Stories from Tuesday, June 11, 2024

A 77-year-old Poplar Bluff man was pronounced dead by the Butler County Coroner Jim Akers after a one-vehicle accident at 2 p.m. Monday. Dwight C. Sanders was riding his 2009 Harley Davidson eastbound on Highway PP seven miles west of Poplar Bluff when the accident occurred...

The city of Poplar Bluff received a permit for a $1.2 million commercial project to be constructed at 2400 Shelby Road. Jimmy Nicholson, a financial advisor with Edward Jones, is developing the plot. “We’re just now starting,” he explained. Nicholson said work will begin soon on plumbing and concrete footers for the 8,400-square-foot facility...

Approximately $350,000 in tax credits will help grow programs for youth in the area. The Boys & Girls Club of the Heartland has received $150,000 in tax credits for its Hillview site. The tax credits were awarded by the Missouri Department of Economic Development, as part of $6 million in disbursements statewide...

Recreation is Jennifer Morse’s bread and butter. Morse, who is a Mark Twain National forest specialist, shared information at a recent Women Aware luncheon. She manages dispersed recreation for the Poplar Bluff and Eleven Point ranger districts. “I’m very invested, but particularly recreation and outdoors in nature hold a dear spot to my heart,” she said...

A local man not only survived a severe stab wound in 1949, he also ran across a lot and climbed a fence while critically injured and inebriated. Other headlines revolve around civic growth. 100 years ago June 11, 1924 • A survey by the Southeast Missouri Agriculture Bureau showed big growth for Butler County: the population rose last year by at least 18,000 and around 2,100 new homes were built. These figures are reportedly a conservative estimate...

For decades, the U.S. Forest Service stamped out fires wherever they appeared. But their attempts to save forests through fire suppression nearly killed a complex, diverse Ozark biome: glades. Alley Spring is best known for its namesake, a natural waterworks pumping millions of gallons per day from deep underground. ...

Brenda Reazin, daughter of the late James Wade Jr. and Violet Mitchell Wade was born Feb. 15, 1979 in Festus, Missouri and departed this life o June 7, 2024 in St. Louis, Missouri at the age of 45. Visitation will be held from 3 p.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, June 15, 2024, at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. A celebration of life service will be conducted at a later date...

Chience Booker, 24, of Malden was arrested on Channon Drive at 12:13 a.m. Monday, June 10 on a Dunklin County warrant for failure to appear on a traffic offense (bond $25) and a Cape Girardeau County warrant for failure to appear on a traffic offense (bond $400). Booker was lodged in the Butler County jail...