Stories from Friday, March 18, 2022

There are only a few days left until an open background casting call for the zombie film “HERD” comes to Poplar Bluff and Doniphan, but residents will have a chance to win a chance to be on the producers’ shortlist for casting before that. The casting call will take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. ...

POPLAR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT City firefighters responded at 9:48 a.m. Wednesday, March 16, to 2337 N. Main St. to a mischievous false call where a child had set off the alarm. ————— City firefighters responded at 3:05 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, to an unauthorized burning at 113 South C St. Firefighters responded to smoke in the area of 600 block of Bartlett Street when they found trash being burned in the 100 block of South C St. They used 15 gallons of water to put out the fire...

It’s that time of year. Temperatures have gradually warmed, birds are singing in the morning. While these tell-tale signs may signal the start of spring, they also signify the start of a different time — tax season — and with tax season comes the task of figuring out ramifications of charitable giving.

It’s that time of year. Temperatures have gradually warmed, birds are singing in the morning. While these tell-tale signs may signal the start of spring, they also signify the start of a different time — tax season — and with tax season comes the task of figuring out ramifications of charitable giving.

Christopher Paul Haesler died Feb. 20, 2022, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Chris was born Sept. 26, 1962, to the late Guy and Alice (Carter) Haesler in Jamaica-Queens, New York. He was the youngest of six children. Soon after graduating from Hicksville High School in 1981, Chris began working with on a neighbor on their original ‘Levittown’ type home in Hicksville, New York. ...

Mary Jo Weaver (Joyce) who recently turned the age of 77 on March 8 has passed away in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on March 11, 2022. Joyce enjoyed puzzles, poetry, going to church, and visiting with loved ones. She also loved visits from animals, especially dogs. Joyce wrote poems earlier in life that were proudly published. They were tongue in cheek about her life at the time, making them humorous and relatable to those who read them...

If there was a silver lining in Thursday’s deadly chain reaction crash on Interstate 57 east of Charleston, it was how Southeast Missouri’s first responders rose to the occasion in the minutes and hours following the horrific string of accidents. That is the observation of Butler County EMS public relations and communications manager — and EMT — Katy Ormsby, who was on scene Thursday at the incident in Mississippi County...

Charges will not be filed in an officer-involved shooting that occurred in December. Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Casey Proctor made the announcement Friday, upon completion of the review of evidence in the case. “After reviewing all of the evidence, it is apparent in this case the officer was justified in the use of lethal force and charges will not be filed,” Proctor told the Daily American Republic Friday afternoon...

James Franklin Robbins, 80, passed away March 11, 2022, in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Jim was born Nov. 22, 1941, in Memphis, Tennessee, to the late Sammie Franklin Robbins and Flora Ross Robbins. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother-in-law, Augie DeRitter...

Crews from across the Midwest conducted a controlled burn at Peck Ranch Conservation Area on Thursday, March 17, blackening 4,032 acres on Stegall Mountain, Thorny Mountain and Denning Hollow. The fires were part of a decades-long effort to restore the Ozark’s unique glade habitats, a goal which is paying off in increased native diversity, restored habitat and successfully reintroduced species...