Stories from Thursday, September 28, 2023

The delayed completion of the new junior high activity center may be near the end, as the Poplar Bluff R-I School Board learned the planned completion date is now Nov. 4. Originally scheduled to be ready for the beginning of this school year, construction was delayed due to many factors, including rainy weather and delays in roofing materials...

The Green Thumb Garden Club is doubling its annual plant swap as well as having a Tree Festival. The club members have had a plant swap in the spring for many decades, but they are adding a second event Saturday at the Iron Horse Festival. It will be held in the Little, Schellhammer, Richardson & Knowlan law office parking lot, on the side nearest the Butler County Courthouse...

Zion Lutheran Church of Poplar Bluff is in the beginning stages of planning to build a new church on their nearly 9-acre property on Shelby Road. The property is already beginning to change in appearance, with underbrush being removed by a company from Hillsboro, Missouri. Tentative plans include a sanctuary and fellowship hall, and a possible outdoor worship center and meditation trail, according to officials with the church...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Edgar Langley, 45, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 8:18 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, at the intersection of Poplar and South Main streets. Langley was booked on a Probation and Parole warrant for probation violation and lodged in the Butler County jail...