Stories from Wednesday, June 8, 2022

ROLLA — The USDA Forest Service recently hosted unmanned aircraft system (UAS) training for 20 national forest resource managers from across the Eastern Region and parts of Alaska in Wisconsin. Included in that training were a pair of pilots from Mark Twain National Forest. ...

A Hendrickson farmer will celebrate his 90th birthday Thursday. George Poston’s family is planning to have a cake and a small gathering at their farm in northern Butler County and are inviting neighbors, said son Chris Poston, who lives near his father,...

Divorces recently finalized in Butler County Circuit Court include: Jessica M. Ellebreet V. Keith Ellebreet Julie Conway V. Dallas Conway Katie-Jane Tipton V. Richard E. Tipton Barbara C. Griffith V. Michael D. Griffith Haley Burkeen V. Skyller Burkeen...

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks and the Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Charitable has presented a $3,870 grant to the Poplar Bluff R-I School District. The grant will be used to purchase Calm app-related resources for teachers, and hire a mental health consultant in the junior high, according to a press release from the Coover group...

Patsy Ann Patterson, 78, of Piggott, Arkansas, passed away June 6, 2022, at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Arkansas. She was born on Aug.17, 1943, in Broseley, Missouri, and was the daughter of Earnest and Bertha (Shackleford) Rice. Patsy was united in marriage to Larry David Patterson on Aug. 30, 1963...

Beau Barton, age 6, got his first turkey on the opening day of the regular turkey season. It was 22 pounds, 12 ounces, with a 10 1/2-inch beard and 1-inch spurs.

“I always want to donate my time back, this is something I like about Aspen, they make it easy for practitioners to give back,” said Ise D’Angelo, a Poplar Bluff dentist. D’Angelo and other Aspen dentists will provide free dental care to veterans Saturday. She has been practicing dentistry since 2020, and is a graduate of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine...

Poplar Bluff City Council expects to vote June 22 on an approximately $500,000 purchase for the Black River Coliseum to add basketball courts. The purchase would come from COVID relief funds issued by the federal government under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to drive a school bus? Well, you’ve got the chance to find out this week. There are a lot of family-friendly events going on this weekend, with everything from painting and food trucks to giveaways, but our MAIN EVENT comes from Poplar Bluff schools...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Victoria Louise M. Breeze, 33, of the 800 block of 14th Street was arrested at 8:20 a.m. Monday, June 6, in the 300 block of Moran on two failure to appear warrants for stealing and passing a bad check. She was booked at the Butler County jail...

VAN BUREN — Nine registered sex offenders in Carter County may soon be facing charges after recent compliance checks found them in violation. According to a press release from the Carter County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Dustin Boyer and deputies with the department conducted sex offender compliance checks on all known sex offenders residing in Carter County...