Stories from Monday, July 1, 2024

Poplar Bluff police are investigating an incident that left one person shot Sunday. Police were called at 4:23 p.m. in reference to shots fired in the 400 block of Highway 53, according to the report. “Officers contacted a victim with a gunshot wound to the leg,” police report. “The victim was transported by EMS for medical treatment. Leads are being developed on the suspect and the case is currently being investigated.”...

Clyde Helton, 80 , of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Saturday, June 29. 2024, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Douglas White Sr., 92, of Weldon Spring, Missouri, formerly of Piedmont, died Saturday, June 29, 2024, in O’Fallon, Missouri. Visitation is at 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 3, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral following at 1 p.m., also in the Piedmont Chapel. Burial is in Masonic Cemetery with full military honors...

Wilma Faye Piroli, 92, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Monday, July 1, 2024, at her home. Wilma was born May 6, 1932, to Lloyd and Mable (Haynes) Mayes in Harviell, Missouri. She married Dante Piroli Oct. 13, 1951, in California. Wilma was of the Catholic faith. ...

While the Fourth of July is synonymous with fireworks, national and local experts are advising celebrants to leave the big booms to the professionals. The National Safety Council advises everyone to enjoy fireworks at public displays conducted by professionals, and not to use any at home. Poplar Bluff Fire Chief Mike Moffitt reminded residents that discharging fireworks in the city limits is restricted...

The Missouri State Highway Patrol and Poplar Bluff Business Airport both handled an influx of traffic this week as thousands of spectators flooded to Rock the Country. MHSP was out in force to help direct traffic for Rock the Country last weekend. Public information officer Sgt. ...

Heat and high water came to stop Rock the Country at Brick’s Offroad Park on Friday and Saturday, but the thousands of concert-goers were undeterred. Record rainfall the previous week and a scorching triple-digit heat index presented serious obstacles to the two-day event...

Officers were dispatched Monday, July 1, to a business in the 1600 Block of Rowe Parkway in reference to burglary. There was surveillance footage of the incident and is being reviewed. _ Officers assisted Wayne County and the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Monday, July 1, in the apprehension of two subjects who were fleeing from law enforcement in a vehicle...