Stories from Tuesday, December 10, 2024

A college student on a 3,000-mile run stopped in Poplar Bluff for the night in 1974, and was welcomed into the home of the high school cross-country coach. Two other college students made headlines in 1924 for being the oldest and youngest people on campus in Cape Girardeau...

Lorene “Renie” Osborn, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, at New Hope Assisted Living. Renie was born April 1, 1940, to James and Ellen (Stout) Killian in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She married Sonny Osborn April 5, 1958, also in Poplar Bluff...

Wendell Paul Hubbs Jr., 100, of Jefferson City, Missouri, passed away peacefully Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at Primrose Retirement Community, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Dec. 4, 1924, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, a son of Wendell Paul Sr. and Ruby Hazel (Hill) Hubbs. He was married Dec. 21, 1947, in the First Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff to Myra Jo Bollinger...

Divorces filed in the Butler Count court during November 2024 were as follows: Cameron Galloway v. Brook Galloway Craig Kemp v. Paula Kemp Paul Sappingtonn v. Ashley Sappington James Hogg v. Jessica Hogg William “Keith” Parker v. Stephanie Parker Jonathan Fanter v. Destanie Bickel...