Stories from Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Brittney Yvonne Grammer Murphy, daughter of Tim Murphy and Patricia Grammer Murphy of Bernie, Missouri, was born on July 11, 1986 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on December 26, 2019 in Poplar Bluff, at the age of 33 years. Ms. Murphy was a Certified Nursing Assistant and a resident of Bernie...

Rickey Lee Pennington, Sr., 68, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. He was born July 8, 1952, in Naylor, Missouri, to Julia (Jaco) Pennington and the late Harold Pennington. Rickey was a veteran, having served our nation in the Army. On Jan. 28, 1971, he married his love and best friend, Sandy (Flatt) Pennington in Poplar Bluff. They had just celebrated 50 years together...

A woman who climbed out of her bedroom window and took refuge on a second-floor balcony of a burning apartment building was rescued by Poplar Bluff firefighters early Sunday morning. City firefighters say the incident highlights a potentially dangerous trend they have seen lately, individuals calling a fire station directly rather than 911...

The Poplar Bluff R-I School board will vote on the district’s direction for the next five years at next week’s meeting. Dr. Scott Dill, superintendent, presented board members with a proposed draft of the Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP) for 2021-26 in January so they could look it over before voting...

Studying artist Alma Woodsey Thomas during African-American History Month brightened the evening for Tara Brown and her two groups of up-and-coming children’s artists Tuesday at the Margaret Harwell Art Museum annex. “For Black History we’re going to study Alma Thomas, who was an African American artist and a teacher,” Brown said. ...

Plans are still a go for the COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic Friday, Feb. 12, at the Black River Coliseum for those getting a second shot. Butler County Health Center Director Emily Goodin said, through emails and calls made by the Missouri National Guard, that clinic registration is full...

The Southeast Missouri region still is in the crosshairs of a winter ice storm Wednesday and Thursday, but officials with the National Weather Service expected as of early Wednesday afternoon that the worst of the storm would track farther south than the Poplar Bluff and Dexter areas...

With the closure of just about all hunting seasons, and the remaining few shutting down soon, it’s just about time to switch to full-on fishing mode. At the moment, your hunting options are snow geese, rabbits, squirrels or coyotes. Snow goose numbers appear to be down a bit from what they normally are this time of year, and success has been somewhat limited...

With regular waterfowl season and dark goose season being closed, that means our light goose conservation order season is in full swing. During the conservation order season, hunters can use unplugged shotguns, electronic callers, and there is no daily limit on snow geese, blue geese, and Ross’s geese...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Carlos D. Williams, 40, of the 3000 block of Warrior Lane was arrested Tuesday, Feb. 9, at his home on suspicion of third-degree assault. He was booked at Butler County jail. _ Christopher Nathaniel Johnson, 30, of the 1400 block of North 12th Street was arrested Tuesday, Feb. ...