Stories from Saturday, January 25, 2020

One of my priorities as your state representative is to support our great military service members. To that end, this session I am co-sponsoring a bill that will benefit some of the tens of thousands of defense personnel and their families who live right here in Missouri. ...

Three children from the ages of 5 to 11 were removed Wednesday by local law enforcement from a home with an active and very dangerous meth lab. It was so dangerous law enforcement immediately evacuated the home and won’t re-enter until a hazmat team clears the area...

Vulgar language I’ve got a complaint about that Steve Harvey show on TV, Family Feud. They took one show off of there, for talking so vulgar. The Steve Harvey show, that’s some of the ugliest talking show. It isn’t fitting for youngsters to watch. It ought to be taken off the air or do something with it. It’s getting to where the Steve Harvey show is absolutely ridiculous, the language they use on it...

Poplar Bluff City Fire Department City firefighters responded at 10:38 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24, to an alarm sounding at 2049 Greenwood Drive. According to the report, the alarm had malfunctioned. _ City firefighters responded at 9:31 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, to a report of a large, unattended fire at 813 Clare. According to the report, nothing was found when they responded...

On Jan. 20, 2017, Donald Trump stood on the West Front of the United States Capitol Building, overlooking the National Mall and the monuments erected to honor our nation’s greatest heroes — Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and King — and was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Sitting on the giant stage with the newly elected president, I was filled with optimism about the fresh perspective he would bring to a broken Washington...

As the Senate impeachment trial unfolds, we’re witnessing an alarming dual justice system where Democrats accuse the president and the Republican Party of criminal wrongdoing and foul play while giving themselves a pass for the very same acts of which they accuse others...

Park Board The Poplar Bluff Parks and Recreation Board will meet at 5 p.m. Monday at the park office. Items on the agenda include program reports and a closed session. Airport board The Poplar Bluff Municipal Airport Advisory Board will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the city council chambers...

“Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done. He was a career politician.” So says Hillary Clinton of her former Senate colleague and 2016 rival for the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders. Her assessment of Sanders’ populist-socialist agenda?...

It was an overwhelming moment Saturday for the individual named Citizen of the Year during the 82nd Annual Chamber Banquet. Herman Styles was recognized for his work mentoring youth through the business he co-owns, Colton's Steak House, as well as work with the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center Board of Directors and volunteer efforts to help at risk youth...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Anthony Michael Singer, 32, of the 900 block of North Mill was arrested at 4:19 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at his residence on suspicion of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. He was booked at Butler County jail...