Stories from Wednesday, March 15, 2023

An 18-year-old Wappapello man was air lifted Wednesday after the vehicle he was driving rear-ended a Neelyville school bus, officials report. No students on the school bus were injured in the accident, which occurred shortly before 8 a.m. on Highway 67 near the intersection of MM Highway...

Elmer Buchanan, 94, of Hot Springs Village passed away March 4, 2023. He was born in Popular Bluff, Missouri, Sept. 9, 1928. A celebration of life service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 15 at Caruth Village Funeral Home. Guest may register at www.caruth-hale.com...

A Puxico mother is helping other infants in need by donating breast milk to a new effort at Butler County Health Department. The health department became a community-based donation and collection site March 1 for The Milk Bank, a non-profit that was founded in 2005 in Indiana to provide pasteurized human milk for premature or ill babies...

Gerald Pleasant, 91, of Campbell died Monday, March 13, 2023, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.

Altrusa International of Poplar Bluff is having a Meet and Greet event from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at the Betty Absheer Memorial Altrusa Room, 508 Bartlett, which is on the south side of Twin Towers. “Altrusa is proud to have served Butler County for 65 years,” said Nila Keller, president of the local group. “This is part of the club’s annual membership drive to recruit new members.”...

Area outdoors enthusiasts will gather Saturday for this week’s MAIN EVENT at the annual Southeast Missouri Sportsman’s Association Banquet. This annual event is the primary fundraiser for the Kids Fish-N-Fun Day, an activity the group has supported for more than 20 years...

Poplar Bluff Police Department Durvell Purnell reported at 12:16 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, his wallet was stolen from his truck on March 11 while it was parked at Jay’s Corner Store, 1040 South Broadway. ————— Candice White reported at 4:18 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, a television was stolen from her residence in the 600 block of North Main Street...