Stories from Monday, February 6, 2023

Lonnie Ray Von Thurman, 85, of Potosi, Missouri, passed away Feb. 2, 2023, at his residence. He was born Oct. 5, 1937, to the late Harlon Roy Thurman and Zelma Beauton “Maddox” Thurman. On Oct. 14, 1955, he was married to Dorothy Coble. She survives...

The Missouri Department of Conservation hosted the annual Eagle Days bird show at the Puxico Activity Center on Saturday, Feb. 4. The event included scheduled showings with special guests from the World Bird Sanctuary in St. Louis. Throughout the event, Kendahl Chergosky and Holly Bagby introduced the public to Willard the red-tailed hawk, Solo the peregrine falcon, Farnsworth the barn owl, Alejandro the harpy dagle, Duncan the wedge-tailed eagle and McGwire the bald eagle. ...

The United Cancer Assistance Network will accept T-shirt names for the annual Sarah White Walk until Monday, Feb. 13. “The walk shirts will contain the names of survivors, as well as those who have passed during their battles,” said UCAN Executive Director Melody Chailland...

Sales tax collections for the city of Poplar Bluff exceeded projections by more than $550,000, or almost 10%, in the 2021 fiscal year. The information was included Monday in audit documents presented to the city council by members of the accounting firm Beussink, Hey, Roe and Stroder...

On your marks — runners are invited to join the Run the Lake 5k at 9 a.m. Saturday on the Allison Cemetery Trail at Lake Wappapello State Park. The course is the latest race offered by the Poplar Bluff Trails Coalition, which also organizes the Wolf Creek and Victory Trail runs...

Butler County Sheriff's Department James Keith Elston, 66, of Williamsville was booked at the Butler County jail at 9:45 a.m. Feb. 6, for financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled person. _ Chase Kyle Forcier, 33, of Chico was booked at the Butler County jail at 12:51 p.m. Feb. 6 for failure to appear on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm. No bond was set...

Poplar Bluff Police Department Dustin Hayes, 25, of Poplar Bluff was arrested 12:50 p.m. on Feb. 3, Vaden Street at North Fifth Street. Hayes was booked in on a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm and he was lodged in the Butler County jail. _...