Stories from Friday, November 26, 2021

Butler County has become the 20th county in Missouri to participate in State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick’s Show-Me Checkbook, an online program designed to provide transparency about government income and spending. Other counties participating in the program in Southeast Missouri are Carter and Cape Girardeau...

Project Christmas Promise has a vital job during the holidays — organizing the names of children submitted to Christmas charities, preventing double entries and ensuring no child is passed over. “We do have children referred, birth all the way up through 18, and we are acting as a centralized agency for people ... ...

Karen Ann Moon-Soens, 67, died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Karen was born Aug. 5, 1954 in Tampa, Florida, to Charles E. Sr. and Nell V. Moon. She served in the United States Army, Missouri Army National Guard. She loved cooking, camping, quilting with the First Baptist Church of Poplar Bluff quilters...

Peter Robert Zeien, 64, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Peter was born Nov. 2, 1957, to Henry Armon and Lottie May (Stevens) Zeien in Waterloo, Iowa. He married Charis (Griffin) March 30, 1988, in Savannah, Missouri...

Neelyville schools have a special place in Debra Parish’s heart and life, but the Neelyville R-IV Board of Education will be searching for a new superintendent since they accepted Parish’s resignation effective July 1, 2022. She graduated from Neelyville High School in 1977...

Many businesses in Poplar Bluff joined in the citywide Christmas Open House in the first weekend of the month. Now they are gearing up for the Christmas shopping season, which can account for more than half of some businesses’ revenue. This year’s holiday season is rapidly becoming defined by shipping delays and supply shortages. Small businesses are uniquely positioned to pick up the slack from big box stores and online distributors — and maybe even save Christmas...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Quentin M. Walker, 33, of Caruthersville was arrested at 11:57 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, in Stoddard County on suspicion of felony DWI, felony possession of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and driving while revoked. He was released for medical...

POPLAR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT Firefighters responded at 12:17 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 25, to a report of a motor vehicle accident at near the intersection of Highway 53 and Highway 142. They checked for injuries and assisted EMS crews with packaging and loading one patient...