Stories from Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Ten individuals in a 2019 Ford Transit van veered off Route 67 one mile north of the Arkansas state line at 3:20 p.m. Monday. Officers of the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the accident. According to the crash report, a van transporting workers drifted off the left side of the roadway and overturned. ...

The Poplar Bluff City Council bid farewell to Jerrica Fox-Lane and approved the 3% sales tax on non-medical marijuana Monday. Fox-Lane said goodbye to the council during her last session as representative of Ward 2 and mayor pro tempore. “It is with great grattitude and a touch of sadness that I leave public service,” she stated, “I have worked continuously to make Poplar Bluff a better place for all who call it home.”...

Shannon Kiprich’s coaching journey began at age 17 with the Poplar Bluff swim team. Today she can draw a line from those first experiences to her international life coaching business, Higher Achiever. “Coaching has always been a part of me. Just never I never put it together with a career outside of the water,” she said...

Wilbur J. “Bud” Allen, 96, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at Cedar Gate Healthcare in Poplar Bluff.

Vernon Lee Weathers, 41, of Fisk, Missouri, died Thursday, April 11, 2024 at his residence.

The greater Poplar Bluff area has some alluring trails for hikers, mountain bikers and horse riders — but they have not received much attention in recent years. Some people are hoping to change that. According to Poplar Bluff Trail Coalition President Rob Nations, the Lake Wappapello trail is a 15 mile loop that has not been used for a long time...

Frances Marie Inman, 94, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Monday, April 15, 2024. Frances was born Feb. 2, 1930, to Artie and Bertha (Pennington) McGowen in Lone Hill, Missouri. She married Norman Inman Nov. 5, 1949, in Poplar Bluff. Frances was a lifelong member of First Church of God of Poplar Bluff. ...

Darius Jones, 27, of Kennett was arrested at 8:40 p.m. Monday, April 15, during a domestic assault investigation on Bartlett Street. Jones was booked on a Poplar Bluff warrant for failure to appear on property damage (bond $500) and lodged in the Butler County jail...

The Total Eclipse of the Bluff was an awe-inspiring event and created lifetime memories for residents and visitors. Now, many are asking what they should do with their eclipse glasses. Poplar Bluff Library has an answer. Partnering with Missouri Highlands Health Care, the library is collecting eclipse glasses for schoolchildren in South America. ...