Stories from Wednesday, July 8, 2015

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Members of the Municipal Utilities Advisory Board made a new motion Monday to approach the Poplar Bluff City Council with a request for autonomy. Utilities Director Bill Bach said he previously asked to have the matter placed on the city council agenda, but it was later removed by former city manager Heath Kaplan...

By PAT PRATT Staff Writer A Butler County woman is lucky to be alive after a neighbor allegedly shot a bullet from a high-power rifle into her trailer - missing her head by two feet as she slept. Butler County sheriff's deputies arrested Keith Martin, 31, of Poplar Bluff, at 11:17 p.m. Saturday on suspicion of unlawful use of a weapon, a misdemeanor. He was booked at the county jail and released pending a review of the case by the prosecuting attorney's office...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Poplar Bluff City Council members voted Monday to assign new names to streets in the area of the Cripple Creek Development along PP Highway. Tucker Road, Duckett Drive and Kindergarten Road will be new additions to city maps...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The Poplar Bluff City Council voted unanimously Monday to hire Mark Massingham as the new city manager. Massingham has worked for the city for almost 25 years, most recently as assistant city manager. He has served as interim city manager since Heath Kaplan was fired in May. Massingham also served as interim city manager for three months following the May 2014 firing of Doug Bagby...