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Eagles steak dinner is Friday
(Local News ~ 02/27/20)
The Eagles, 1400 S. Broadway, will have a steak dinner open to the public from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday. Proceeds from the event will be used to finance community projects.
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Fire reports - Feb. 27
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/27/20)
City firefighters responded at 3:13 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, to the Vancil Apartments, 1124 N. Main St. According to the report, Michael Rains was concerned there might be a carbon monoxide leak in his apartment. Firefighters used a multigas meter to check Rains’ apartment and the adjoining floor. Nothing was found...
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Police reports - Feb. 27
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/27/20)
MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Three Poplar Bluff residents were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 11:37 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, on U.S. 67, one mile north of Poplar Bluff. According to the report, Keith A. Phelps, 64, was operating a 1995 Ford pickup westbound when it pulled into the path of a 1997 Toyota pickup being driven northbound by Tony E. Whitted, 52...
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PBPD officer charged with sex trafficking of a child; serves as SRO at Poplar Bluff school (Local News ~ 02/27/20)
A warrant was issued Thursday afternoon for a Poplar Bluff police officer who is accused of sexual trafficking of a child and multiple child pornography offenses. Brandon Michael Hopper was arrested Wednesday by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The 39-year-old was charged with the unclassified felony of first-degree sexual trafficking of a child, the Class B felony of first-degree promoting child pornography and two Class D felonies of possession of child pornography by Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kacey Proctor.. ... -
After Monday incident, PB man still on life support
(Local News ~ 02/27/20)
A local man remains on life support in an Arkansas hospital after he was pulled Monday from a home where propane heaters and a generator had been in use. An unconscious Jason Freeman, was found inside 421 Valley Monday morning and subsequently taken to NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro for treatment...
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Carter County man gets two years for gun-related charges (Local News ~ 02/27/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU — A Carter County man was sentenced Thursday afternoon to nearly two years in federal prison for the illegal possession of firearms. Charles D. Cannon was sentenced to 21 months on the felony of felon in possession of a firearm by U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr., according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Sorrell... -
Officials: Probation facility morphed into ‘half-way house’
(Local News ~ 02/27/20)
Poplar Bluff’s Community Supervision Center is one of six in the state, and local officials are concerned it has “morphed” into a half-way house. “It was sold to our community leaders at the time it was created that it would not be used as a half-way house,” Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kacey Proctor said...
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Ruth Elizabeth Harris (Obituary ~ 02/27/20)
Ruth Elizabeth Harris, 91, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., entered the arms of Jesus Christ Feb. 26, 2020, at Poplar Buff Regional Hospital. Ruth was the daughter of the late David and Daisy Fann. She was born on Dec. 10, 1928. She graduated from nursing school in 1970. ... -
School officials urge those with information to contact MSHP
(Local News ~ 02/27/20)
The Poplar Bluff School District sent a message to parents Thursday afternoon after a school resource officer was charged with multiple felonies. “We have been advised that charges have been filed against a law enforcement officer employed by the Poplar Bluff Police Department, who was recently assigned in our school system,” said Poplar Bluff R-1 Superintendent Scott Dill...
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MSHP: PBPD officer, area woman "enticed" child involved in sex trafficking case (Local News ~ 02/27/20)
FREE ACCESS A Poplar Bluff police officer was among those charged Thursday afternoon with sexual trafficking of a child and multiple child pornography offenses. Brandon Michael Hopper, 39, and Amber Michelle Longhibler, 27, were charged with the unclassified felony of first-degree sexual trafficking of a child, the Class B felony of first-degree promoting child pornography and two Class D felonies of possession of child pornography... -
Gary Don Williams (Obituary ~ 02/27/20)
Gary Don Williams, 75, of Broseley, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He was born April 6, 1944 in Bucoda, Mo., son of Levi and Jewel (Wood) Williams, both of whom preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by two brothers:Doyle Williams of Thompsonville, Ill. and Doyen Williams of Fredericktown, Mo... -
PBJHS Living Museum celebrates black inventors (Local News ~ 02/27/20)
The Black History Month program presented at Poplar Bluff Junior High School on Thursday aimed to educate both students and community members about the role African Americans have and continue to play in society.
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