Stories from Monday, February 26, 2024

A 23-year-old man is in the Butler County jail facing arson charges related to a house fire on Dec. 27. Jonathan Crumley was arrested last week by the Missouri State Fire Marshal’s office, said Poplar Bluff Fire Chief Mike Moffitt. Crumley is scheduled to appear in court Friday for a bond reduction hearing...

Thomas “Dink” South, 52, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024 at his residence in Poplar Bluff. Mr. South was born July 4, 1971 in Sikeston, Missouri, son of the late William and Juanita South. He had worked as a surveyor for many years. He enjoyed fishing, watching his kids play sports and playing pool...

Helen Irene Bush, 97, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Poplar Bluff.

Phyllis Alvena Moore, 63, of Campbell died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, at her daughter’s home in Clarkton.

When Donald McNabb and Bo Dasch took over the Naylor Fire Department in October of 2021, the Insurance Services Office rated the department at class 10. Counterintuitively, 10 is the worst rating a fire department can receive from the ISO...

A subject came to the police station on Sunday, Feb. 25, and reported the front license plate to their vehicle was lost or stolen. _ Officers were dispatched Sunday, Feb. 25, to Taco Bell at 108 S. Westwood Blvd. in reference to someone leaving the scene of an accident. The victim was contacted and gave a possible license plate to the suspect vehicle. This investigation is ongoing...