Stories from Thursday, June 24, 2021

The Poplar Bluff City Council will have a special meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday at the city council chambers in the Black River Coliseum. Items on the agenda include discussion of Highway 67 south funding.

Judge W. Dean Million The following cases were disposed of in Municipal Court in May. Dollar amounts may be fines, court costs or any combination of the same. Anthony D. Wamble, 38, Bernie, stealing, $31.50, 12 months probation, suspended sentence; assault, $31.50, 12 months probation, suspended sentence; stealing, $31.50, 12 months probation, suspended sentence...

Clara Ruth Pratt Deters, 77, of lola, Kansas, previously of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away on June 21 , 2021 , at Windsor Place, in lola, Kansas. She was born June 25, 1943 to Lewis and Arlene Pratt in Ironton, Missouri. She was a member of Township Line Landmark Missionary Baptist Church, in Poplar Bluff...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Tistin Keith Brasher, 20, of the 4400 block of Highway W was stopped at 8:05 a.m. Tuesday, June 22, for an alleged traffic offense and was given summonses for alleged possession of drugs and paraphernalia. His 2001 Pontiac Sunfire was impounded. The report was turned into the city prosecutor...

Fourth of July events in and around Poplar Bluff will kick off a week early with the annual Ranger Willie’s Waterfest, scheduled for Saturday at Wappapello Lake. The Waterfest was not held last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As in years past, several events are planned, and all are scheduled to take place at the Redman Creek Recreation Area on the south end of the dam...

Officials expect to put the phase 1A of Highway 67 south improvements out for bid in December, with a second portion put out for bid in December 2022. The information was discussed Thursday during a special city council meeting. Council members approved a revised cost share agreement between the city and Missouri Department of Transportation to fund two miles of four-lane expansion...

When Poplar Bluff firefighters are called into service they respond every time. But more and more frequently when they arrive at the designated location, they find out that it was a false alarm. Sprinkler and fire alarm systems are necessary for most commercial buildings, but as these systems age, the chance they might trigger a false alarm increases year by year...

Donald Rex Berry, age 55, resident of Coweta, Oklahoma (formerly of Poplar Bluff, Missouri) went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday morning, June 12, 2021. Donny was born March 31, 1966 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Dennis Rexford and Ruth Ann Berry. He enjoyed cycling, hunting, fishing and camping. He was loved by many and will be dearly missed...