Stories from Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Brenda Vilagy is the winner of this year’s Difference Makers banquet fuel raffle, sponsored by the Daily American Republic and Money Mizer. Each business donated $250 to a fuel card redeemable at Money Mizer, creating a $500 prize. From left: DAR assistant editor Samantha Tucker, Vilagy, and Tami and Tracy Edington of Money Mizer...

The Missouri State Fire Marshal is investigating a house fire on Highway 142, which Butler County firefighters responded to at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22. According to Butler County Fire Chief Bob Fredwell, he called the fire marshal since no one was at home at the time of fire...

Glenna Mae Keown, 92, of Clarksdale, Mississippi, passed away Friday, Aug. 18, 2023 at home. Ms. Keown was born in Success, Arkansas, July 13, 1931. She was retired, having had worked at the Clay County Courier, the glass company, she did ceramics and doll making out of her home and owned her own bait and T-shirt shop in Corning. ...

Alice Marie Eddleman, 81, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her family on the early morning of Aug. 21, 2023. Alice is preceded in death by her beloved husband Robert Eddleman. Alice leaves behind her three children: Patricia (David) Martin, Debra Shoemaker, and David (Jackie) Eddleman, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild...

William Eugene “Gene” Duree, 66, of Broseley, Missouri, died at his residence in Broseley Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023.

Lester Enderle, son of the late Fred Enderle and Eleanora Enderle, was born on April 2, 1931 in Kelso, Missouri and departed his life on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023 at the Westwood Hills Nursing Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 92 years. Mr. ...

Circle Fiber installed its 1,000th fiber connection Tuesday, two years after approaching the Poplar Bluff City Council about creating a “gigabyte” community. The company has had a slight delay with the back order of equipment, due to the number of new connections, said Kevin Cantwell of Circle Fiber...

Aug. 23, 1923 Dog taxes are now being collected from the residents of Poplar Bluff. Every male dog owned is taxed one dollar and every female dog owned is taxed two dollars. Chief of Police Ward Hendrickson took it upon himself to kill the dogs of those owners who had continuously refused to pay their dog taxes. Even if a young boy has a dog, the article states that his dog will be “taken away” if he is unable to pay the taxes...

The Twin Rivers School District buses began rolling up to the Qulin, Fisk and Broseley campuses Tuesday morning, Aug. 22, letting out 854 students ranging from preschool to high school seniors. The campuses at Qulin and Fisk have preschool through junior high grades while the high school is located at Broseley...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT The police department received a message Saturday, Aug. 19, from the National Instant Background System, NICS which reported a firearm transfer at a local store was denied. _ Randy Weems, 38, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 12:08 a.m. Monday, Aug. 21, during a traffic stop on North Ninth Street. Weems was booked on a Poplar Bluff municipal warrant for failure to appear on no insurance. Weems was unable to post bond but he was released on his own recognizance...