Stories from Monday, February 22, 2021

A 62-year-old Bernie man was found shot dead inside his apartment Sunday afternoon and Dexter police have arrested a man for the murder. Timmy D. Carwile, of 314 Alice Street, was found deceased inside his apartment shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday. This is the first homicide that Dexter police have reported since January 2020...

EMINENCE —Park rangers will host a guided evening hike at 5 p.m. Saturday to identify owls. It will leave from Alley General Store, at Alley Mill. Participants will learn fact and folklore about these little understood creatures of the night before hiking up Alley Hollow in search of the nighttime predator, according to park rangers...

Robert ’Jack’ Hall, 81, of Doniphan, Missouri, died February 18, 2021 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Jack was born June 28, 1939 in Doniphan to Ralph Dale Hall and Mary Frances (Hall) Hall. Jack was a Boy Scout reaching the rank of Life. Jack accepted Christ as his Savior March 1, 1949, as a young boy, while attending First Baptist Church at Doniphan. ...

Jo Ann (Scott) Roberts, born September 7, 1934, passed February 19, 2021. Service is private. Remembrances in lieu of flowers can be made to: Friends of the Poplar Bluff Library, Inc. 318 Main St. Poplar Bluff, MO 63901.

City firefighters responded at 12:03 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, to a report of a fire alarm to the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, 2620 North Westwood Blvd. According to the report, while en route dispatch contacted crews to inform them it was a false alarm. Crews arrived and saw sprinklers were activated, made contact with security and were notified maintenance was working on frozen sprinkler lines and there was no fire, and it was under control. Firefighters cleared the scene...

A 62-year-old Bernie man was found shot dead inside an apartment Sunday afternoon and Dexter police have charged Anthony Thomas Jenkins Sr. for the murder. Timmy D. Carwile was found deceased inside 314 Alice St. shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21...

A deadly shooting at the American Legion Post 66 in Kennett, Missouri, will have Poplar Bluff veterans organizations gathering in the coming days to investigate what kind of moral support their comrades in Dunklin County may need, as well as scrutinizing their own groups’ security...

A SCMCAA Head Start bus and a Ford SUV collided around 4 p.m. Monday afternoon at the unmarked intersection of McKinley and Woodrow streets, with both vehicles landing in the yard of 1603 Woodrow St. The SUV is believed to have hit the house, while bus stopped in the yard, according to witness reports. One person from the Ford was transported by emergency medical services personnel to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, according to officials on scene. Butler County EMS personnel evaluated four children who were on the bus before another school bus took them to the hospital to be checked again as a precaution, according to Head Start personnel. No one in the house appeared to be injured, officials said. Poplar Bluff police, firefighters and utilities employees, along Spire Gas employees were at the scene.

Lake Road Elementary has 352 students and every day, 50-60 of them stay after school a few hours each day to work on homework and participate in activities designed to promote good character and leadership skills. A recent donation will now allow the effort to expand to serve children who did not have after school transportation...

Three Rivers College will have a new agreement regarding its Dexter campus. The board of trustees has approved a move toward purchasing the building. Dr. Wesley Payne, TRC president, said the college has been renting that facility for 10 years...

The Agee Community Club ladies held their February meeting by telephone conference call. The weather had members snowed and iced in, and they refused to let that stop them from keeping their perfect record of never missing a monthly meeting in 87 years, according to minutes provided by the club...

Lansford is Top Producer Century 21 American Realty announced Craig Lansford as the Top Producer for January. Lansford has been with Century 21 American Realty for more than two years. Born and raised in Poplar Bluff, Craig Lansford cares and is very passionate for his community. ...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE Corey Lee Bertram, 44, of the 1300 section of Highway 53, was arrested 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at the Super 8 Motel, 2831 N Westwood Blvd., on an Arkansas parole warrant and 10 Poplar Bluff city warrants for failure to appear in court. The original charges were two charges of possession of marijuana, two charges of possessing narcotic equipment, two moving violations, two nonmoving violations, shoplifting, and trespassing. He was booked at Butler County jail...