Stories from Tuesday, June 30, 2020

To the Editor and to whom it may concern: As a mother, teacher, and citizen, I am very disturbed at the extreme cuts Missouri Governor Mike Parson is making in our state’s education budget. So far he has cut $432.9 million from Missouri’s budget, and plans to implement more. The majority of these cuts are coming from the education budget...

To the Editor: I hereby declare that I fully support the decriminalization of marijuana. I support decriminalization because... 1.) My mother passed away from a prescription narcotic overdose in November of 2011, at the age of 46. 2.) I believe that marijuana is a lifesaving plant, as people suffering from debilitating pain and/or terminal illnesses can use marijuana and be relieved of pain, without having to deal with the many negative side-effects of narcotics...

To the Editor: I experienced this (the weekend of June 20) such a positive event for your community in Poplar Bluff. It is my opinion this happened because of the support of the park department finally allowing a large venue, which was a youth sanctioned baseball tournament...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Nathan W. Jones, 24, of the 900 block of Kendall was arrested at 9:06 a.m. Sunday, June 28, at Walmart Supercenter on warrants for second-degree burglary, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was booked at Butler County jail...

Mossy Oak Properties, Mozark Realty recently gave out the 2019 Production awards. Earning the Top Producer and Top Lister award was Derek Emmons. Emmons has been in real estate since September of 2014. He is a member of the Missouri Board of Realtors, is the current MLS Director for the Three Rivers Board of Realtors, an active board member for the University of Missouri extension office in Butler County and is active in the community. ...

Larry Willard, 74, of Greenville, died Sunday, June 28, 2020, at Greenville Nursing and Rehab Center. Visitation will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, July 1, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville Chapel. Funeral service following at 1 p.m., also at Greenville Chapel. Burial in Cool Springs Cemetery, Taskee. Online condolences: www.rueggfuneralhomes.com...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 19-year-old Bernie man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 9:49 p.m. Monday, June 29, on County Road 675 at County Road 670, two miles north of Powe. According to the report, Hunter L. Slavings was operating a 2016 Ford Fiesta eastbound when it ran off the road and struck a ditch...

City firefighters responded at 3:04 a.m. Tuesday, June 30, to a report of an unauthorized burn at 825 Poplar St. According to the report, firefighters found a small fire burning and used a water hose and 10 gallons of water to put out the fire. _...

FCC Behavioral Health and Mt. Calvary Power House Church in Poplar Bluff recently celebrated their longtime community partnership. On Tuesday, church staff fried fish for employees at FCC Behavioral Health to show support for the organization and to come together to talk about current affairs as part of the church’s ongoing “Bridge the Gap” program...

Dozens turned out last week for a special event at the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce designed to recognize the region’s manufacturing industries. “This is the industrial outing we started many, many years ago, probably back in the late ‘80s or early ‘90s, and it’s morphed into the industrial appreciation dinner,” said Chamber President Steve Halter...

Making sure everybody who enters the Butler County Courthouse is safe and free of COVID-19 has become the responsibility of two retired Poplar Bluff police officers. Stationed just inside the east door of the courthouse are retired Lt. Ralph Jefferson and Patrolman Jim Gerber, who ask health-related questions, take temperatures and man a metal detector...

Edith Louise Richardson, 91, of Poplar Bluff passed away Sunday, June 28, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Edith was born on August 12, 1928 to Otto and Carmel (Brown) Ashley in Perry County, Arkansas. She married Donald Franklin Richardson on January 13, 1945, in Gideon, Missouri...

Security, homelessness and activities serve as the main takeaways from a recent meeting to address revitalizing Downtown Poplar Bluff.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri reached a grim new milestone in its battle with the coronavirus on Tuesday, surpassing 1,000 deaths amid a resurgence of the disease that has seen cases skyrocket in recent weeks. The state health department raised the death toll by 17, to 1,015, and added more than 500 confirmed cases to the statewide tally, raising it to 21,551 since the pandemic started. ...

QULIN — An autopsy will be performed Wednesday on a Qulin man whose body was found in a burning trailer early Monday morning.

Monday’s Games CIVIC LEAGUE Las Margaritas 8, Mossy Oak 3 Sterling 19, Beards 4 Castello’ 8, Shooter’s Shack 2 LITTLE LEAGUE First Midwest 5, Swaffords 4 VFW 7, Sport Clips 4 PONY LEAGUE Rent One 4, Redbirds 3...