Stories from Tuesday, October 29, 2024

The weather is slowly — very slowly — starting to turn, and soon Southeast Missouri residents will be turning on their furnaces. In preparation for the heating season, Spire is preparing to help customers reduce burdens they may be facing with their bills.

Northside Community Center is holding a Safe Candy Zone on Halloween night.

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the Friends of Wappapello Lake and River Radio, will host the 32nd Annual Festival of Lights Auto Tour from Nov. 29 through Dec. 25 at the Redman Creek East Campground, located at Wappapello Lake.

A pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle Tuesday morning in Butler County.

A Poplar Bluff man was hospitalized after being struck by a car on the Pine Street bridge Tuesday afternoon. The accident occurred at approximately 1:10 p.m. According to the report from Lt. Josh Stewart with the Poplar Bluff Police Department, Ricky Cochran, 64, of Poplar Bluff was driving a 2001 Dodge Ram east on the Pine Street/Business 60 bridge when a hay bale fell from his truck. ...

At least one vehicle was involved in an accident on the Pine Street/Business 60 bridge Tuesday afternoon. Poplar Bluff police redirected traffic onto Second and Vine streets while Butler County EMS, Poplar Bluff firefighters, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded...

Officers responded Tuesday, Oct. 29, to a residence in the 1700 block of Sanders Avenue in reference to a dog bite. It was determined that a canine had left a nearby residence, unsupervised, and attacked another canine at another residence. The unsupervised canine was retrieved by the owner, who then left prior to police being called. The owner of the canine was identified. Charges are being sought through the Poplar Bluff Municipal Prosecutor’s Office...