Stories from Thursday, May 5, 2022

Caleb Knodell has attended an art atelier in Italy and apprenticed under painters in France and Norway. Although he has traveled the world, he is excited to return to Poplar Bluff for his upcoming exhibition at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum, beginning with a reception from 6-8 p.m. Saturday...

Julie Kay Harkey, 57, of Poplar Bluff, left this life May 3 surrounded by family at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center after an unexpected collapse. Julie was born in Loveland, Ohio, on April 29, 1965. At around age 15, her family moved to Missouri. ...

Charles ‘Rick’ Odell Wells, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at his residence. Rick was born Jan. 17, 1937, in Poplar Bluff to Alma Talley Payne and raised by his stepfather, Foster Earl Payne Rick was a veteran of the U.S. ...

FISK, Mo. — Johnny Dale Brown, 62, of Fisk, Missouri, died Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at his residence in Fisk. Mr. Brown was born June 12, 1959 in Dexter, Missouri to the late Avard Doyle and Mary Leona Brown. He enjoyed arrowhead hunting and shooting pool. He also loved Rock N Roll music...

FISK, Mo. — Paul Daniel “Danny” Hogg, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Monday, May 2, 2022 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Hogg was born July 22, 1942 in Poplar Bluff to the late Paul and Helen Hogg. He graduated from Poplar Bluff High School and was on the school’s golf team. ...

A Poplar Bluff church is moving to a new home in a historic location just in time for Mother’s Day. New Life Christian Church United will hold its first service in its new building on Sunday at the former First Presbyterian Church on 301 N. Main St. in Downtown Poplar Bluff...

A Poplar Bluff woman was arrested Wednesday in west Texas for allegedly kidnapping her children. According to a press release from Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs, Kayla Heins, 26, of Poplar Bluff was taken into custody Wednesday in Amarillo, Texas, on a pair of Butler County warrants for parental kidnapping...

Poplar Bluff Fire Department Firefighters responded at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, to smoke in the area of the 600 block of Cynthia St. It was an authorized controlled burn with a man burning leaves. No action was taken and they left the scene at 12:51 p.m...