Stories from Thursday, April 6, 2023

Pat McClure of Poplar Bluff passed away on April 4, 2023. She was born on March 8, 1941, in Kennett, Missouri. She is preceded in death by her husband, Claudie McClure; two brothers, Harold Eaker and Jim Eaker; and one sister, Mary Bond. She is survived by her children, Marty McClure and Claudia Russell; grandchildren, Nikki McClure, Zachary (Haley) McClure, Ashley Douglas, Emiley (Gavin) Francis, Hunter McClure, and Makayla Russell and eight great-grandchildren, Cheston, Rylan, Evalee, Weston, Chet, Peyton, Buck, and Ava.. ...

Terry Evans Jr., 51, of Puxico, Missouri, died Tuesday, April 4, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

Straight-line winds of up to 50 miles per hour tore through the Malden area Wednesday, damaging, houses, businesses and trees. The National Weather Service in Memphis, Tennessee predicted the powerful west wind gusts before Wednesday’s storm. “Those storms rolled in right around 12:30 p.m. yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon,” explained NWS Meteorologist Caitlin Dirkes...

People helping people through teamwork, organization and philanthropy doesn’t always come naturally, but local youth are developing these values to help themselves and others in the community. Organized in December, the Junior Order of Eagles is helping Poplar Bluff area youth between the ages of 8 and 20 learn Eagles traditions, as well as gain a sense of purpose. They are part of Bluff City Eagles 3730, 1400 S. Broadway...

A man who admitted to distributing methamphetamine in Dunklin County has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. John Andrew Schoolcraft, 32, of Kennett was sentenced Wednesday by United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau...

Butler County sheriff Erica Dale Earnheart, 23, of Poplar Bluff was booked at the Butler County jail at 8:23 p.m. Thursday, April 6, for delivery or possession of a controlled substance at a county jail. _ Rytreveon Lundarius Ingram, 21, of Poplar Bluff was booked at the Butler County jail at 5:27 Thursday, April 6, for first degree trespass...

Poplar Bluff police Krystal Dockery was arrested at 11:43 a.m. Thursday, April 6, at the Butler County Sheriff’s Office. Dockery was booked in on a Poplar Bluff municipal warrant for failure to appear on a traffic offense with a $250 bond. Dockery was unable to post bond and she was released on her own recognizance...