Stories from Thursday, July 4, 2019

Poplar Bluff’s Fourth of July festivities kicked off early Thursday with a 2 1/2-mile parade through the streets of downtown, drawing large crowds despite the heat. “We had a great turnout,” said Downtown Poplar Bluff Director Jerrica Fox, who noted the temperature was 10 degrees lower this year than last...

Poplar Bluff firefighters responded to a structure fire Thursday afternoon after a neighbor heard a person yell their house was on fire. After being dispatched at 3:15 p.m., firefighters arrived to find flames coming out of a house at 424 Homer Avenue...