Stories from Friday, March 11, 2022

The Daily American Republic and Money Mizer convenience store in Poplar Bluff have partnered to give away free fuel to eight lucky winners through drawings over the next four weeks. Two winners will be drawn on each of the following dates: March 21, March 28, April 4 and April 11. The winners will each receive a $50 gift certificate valid for fuel only at the Money Mizer convenience store location at 615 E. Pine St. in Poplar Bluff...

A registered sex offender from Grandin has been arrested on new charges related to the possession of child pornography. The Carter County Sheriff’s Department reports Thomas L. Victery, 34, was arrested Thursday after a search warrant was served at his residence in the 100 block of East Third Street. Victery was previously convicted of crimes in Poplar Bluff...

Mary Martha Robinson, 88, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at The Manor in Poplar Bluff. Mary was born on July 31, 1933, to John and Eva (Shoemake) Brown in Neelyville, Missouri. She married JT Robinson July 4, 1962, in Poplar Bluff...

James “Jim” Edward Rousan Sr., 77, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at his home in Ellsinore, Missouri surrounded by his children and family. Jim was born Dec. 4, 1944, to Walter Malcom Rousan and Ola Viola Sutton in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri. On Nov. 30, 1963, James was united in marriage to Linda Sue Mitchem in St. Louis, Missouri...

DEXTER, Mo. — Genevieve Elsie Miller, daughter of the late Martin Tripp and Marie Reeder Tripp, was born Aug. 25, 1929, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri and departed this life March 4, 2022, at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 92 years...

Jason Charles Preslar, 50, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. Jason was born Sept. 4, 1970, to Charles Rudolph and Darlys Moore Preslar in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Jason is survived by his mother, Darlys Preslar of Fenton; three children, Addyson, Kylie, and Braxtyn, of Poplar Bluff; and St. Louis relatives: sister, Jana Rice, and husband, Kelly; grandmother, Helen Stogsdill; aunt, Carolyn Eskew Farrell and husband, Ron; and cousin, Lori McGinley and husband, Fred...

CLAY COUNTY, Ark. — A Dexter man has been arrested in Poplar Bluff for homicide. Heath A. Hunsaker, 30, of Dexter is charged with first-degree murder in the Tuesday shooting death of Matthew Hale in Rector, Arkansas. Hunsaker is being held in the Greene County, Arkansas, jail...

The Community Resource Council was excited to reveal 2021’s Person of the Year at their 30th Annual Partnership Luncheon. “The 2021 Person of the Year is Judith Nettles for her devotion to children, innovative thinking and ability to tell the team how things are,” announced Tim Hicks, the 2020 Person of the Year...

The average statewide gas price in Missouri was $3.85 on Friday. Still, Missourians are paying the second lowest gas price average in the country, largely due to low fuel taxes in the state. The national average stood at $4.33 per gallon as of Friday, the breaking July 2008’s record of $4.11 per gallon...

As 19-year-old Maryna Loza watches the news about Ukraine from her university apartment, she is brokenhearted and terrified. After all, Kyiv –– the embattled Ukrainian capital city –– is her hometown. But it’s not the only place she’s called home. This time three years ago, she was preparing for a move to Naylor, Missouri. ...

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Matthew Eric Allen, 40, of Poplar Bluff was booked Thursday, March 10, at the Butler County jail on suspicion of parole violation. _ Brandon Shane Andrews, 31, of Piedmont was booked at the Butler County jail Thursday, March 10, on a warrant for first degree assault...