...

A Poplar Bluff man died of natural causes Monday morning while being housed in the Butler County Justice Center. An autopsy was performed on the body of Donald Ray Herrold III, 44, Tuesday morning by Dr. Russell Deidiker at Farmington, said Butler County Coroner Andy Moore...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A Poplar Bluff man pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon in federal court to three counts of distributing heroin. Quinton J. Williams pleaded guilty as charged to the felony of aiding and abetting in the distribution of heroin and two felonies of distribution of heroin before Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr., according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Sorrell...

After two years of vigorous fundraising, including hosting dozens of concerts and special events, Rodgers Theatre, Inc. Board of Directors President Wally Duncan says the organization now has full funding to begin replacing the three sections of roofing on the 70-year-old building...

The state fire marshal’s office has been called to investigate the cause of a structure fire that occurred Friday evening at 1106 Hickory. According to reports from the Poplar Bluff Fire Department, emergency services were called shortly after 5 p.m. to a possible structure fire...

GREENVILLE — A Williamsville man was charged with the murder of a woman missing since February 2017. Craig Allen Wood, 43, was charged in Wayne County with the Class A felonies of first-degree murder and first-degree assault for attempted physical injury in connection with the disappearance of Rebecca “Becky” Alsup...

Updated at 10 p.m. Monday. George Robert Strahan turned himself in to the Poplar Bluff Police Department, Chief Danny Whiteley said Monday night.

Like many of the storms the Poplar Bluff Severe Weather Response Team monitors, a donation came out of nowhere fast. Director Craig Meador says local resident, Art Fisher, was a “good concerned citizen” kind enough to fill the team’s need for a generator. Fisher read Tuesday’s story in the DAR about the group’s efforts to finance the generator and responded...