Stories from Thursday, April 30, 2020

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Emily Lyle Faughn, 42, of the 3700 block of Highway M was booked at the Butler County jail Wednesday, April 29, on a warrant for third-degree domestic assault. _ Tiffany Mae Hawkins, 46, of Fairdealing was booked at the Butler County jail Wednesday, April 29, on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance...

City firefighters responded at 12:04 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, to a motor-vehicle crash at the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and Sunset Drive. According to the report, firefighters assisted emergency-medical-services personnel and remained on the scene until the vehicles were removed...

Donna F. Carpenter-Resnik, 69, of Poplar Bluff, MO passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Monday, April 27, 2020, in Dexter, MO. Donna was born on June 25, 1950, in Bonne Terre, Missouri to Richard and Claradine (Hays) Hill. She is survived by four sisters, Diane Gray, Judy Green, Janet Denison and Jeanie Currington and one brother, Joe Hill. One sister-in law, Beth Summers, and one brother-in law, Dan Resnik...

The Independent Living Center of Southeast Missouri will not resume classes when the Missouri stay-at-home order is lifted Monday. Al arthritis land base and aquatic exercise classes are on hold until further notice, organizers announced.

Route H in Dunklin and Stoddard Counties will be reduced as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs. This section of roadway is located from Route J in Dunklin County to Route U in Stoddard County. Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, May 4 though Thursday, May 7 from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily...

The application deadline for the Paramedic program at Three Rivers College has been extended to June 15. The TRC Paramedic program is a hybrid of online curriculum and hands-on training.

Guy Bryan “Butch” Shackelford (age 75) passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family on April 30, 2020, following a hard-fought battle with esophageal cancer. Born on Aug. 1, 1944, in Memphis, Tenn., Butch moved to Poplar Bluff at a young age and attended Kinyon Elementary. He graduated from Poplar Bluff High School in 1962 as a two-time letterman in track and field. He attended Arkansas State University for two years before joining the United States Air Force in October 1964. Butch spent three years stationed in Montana and one year serving NATO overseas in Turkey during the Vietnam War. He was a sergeant in the Air Police at the time of his honorable discharge in October 1968.. ...

Poplar Bluff’s R. W. Huntington Pool at Hillcrest Park currently is undergoing a bit of an upgrade, something Parks and Recreation Department Director Lanny Corcimiglia said hasn’t been done in quite some time. It comes ahead of what he hopes will be an opening later in the summer...

ADVANCE — An Advance man was charged Thursday afternoon with multiple felonies after he allegedly assaulted his mother and then barricaded himself inside her home for more than five hours. Preston Wade Simpson was arrested after tear gas was deployed into his mother’s Benton Street home at about 11:50 p.m. Wednesday...

Parents and community members are working to make seniors at Poplar Bluff High School feel as though their last year is special despite school closures due to COVID-19 and a postponed graduation and prom.

Poplar Bluff High School R-I released tentative dates and back-up dates for prom and graduation Thursday night. All of these events are subject to social distancing guidelines and will require school board approval.

Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce President Steve Halter has announced that the chamber will be holding a $1,200 promotion starting May 1 and running through Memorial Day. To be eligible to win, you must spend $50 at more at a locally owned business, including restaurants, in Butler County, then post your receipt to the chamber's Facebook page, being sure to include the dollar amount, location and date of purchase...