Stories from Friday, August 4, 2017

City and county officials hope that with voter support Tuesday, they can catch up with communities like Doniphan, Naylor and Piedmont. Poplar Bluff and Butler County have both placed use tax initiatives on ballots next week. This asks residents to allow the city and county to collect sales tax on certain online purchases in the same way sales tax is collected at a local brick and mortar business...

A report of a domestic disturbance involving a hammer Thursday afternoon sent a Poplar Bluff, Mo., couple to jail and their four young grandchildren back into state custody. Arrested were Daniel Joseph Lindman, 30, and his 44-year-old wife, Kasandra M. Lindman...

Wheelchair accessible playground equipment is expected to open Monday at Bacon Park. Kiwanis Club volunteers began assembly Wednesday of the $60,000, all inclusive structure. The Poplar Bluff group spent more than three years fundraising for the project, with the goal of creating a place where children of all abilities could play together...

Sarabeth EdaCheril, 18, of Doniphan, has been awarded a $500 study grant from the Ripley County Livestock Producers Association to help underwrite her health sciences studies at Three Rivers College. The grant fund is administered by the Three Rivers Community College Foundation...

To the Editor, It's time for Senator McCaskill to represent Missouri and stand with President Trump. Though she claims to be a moderate Democrat, her Washington tactics are the same as the far-left leaders of her party. Senator McCaskill loves to say she's representing Missourians while she's in Washington. ...

By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- Looking, as prudent people are disinclined to do, on the bright side, there are a few vagrant reasons for cheerfulness, beginning with this: Summer love is sprouting like dandelions. To the list of history's sublime romances -- Abelard and Heloise, Romeo and Juliet, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. ...

Karen Jean Miller, 50, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 at her residence. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff, Mo. is in charge of the arrangements. Online Condolences may be expressed at www.cotrellfuneralservice.com...

As Adrienne Stucker and nearly every softball pitcher can attest, there have been some close calls in the circle. From the moment a fastball leaves the hands of a pitcher and comes off the bat, there's a lingering fear among the game's hurlers that a 60-mph heater can come screaming back as a 100-mph line drive. These sharp line drives, or comebackers, happen all too often in fastpitch softball and leave pitchers standing 43 feet from the batter with less than a second to react...

FISK, Mo. -- Thomas Ray Mayabb, 41, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. Mr. Mayabb was born June 16, 1976 in Charleston, Mo. He had worked as a mechanic at Edwards Transportation in East Prairie, Mo. and was an operator for Worley Tree Service...

Justin Chilton, 18, of Van Buren, has won a $500 Missouri Pacific Boosters Award to help pursue his law enforcement studies at Three Rivers College. The award fund is administered by the Three Rivers Community College Foundation. Chilton is a 2017 graduate of Van Buren High School, where he earned honors in baseball and basketball and was active in groups including Beta Club, Future Business Leaders of America and Science Club. ...