Stories from Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Pansy Lee Eastwood, 78, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, entered the Gates of Heaven Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Pansy was born June 6, 1943, in Hendrickson, Missouri to Sam and Lettie Deaton Pennell. ...

A Doniphan man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography. James Taylor, 45, was sentenced Tuesday before United States District Judge Matthew T. Schelp at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District...

Georgia Waddell FISK, Mo. — Georgia Waddell, 93, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Monday, Feb. 21, 2022 at Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Waddell was born Aug. 30, 1928 in Wooster, Arkansas, to the late Hughie and Mary Halcumb. In 1935 she was united in marriage to Ralph Waddell. He preceded her in death on March 9, 1990...

Leland Elmer Horton, 60, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 at his residence in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Horton was born Sept. 19, 1961 in San Jose, California to James and Pearl Horton. On Dec. 27, 2014, he married Annabelle Montgomery. She survives...

A Poplar Bluff man sits in the Butler County jail after he allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl. William A. Greer, 18, of the 800 block of Vine Street is charged with the unclassified felony of first-degree statutory rape or attempted statutory rape, the unclassified felony of statutory sodomy or attempted statutory sodomy and the Class C felony of third degree child molestation. He is currently being held in the Butler County jail, with a $100,000 bond...

Filing opened Tuesday for the Aug. 2 primary election of U.S. representative, state senator, state representative and other state offices. The winners of the primary election will move on to the Nov. 8 election. Offices currently contested include: U.S. representative for District 8. Uncontested primary races include state representatives for districts 144, 150 and 152. Information was reported as of 4 p.m. by the Missouri Secretary of State’s office...

Thunderstorms whipped across the region early Tuesday morning, severely damaging some structures in Butler and Dunklin counties. Neelyville The wind ripped into several homes and outbuildings around Neelyville. Craig Meador of the Butler County Severe Weather Response Team photographed crumpled walls, collapsed sheds and broken trees about two miles north of the city on County Road 353 and in the Coon Island area...

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Frank E. Allen, 53, of the 1000 block of Nooney Street was booked Sunday, Feb. 20, at the Butler County jail on a warrant for second-degree trespass and a failure to appear warrant for possession of drug paraphernalia...

The Poplar Bluff City Council is expected to vote March 7 on additional expenses for a new police department, but officials say these fall within project budgets. Bidders were asked to include a $350,000 allowance in their project budgets for change orders, explained Matt Winters, city manager, during a regular meeting Tuesday of the city council...