Stories from Thursday, August 31, 2023

A fatal accident occurred at the intersection of Township Line and County Road 470 near Poplar Bluff. Missouri State Highway Patrol officers responded at 8:26 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 31 to a two-vehicle wreck. Two subjects were confirmed deceased at the scene...

KENNETT, Mo. — U.S. Rep. Jason Smith and other Missouri state officials, including Secretary of State John Ashcroft and Attorney General Andrew Bailey, toured the recently-opened Cim-Tek Filtration plant in Kennett on Wednesday, Aug. 30. Smith’s tour of the plant was one stop on his annual Ag Summit which reaches across the 28 counties of the 8th Congressional District...

Aug. 31 1923 •A bootlegger is found legitimately bootlegging around. Bill Chestnut of Poplar Bluff is arrested on multiple charges of bootlegging that he had accumulated through the year. He had been in jail a year prior for illicit alcohol pushing...

"How do we talk to our children about gun violence?" was among the many questions answered by a panel of child health experts from around the state at Ask Us Anything, an event by Show Me Strong Kids of the University of Missouri, hosted locally Tuesday, Aug. 29, at Goodwill Excel Center in Cape Girardeau...

"How do we talk to our children about gun violence?" was among the many questions answered by a panel of child health experts from around the state at Ask Us Anything, an event by Show Me Strong Kids of the University of Missouri, hosted locally Tuesday, Aug. 29, at Goodwill Excel Center in Cape Girardeau...

Scott H. Denton of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023 at the age of 66. He leaves behind a legacy of warmth, wit, and a zest for life that touched the hearts of all who knew him. Scott was born June 19, 1957, to Samuel “Jack” and Natalie Denton in Dyersburg, Tennessee...

Geneva Steinkuhl, 90, of Evansville, Indiana, died Aug. 20, 2023, in Evansville.

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Conservation reminds deer hunters of regulation changes for the upcoming 2023-24 deer-hunting season. The changes include a new firearms early antlerless portion, a new firearms CWD portion, changes to firearms antlerless permit numbers, and the addition of 14 new counties to the MDC CWD Management Zone...

Learning about 11-year-old Alyson Murphy’s hearing loss shocked her and her mother, Cassandra Hayes. The Poplar Bluff sixth-grade student has had eight sets of tubes in her ears, but a few weeks ago Murphy received life-changing news when her doctor diagnosed her with significant hearing loss, being almost completely deaf in her left ear...

A formal investigation has been requested at the Stoddard County Sheriff’s Department regarding the handling of a call involving an injured dog. Both Stoddard County Prosecutor Sawyer Smith and Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner submitted their request Tuesday for the investigation to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...

Joey Dean Clark, 53, of Poplar Bluff was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 30, for a probation violation. He was booked into the Butler County jail. ————— Maggie Grayson Edwards, 23, of Farmington was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 30, on a capias probation violation. She was booked into the Butler County jail...

Aireka Brionne Austin, 34, of Kennett was arrested Thursday, Aug. 31, on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and a capias probation violation for possession of a control substance. Austin was booked into the Butler County jail. ————— Luther Charles Brown, 65, of Fairview Height, Illinois, was arrested Thursday, Aug. 31, on a failure to appear parking violation. He was booked into the Butler County jail...

Poplar Bluff Police Department An employee at McCoy’s Scrap Metal, 635 S. Fifth St., reported at 8:42 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, someone stole a go-cart frame overnight. ————— Charles Webb reported at 9:06 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, prescription medications were stolen from his mailbox in the 500 block of Oak Street...