Stories from Thursday, June 25, 2020

Madison Reagan, a 23-year-old Poplar Bluff business owner, already is living her dream. Now, she wants to take it even further. Reagan is the owner of Bella Bee Boutique, a local retail shop specializing in clothing, jewelry, accessories, shoes and natural products, such as soaps, lotions, bath oils and lip balm. They also offer Montessori kits for home-schooled students...

A 34-year-old Doniphan man was seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash at 9:01 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, on U.S. 160, five miles west of Doniphan. According to the report, Ashley R. Hall was operating a 1994 Nissan Pathfinder eastbound when it ran off the road and struck a tree...

Electrical board The Poplar Bluff City Council will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Poplar Bluff City Council chambers, 301 S. Fifth St. Items on the agenda include a request from Kyle A. Dugas to take the journeyman electrician’s test and a request from Jake Burson to take the master electrician’s test...

ELLSINORE — A workplace accident at a Shannon County sawmill Wednesday has left an Ellsinore man with extensive injuries that have required multiple surgeries. The accident involving Cody Robinett happened early Wednesday morning at Patterson Lumber in Birch Tree, where he has worked for several years, said the 27-year-old’s mother, Holly Robinett...

CAMPBELL — Pamela L. Bader, 63 of Glennonville, passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at her residence in Glennonville, Missouri. Pam, daughter of Faye June Bledsoe Maddox, was born on Friday, June 29, 1956, in Campbell. She was homemaker and co-owner of Stan Bader Wood Truss; also, a member of the St. Teresa’s Catholic Church...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Jonathan Dawson, 30, of Van Buren was arrested at 10:22 a.m. Wednesday, June 24, on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance (Clonazepam), possession of drug paraphernalia and no insurance. He was booked at the Wayne County Jail and released...

City firefighters responded at 9:35 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, to a fire in the 700 block of Maud Street. According to the report, firefighters used five gallons of water to put out a small fire burning in a vacant lot near Hayden’s. _ City firefighters responded at 8:23 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, to a motor-vehicle crash at the intersection of Benton and Valley...

Butler County health officials reported three more positive tests for COVID-19 on Thursday, the eighth straight day with a new case and the 33rd in the last 12 days and 87th since the pandemic started. Ripley County reported a 17th case, the fifth in the last week...

The Poplar Bluff R-I School District is heading into the 2020-21 fiscal year with a balanced budget, but expects changes.

Tuesday’s Games No games scheduled. Wednesday’s Games CIVIC LEAGUE The Beards 3, Castello’s 2 Mossy Oak 7, Shooter’s Shack 5 Sterling 13, Las Margaritas 4 LITTLE LEAGUE VFW vs. First Midwest PONY LEAGUE Today’s Computers 8, Rent One 6...