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UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Traffic control needed near vaccine clinic ahead of opening (Local News ~ 01/22/21)
UPDATE 8:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22 People started lining up before 8 a.m. Friday for a mass vaccination clinic in Poplar Bluff. The clinic is scheduled to open at 9 a.m., but traffic control was needed in the area of Highway 53 and Cheshire Boulevard well before that time... -
Police, Fire reports Jan. 22
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/22/21)
Ethan Gage Amann, 25, of the 400 block of B Street was arrested at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, on a Butler County warrant for a moving traffic violation. He booked at the Butler County jail. _ Donald Justin Ginnocchio, 49, of the 300 block of Division Street was arrested at 12:28 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, on two failure to appear warrants for non-support and first-degree trespassing. He was booked at the Butler County jail...
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Minnie Wisdom Muskopf (Obituary ~ 01/22/21)
Minnie Mae Wisdom Muskopf, 86, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2021 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Minnie was born August 21, 1934 to Earl and Katie (Becker) Fulton in Tupelo, Miss. She and Charles William Wisdom were married May 13, 1950 in Poplar Bluff. He passed away August of 1992. She and Russell Raymond Muskopf were married June 1, 1996 in Poplar Bluff. He survives... -
Juanita 'Neete' Thompson (Local News ~ 01/22/21)
Juanita ‘Neete’ Thompson, age 77, of Washington, Mo., formerly of Qulin, died Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at Union Care Center, in Union, Mo. Mrs. Thompson was born February 23, 1943 in Qulin, daughter of the late Robert and Margaret (King) Medlin. She is survived by one son, Jeffrey (Stacy) Thompson of Washington, Mo.; two granddaughters, Megan Jackson of Poplar Bluff and Skylar Thompson of Washington, Mo.; one sister, Shirley Acre of Broseley and two brothers, Louie ‘Bud’ Medlin and Franklin Medlin. ... -
Police investigate incident on Poplar Bluff school bus (Local News ~ 01/22/21)
Poplar Bluff police responded around 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon to an incident which took place on a school bus at the corner of 14th Street and Barron Road. According to R-I Superintendent Scott Dill, the "district and law enforcement responded to reports of multiple altercations on a school bus. Students not involved in the incident are being taken home. Various age groups were on the bus. Some junior high students may be late. No medical personnel were needed at the scene... -
Juanita 'Neete' Thompson (Obituary ~ 01/22/21)
Juanita ‘Neete’ Thompson, age 77, of Washington, Mo., formerly of Qulin, died Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at Union Care Center, in Union, Mo. Mrs. Thompson was born February 23, 1943 in Qulin, daughter of the late Robert and Margaret (King) Medlin. She is survived by one son, Jeffrey (Stacy) Thompson of Washington, Mo.; two granddaughters, Megan Jackson of Poplar Bluff and Skylar Thompson of Washington, Mo.; one sister, Shirley Acre of Broseley and two brothers, Louie ‘Bud’ Medlin and Franklin Medlin. ... -
Carter County seeks owners of 100 guns (Local News ~ 01/22/21)
The Carter County Sheriff’s Department has more than 100 guns to hand out. To their original owners, that is. The handguns, rifles and other firearms have been in the custody of the sheriff’s department for almost three years, since the historic May 2017 high water that flooded their previous building. Owners have until Feb. 26 to claim the items... -
Medical marijuana dispensary to open soon in Poplar Bluff (Local News ~ 01/22/21)
If all goes according to plan, Poplar Bluff will have its first medical marijuana dispensary open sometime next week. According to Casey Efting, director of retail operations at Greenlight Dispensary, “We’ve gone through everything we need to go through for the state; they call it going through commencement... -
Health department works to help those who missed vaccine (Local News ~ 01/22/21)
While the Missouri National Guard and others worked diligently Friday to make sure every person registered for the state’s first mass clinic received a vaccine, it was unfortunately not the case. -
Plant seeds of kindness this spring
(Column ~ 01/22/21)
I’m looking forward to the first blooms of spring popping up to brighten our world. We need a little brightness, as well as the fragrance of freshly-turned earth. This year, we need to plant flowers and vegetables, as well as seeds of kindness, for our friends and neighbors...
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WITH VIDEO: Hundreds line up early for COVID-19 vaccine (Local News ~ 01/22/21)
Even with some hiccups, the first mass vaccination clinic held in the state provided nearly 2,000 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines Friday.
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