Stories from Saturday, February 22, 2020

Chris Batrano was a father to two sons, a partner, a son and a brother. He was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School and Three Rivers College. He was a systems programmer. He was a musician. He was a Mizzou fan. Batrano, who was 51 when he passed Feb. 7, was many more things than his diagnosis — ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease...

Lucile Arnita Greeson, 98, of Neelyville died Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. Mrs. Greeson was born Jan. 5, 1922 in Neelyville, daughter of the late Arthur and Goldie Belle Weir Biggs. She was a former longtime member of First United Methodist Church in Neelyville and was a homemaker...

City firefighters responded at 1:11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, to reports of a smoke detector going off at the Poplar Bluff Regional Center LQ at 2503 Sunset Terrace. According to the report, when they arrived firefighters were told by maintenance that it was a false alarm set off by burning food on the stove...

Poplar Bluff Police Alexandria Lynn Ferguson, 22, of the 1800 block of Seifert Drive was arrested at 6:32 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, in the 400 block of Karen Drive on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident and a warrant. According to the report, officers responded to a report from Tristan Ellis Miller, 19, of the 1400 County Road 608 that he pursued a vehicle that struck him near Taco Bell on south Highway 53...

Crowds continue to grow for the annual Mason-Dixon Chili Society Cook Off.

For the first time, students with the Succeeding in Schools program housed at the Wheatley School put on a Black History Month program Saturday.