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Neelyville R-IV kindergarten and early childhood screening appointments being accepted now
(Local News ~ 02/24/21)
Kindergarten and early childhood programs at Neelyville R-IV are now accepting screening appointments for students eligible to attend school in 2021-2022. Screening appointments for kindergarten-eligible students are now being accepted for Thursday, March 4...
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Sign up deadlines loom for youth soccer, volleyball (Local News ~ 02/24/21)
The Poplar Bluff Parks and Recreation Department continues to accept registrations for the spring Optimist Soccer League, but the deadline for those wishing to enroll their children is Friday. “We’re in a supportive role, helping the Optimist Soccer League with the registrations, and we’ll take them through Friday,” said Park Department Director Lanny Corcimiglia... -
Event seeks to arm parents against online predators (Local News ~ 02/24/21)
One Saturday afternoon in October, Vesteen Taylor of Poplar Bluff arrived at Kerr’s Express on Westwood Boulevard expecting to meet a 13-year-old girl he’s accused of sending sexually explicit messages and photos to on Facebook. Instead, he was greeted by Poplar Bluff Police Detective Danny Hicks, who arrested Taylor on a charge of enticing a child... -
Saint Francis Foundation accepting 2021 Healthcare Scholarship applications
(State News ~ 02/24/21)
CAPE GIRARDEAU — Applications for the 2021 Saint Francis Healthcare Scholarship Program, funded by Saint Francis Foundation and Auxiliary, are now available. The program awards more than 20 scholarships of up to $2,000 annually to students pursuing a healthcare-related career...
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Tennessee accused child predator caught in Harviell (Local News ~ 02/24/21)
A 73-year-old Harviell man was arrested Monday on suspicion of raping a girl under the age of 13 four years ago in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Jerry Lee Whitt is being held on a $100,000 bond in Butler County jail awaiting transfer to Sumner County, Tennessee. The indictment alleges Whitt engaged in sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl... -
Police describe 'chaotic scene' at American Legion Post shooting (Local News ~ 02/24/21)
KENNETT — Police Chief Kenny Wilson is seeking information about the deadly shooting at American Legion Post 66 and Poplar Bluff veterans organizations are stressing caution when allowing others to use their posts. Calling it the “most chaotic scene I have ever worked,” Wilson said he has been police chief in Kennett since 2018... -
Mass vaccine event March 9 in Poplar Bluff (Local News ~ 02/24/21)
Butler County’s next mass vaccination clinic will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 9 at the Black River Coliseum. Butler County Health Department administrator Emily Goodin announced the upcoming clinic during the weekly COVID-19 briefing Wednesday with Robbie Myers, county emergency management agency director... -
Mildred Hyslop (Obituary ~ 02/24/21)
Mildred Irene Hyslop, 88, the daughter of the late Joe Ellis and Geneva Davenport Ellis Jarrell, was born May 28, 1932, in Dexter, Missouri and died peacefully at her rural Bloomfield home on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, following a brief battle with cancer... -
Heartland Gobblers banquet is March 6
(Outdoors ~ 02/24/21)
The Heartland Gobblers chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will host its annual Hunting Heritage banquet Saturday, March 6, at The Grotto in Poplar Bluff. The Grotto is located at the end of Aad Grotto Road, off Katy Lane, on Poplar Bluff’s north side...
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Rev. Chester Kneir (Obituary ~ 02/24/21)
Let Us Pause To Honor the Memory of Rev. Chester Landon Kneir. Rev. Chester Landon Kneir, age 84, of Madison, Indiana formerly of Missouri entered this life on June 22, 1936 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, where he was... -
Police reports, Feb. 24, 2021
(Police/Fire Report ~ 02/24/21)
POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Andrew Lee Hill, 20, of the 900 block of Mill Street, was arrested at 12:36 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, in the 500 block of Lester Street. According to the report, a caller reported Hill was sleeping under the stairs of the apartment. ...
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Fire victim ‘blessed’ to start over with son (Local News ~ 02/24/21)
From the moment she found out she was pregnant, 20-year-old Shyanne Wallace “started working for me and my son and what we needed.’’ She lost it all in a burst of flames that consumed her apartment and three other units at 1221 West Harper St. in Poplar Bluff shortly after midnight on Feb. 7...
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