Stories from Thursday, January 24, 2019

The Missouri Department of Revenue has changed the required paperwork to file for property tax credit reimbursement for 2018. Residents are required to have their landlord fill out Form 5674, which is a verification of rent paid. To claim the PTC in the past, all one had to do was bring a letter from the landlord or 12 months of rent receipts, explained Retired Senior Volunteer Program Director Jennifer Rosener...

The Poplar Bluff Eagles Lodge #3730 is sponsoring a fundraising event on Saturday, Feb. 2 for the upcoming Autism Awareness & Acceptance Day on August 3. The free event is family friendly and will be from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 2 at the Poplar Bluff Elks Lodge on Hwy. ...

City firefighters responded at 7:48 p.m. Wednesday to a motor-vehicle crash at 2255 S. 11th St. According to the report, firefighters checked on the vehicle’s driver and asked him to let medical personnel do the same; however, he refused care. Firefighters remained on the scene until the vehicle was removed by tow company personnel...

Michael Ray Turner, 44, of the 2000 block of Fernwood Road was arrested at 8:49 p.m. Wednesday in the 2200 block of South 11th Street on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. He was booked at the Butler County jail. ———— Amanda Rose Pruitt, 38, of Bloomfield was arrested at 8:50 p.m. ...

CORNING, Ark. — Almarietta Fugate, 86, of Wappapello passed away January 22, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Fugate was a homemaker who enjoyed crocheting and yardwork. She was a member of Little Brushy Missionary Baptist Church in Wappapello...

The fate of a former Naylor assistant principal standing trial in March for allegedly sexually assaulting female students on campus now will rest in the hands of a Butler County judge. In a hearing held earlier this week, John Franklin Mullins waived having a jury trial in his case and agreed to stand trial before Presiding Circuit Judge Michael Pritchett...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Vida L. Schalk, 94, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 at Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Cloyce Sowell, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr. Sowell, the son of the late Walter G. and Florence Breedon Sowell, was born March 30, 1935 in Clarksdale, Miss. He was a member of Highland Church of Christ, and was a retired farmer of many years. ...