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Twin serious accidents 13 minutes apart kill 2, injure 2 in region
(Local News ~ 04/21/21)
Two people were killed and two people were seriously injured in a pair of traffic accidents that occurred 13 minutes apart Tuesday. The accidents occurred in Ripley and Stoddard counties, and both involved vehicles that crossed the centerline to strike an oncoming vehicle, according to the Missouri State Highway patrol...
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Beechwell Church revival April 30-May 2
(Community News ~ 04/21/21)
Beechwell General Baptist Church, located at 38220 State Highway H, Campbell, Missouri, will host a revival with Bro. Willis Smith April 30-May 2. The services Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1, will start at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 2, services will be at 10:45 a.m. and at 5 p.m...
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Earl Longhibler Jr.
(Obituary ~ 04/21/21)
Earl Henry Longhibler, Jr. departed this life Thursday, April 15 at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born April 5, 1955 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri to the late Eloise Mahre (Carnahan) and Earl Henry Longhibler, Sr. Earl was 66...
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Mary Green
(Obituary ~ 04/21/21)
Mary Lee Green, 86, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, April 19, 2021. She was born July 24, 1934 in Savannah, Tennessee to the late Bartly and Gradie (Clay) Brewer. She married the love of her life, Billy G. Green, Sr., in Paragould, Arkansas in 1953. They moved to Poplar Bluff in 1988. She worked in the kitchen at Lucy Lee Hospital. She used her green thumb in the garden and caring for her flowers. Mary loved all her grandchildren dearly...
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Missouri's spring turkey season off to extra slow start
(Outdoors ~ 04/21/21)
Missouri’s regular spring turkey season kicked off Monday, and as of mid-day Wednesday, things weren’t looking too good. Statewide, the harvest is down significantly from last year, and even the year before. So far, hunters across the state have taken 7,352 birds, falling far short of the 11,347 over the same period last year and even sitting well behind the 9,674 taken in the first three days of the 2019 season...
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TRC names Featherston as new board chair
(Local News ~ 04/21/21)
Members of the Three Rivers College Board of Trustees reorganized during their monthly meeting Wednesday, an annual process since 1992. Gary Featherston is the new chairman, taking over from outgoing chairman Dr. Amber Richardson. Chris Williams becomes the vice-chairman, while Eric Schalk will be the secretary for the next year...
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Memorial planned to recognize victims of 1927 tornado
(Local News ~ 04/21/21)
Almost 94 years since it occurred, 30 years since the idea was first suggested, and a relatively short five-month span to put all the pieces in place will finally bring a memorial to all those who lost their lives in the Poplar Bluff tornado that devastated the downtown in May 1927...
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Stephen Shupe
(Obituary ~ 04/21/21)
Stephen Jerome Shupe, 69, of Poplar Bluff passed away Tuesday April 20, in Kansas City, Missouri. Stephen was born January 29, 1952 to Jerome and Betty (Mordecai) Shupe in Brookfield, Missouri. He and Geneva Brooks were married March 1, 1992 in Campbell, Missouri. She survives of the home...
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Walk ins welcome at Friday vaccine clinic
(Local News ~ 04/21/21)
Walk ins will be welcome at the Missouri National Guard and Butler County Health Department mid-sized COVID vaccination clinic from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Friday at the Poplar Bluff Elks Lodge. “We are urging registration through vaccine navigator, we’re going to accept walk ins as well,” said Butler County Health Department Director Emily Goodin. “You have to be 18 and older since it’s the Moderna vaccine.”...
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Austin Harris
(Obituary ~ 04/21/21)
Austin Fletcher Harris, 24, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away on April 20, 2021 at Poplar Bluff Regional in Poplar Bluff. Austin was born on August 4, 1996 to Terry and Charlotte (Wilmath) Harris in Poplar Bluff. He married Cheyanne Waggoner on April 21, 2018, in Silva, Missouri...
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Police, fire reports - April 21
(Police/Fire Report ~ 04/21/21)
Joseph E. Gaines, 35, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 3:55 p.m. Tuesday in Butler County on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), no insurance and no seat belt. He was booked at the Butler County jail on a 24-hour hold...
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