Stories from Thursday, October 19, 2023

100 years agoOct. 19, 1923 • Federal narcotics agents visited Poplar Bluff today and arrested three doctors — Drs. Ira Seybold, C.W. Williams and W.S. Bailey — and two other pharmacy employees for alleged violations of the Harrison Narcotic Act. The five allegedly sold narcotics to drug addicts, while Williamson allegedly failed to keep records of narcotics prescriptions...

Van Buren recently celebrated its fourth annual Fall Festival, also known as Pop’s Fall Festival. The fall festival event was started in 2018 by Don Black II and Rickie Maples, who said they wanted to draw the public into Pop’s ‘Tiques and Fleas Antique Flea Market in Van Buren...

The 2023 Broseley Homecoming will offer reminiscing Saturday, as well as a parade, free activities for youngsters, crafts and food. Events will be centered around the Broseley Senior Community Center, 2470 County Road 650. “The Broseley Community has been celebrating homecoming since 1999,” said Senior Community Center Director Carol Brotherton. “Prior to COVID, we’ve had as many as 2,000 attend. Since COVID, it’s been down a little. There will still be a big crowd.”...

There has been a UFO sighting in Poplar Bluff. Or, rather there is a UFO display along County Road 452. The creator of the display is Belinda Bailey, a ceramic artist who has constructed elaborate Halloween displays outside Poplar Bluff for the last six years...

As Three Rivers College waits in limbo for 2024-2025 FAFSA applications to open, it is making sure school counselors and their students are ready to move when the date arrives. “Due to what they refer to as the FAFSA Simplification Act, they are revamping the whole FAFSA. They’re trying to make it more convenient for the students,” explained Ann Matthews, TRC dean of Student Services...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT An employee at the Poplar Bluff Junior High School reported at 11:41 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, a soda bottle with liquor in it was seized from a juvenile student on campus. The juvenile was released to a guardian and the matter was referred to the Juvenile Office...