Stories from Monday, March 29, 2021

A Poplar Bluff bank teller and loan officer helped an alleged kidnapping victim escape three suspects who had held the individual captive over the course of two days. Poplar Bluff police say three people are now in custody from the incident, and an investigation continues...

Pooja Dayaratna, an eighth-grade student at Farmington Middle School, won the title of Three Rivers College Spelling Bee Champion at the Southeast Missouri Regional Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 29. Pooja emerged victorious over 28 other spellers from 17 area schools representing five different counties...

Kurt Knodell is Top Lister and Producer for February at Poplar Bluff Realty, Inc. Knodell has worked at Poplar Bluff Realty, Inc. since February 2006. He is a full-time broker-salesperson. Knodell has twice been president and has served many years as a state director representing the local Three Rivers Board of Realtors. He’s currently serving on the Executive Committee of the Missouri Realtors state association...

Judy Ruth (Burge) Arnold, 75, of Puxico, MO, and formerly of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away on Friday, March 26th, 2021, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. Her death was sudden and unexpected. She was born on September 23, 1945, to Arlie A. ...

JEFFERSON CITY – Audrie Sievers of Poplar Bluff was one of 30 high school sophomores recently selected to participate in the Missouri Department of Agriculture’s Missouri Agribusiness Academy (MAbA). Sievers and the other students selected will spend several days in June in the Mid-Missouri area learning about many of the unique opportunities available in agriculture...

The Twin Rivers R-X Board of Education discussed summer school dates, heard some encouraging financial news and was updated on insurance matters at a recent board meeting. Superintendent Dr. Ben Johnson told the board that the latest financial report shows the district’s finances are becoming more balanced and it’s taken less than a year...