Stories from Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Headlines were varied on this date in history. Butler County’s utilities changed hands in 1924, and financial support for polio patients dwindled in 1949 as the epidemic passed its peak. In 1974, a mysterious and massive fire destroyed a boat dealership...

Butler County Community Resource Council and the Poplar Bluff Museum have partnered again to hold a series of historical walking tours in October.

The Poplar Bluff Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is once again sponsoring Memorial Gardens Cemetery for Wreaths Across America for 2024.

BLOOMFIELD — Following what appears to be a national trend the past couple of weeks, Bloomfield Schools received threats Thursday. Investigation quickly led to an arrest.

If you don’t have your ducks in a row, you’ll want them by Saturday. Poplar Bluff’s first-ever Duck Derby offers players a chance at hundreds of dollars in prizes while supporting the Walk to End Alzheimer’s.