Stories from Monday, October 2, 2023

Alarms started sounding at the Butler County Fire Department about 1:09 p.m. Saturday and continued non-stop until 2:32 p.m. The first of three calls was at 2181 County Road 484. According to fire reports, crews responded to a motor home on fire and fully involved upon arrival. The seven firefighters used 2,500 gallons of water in fighting the blaze...

Ruby Irene (Eads) Smith, 79, daughter of Paul and Aileen (Bilbrey) Eads - and the sweetest woman in the world, according to her husband and kids - was born April 6, 1944, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and went home to be with the Lord while surrounded by family Oct. 1, 2023...

Oct. 3, 1923 • A Qulin man is fatally injured in a hay baling accident. John White, 56, was forcing hay into the baler with his right leg when the “compress apparatus” caught and mangled it. White was transported to a local doctor and then to Poplar Bluff hospital, in serious condition from shock and blood loss. An update in the Oct. 4 paper stated he succumbed to his injuries the following afternoon...

The 2023 Iron Horse Festival kicked off with the traditional pancake breakfast at the Historic Iron Mountain Depot on Saturday morning, followed by a flagpole dedication by the Poplar Bluff High School band, JROTC Honor Guard and other community members...

FEMA will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts Wednesday afternoon in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission. Both the EAS and WEA will be tested at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday. The WEA portion of the test will go to all consumer cell phones, while the EAS portion of the test will be sent to radios and TVs...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT A property manager reported at 7:44 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29, part of the A/C unit at 1000 South Broadway was stolen. _ Anthony Tarvin, 50, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 8:21 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29, in the 600 block of Cherry Street. Tarvin was booked on a Poplar Bluff municipal warrant for failure to appear on stealing. Tarvin was unable to post bond but was released on his own recognizance...