Stories from Saturday, October 5, 2024

Editor’s note: Friday’s Dash to the Past was not included in this weekend’s edition due to space constraints. Read it in full at darnews.com. A disastrous train derailment in 1924 was no accident — authorities are searching Arkansas for the man behind a sabotaged switch that killed three people. Residents in 1949 prepared to battle the Engineering Corps and each other over a controversial dam proposal. In 1974, Poplar Bluff High School racked up its third marching band invitational win.

Poplar Bluff Junior High students raised $400 to help the Walk to End Alzheimer’s through a new event, the Duck Derby. The Duck Derby was held Sept. 28 in Downtown Poplar Bluff. The Poplar Bluff Junior High School, under the direction of Principal Candace Warren and teacher Kathy Pattillo, held a series of three hat days (named Duck Your Head) to raise funds for the Duck Derby, shared Brenda Allen, who serves on the planning committee for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s...

Ashley Thompson acknowledges that an evening visit to a cemetery can be an eerie experience for some people. However, her reason for coordinating a cemetery walk Oct. 12 has nothing to do with haunting, but everything to do with history. Thompson has been “digging up” details about some of the fascinating people who are buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, which is located on the northern edge of the city of Doniphan...

PUXICO — Fall is a great time to visit Mingo National Wildlife Refuge with expanded visitor center hours. From Oct. 5 through Nov. 9, the Mingo National Wildlife Refuge visitor center will be open to the public on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m...

In 2022, Zach Talbott exchanged his Jefferson City office to return home and become a part of Talbott Family Farms, growing rice and soybeans near Neelyville in #Agri-Ready Designated Butler County. Missouri is ranked fourth in the nation for rice production and seventh for soybean production. ...

Jayger Harmon, 22, of Piggott Ar. was arrested Saturday, Oct. 5, for a warrant through the State of Arkansas. Harmon was lodged in the Butler County jail. _ Officers were dispatched Saturday, Oct. 5, to the 1100 block of Fairmount Street in reference to stealing. This investigation is ongoing...