Stories from Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Glen Michael Hefner, Jr., 74, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Monday, February 1, 2021. Michael was born to Glen Michael Hefner and Mary Francis Kraft Binkley on Sept. 25, 1946, in Poplar Bluff. He graduated from Poplar Bluff High School and served from 1966 to 1969 in the US Army, where he earned a National Defense Service Medal, a Vietnam Service Medal, and a Vietnam Campaign Medal. ...

Calling all artists young and old, amateur and professional: “Art for Animals,” the popular annual fund raising event for the Animal Welfare Alliance (AWA) will start May 7 and end May 21! “Art for Animals” features 5-by-7-inch original creations by area artists. The public bids on-line for individual pieces of art during the two-week auction. Winning bids benefit AWA programs...

The Poplar Bluff High School class of 1959 will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 10, at Castello’s Restaurant. Class members, spouses and guests are invited to attend. Anyone with questions may call 686-1019 or 718-5900.

Wappapello and Clearwater lakes have begun to fall after rising several feet since last weekend’s rains. As of Wednesday morning, Wappapello’s level was at 363.06 feet, about 7 feet above normal. Over at Clearwater Lake, the water is up a little more than 6 feet above normal...

Teresa Darlene Victery, 60, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away on March 01, 2021 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. She was born on October 8, 1960 to Willie and Betty Lou (Miller) Shipman in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She married Thomas Victery on June 23, 1997,...

ROLLA, Mo. — Mark Twain National Forest employees have begun conducting spring prescribed burning projects as weather allows, at locations across the forest. Prescribed fires are used to reduce the threat of wildfire and to improve the health of native plants and wildlife habitat. ...

Rombauer Cemetery annual board meeting will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 20 at the Rombauer Baptist Church fellowship hall. “It is very important everyone interested in maintaining the Rombauer Cemetery attend the meeting,” said Leslie Shular, board secretary...

If you don’t have a computer, but want to register for the COVID mass vaccination Tuesday, March 9, at the Black River Coliseum, Butler County Health Center Administrator Emily Goodin offered answers during the weekly COVID briefing Wednesday. “If you don’t have access to a computer, you can call the COVID hotline,” Goodin said. ...

Poplar Bluff city leaders expect to seek new bids for 25 acres of property on Shelby Road near the planned site of a new police department. One bid for a total of $45,000 was received for the property, which was packaged as five separate lots in a proposal published by the city at the beginning of February...

The April 15 deadline to file 2020 income taxes is more than a month away, but the tax season is already in full gear. Justin Carr of Drenda’s Fast Tax said earlier this week that his business has already done 500 returns this year and that he worked 107 hours the previous week...

Museum honors Butler County past, from one-room schools to Olympic athlete, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Jeremy David Criteser, 40, of the 900 block of Lester, was arrested at 3:38 a.m. Wednesday, March 3, on an outstanding warrant. According to the report, he was taken to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center and released into the custody of a deputy on duty at the hospital...