Stories from Monday, November 27, 2023

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT An employee at Myrtle’s Place at 109 N. Broadway reported at 8:38 a.m. Friday, Nov. 24, a camera outside the business was damaged. _ Cole Cooper reported at 10:27 a.m. Friday, Nov. 24, a rifle and a laptop computer were stolen from his truck while it was parked at his residence in the 1600 block of Big Bend Road...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Jacob M. Fraze, 27, of Grapevine, Texas was arrested at 8:46 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24, in Butler County on suspicion of DWI (alcohol). He was booked at the Butler County jail on a 12-hour hold. _ Tony R. Barrera, 35, of Tuscola, Texas was arrested at 9:11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24, in Wayne County on suspicion of DWI (alcohol). He was released...

The Thanksgiving holiday weekend resulted in 431 crashes statewide, with four fatalities, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. There were no fatalities locally, but one accident did result in serious injuries. A 28-year-old Campbell man was seriously injured in a car-motorcycle collision at 5:57 p.m. Sunday on Highway J, five miles west of Malden...

Sheila Sue (Duncan) Gowen passed away at St. Joe Manor in Bonne Terre, Missouri, Nov. 24, 2023. Sheila was born Dec, 13, 1943, in Bradford, Ark. to the late Meritt and Anna Bell Duncan. Sheila also was preceded in death by her older sister Annette (Duncan) Spradling. Sheila was a member of the Harviell Church of Christ...