Stories from Monday, June 26, 2023

A Fisk city councilman was officially removed from office Monday due to a decade-old drug conviction. According to a judgment in quo warranto issued by the Butler County Circuit Court, “Raymond Stewart Jr. was not qualified to hold public office, including the elected position of City Councilman for the City of Fisk, MO, because Respondent had previously been found guilty of ‘Conspiracy to Distribute Pseudoephedrine Knowing it Would be Used to Manufacture Methamphetamine.’”...

An uninsured motorist damaged a fence, memorial and planter wall at the Poplar Bluff Municipal Library on the night of June 16. Repairs to the library’s property will likely come from the library’s budget, said Shannon Midyett, Poplar Bluff Municipal Library director...

The Poplar Bluff R-1 School Board approved the 2023-2024 district budget in its regular June meeting on Thursday, June 22. The budget forecasts an operating revenue at $62.67 million with operating expenses of $59.47 million, for projected surplus of $1.7 million...

The Twin Rivers R-10 School District recently held a board meeting to discuss and approve several agenda items. The meeting, held on Thursday, June 22, covered various topics ranging from policy updates to budget amendments. The agenda for the meeting was approved with an additional discussion on Special Education therapy contracts, SPED positions and ESSER proposals...

Ricky Lynn Hobbs, 61, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away June 23, 2023 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was a loving father, grandfather, brother, and son. He is survived by a his mother, Rowena (Joyce) Hobbs; son and daughter-in-law, John and Kimberly Hobbs; granddaughters, Kylie and Emily Hobbs; brothers and sisters-in-law, Randy and Teresa Hobbs, Roger and Kay (Lohman) Hobbs and Brian Hobbs...

Glenna Sue Lynxwiler, 81-year-old resident of Doniphan, Missouri, departed this life Saturday, June 24, 2023, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born Dec. 16, 1941, in Bardley, Missouri, to the late James Roy and Norma Geraldine (Snodgrass) Mathis...

Poplar Bluff Police Carl Hiles, 36, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 10:01 a.m. Friday, June 23, during a traffic stop on South Fifth Street at Park Street. Hiles was booked on charges of possession of amphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia and lodged in the Butler County jail...