Stories from Saturday, January 6, 2024

Keen-eyed local readers will recognize a familiar name on Jan. 7, 1974: local community and education leader Kathern Harris was named an Outstanding Elementary Teacher for going above and beyond for Cleveland schools. In other education news, families in Puxico keep their schools open by paying subscription fees for the 1924 spring semester...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Rickey Tropf, 42, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 7:44 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 4, at a residence in the 900 block of Mary Street. Tropf was booked in on charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and he was lodged in the Butler County jail...