Stories from Friday, June 25, 2021

Butler County Health Department officials are going to follow the state’s guidelines in how COVID-19 deaths are determined so the public will not become confused, officials said Friday.. The official number of COVID-19 related deaths, and the death total for Butler County, is 50, said Butler County Health Department Administrator Emily Goodin...

The 2021 Kay Jewell Memorial Golf Tournament to benefit the United Cancer Assistance Network was as different from the 2020 event as night and day. This year’s event cleared $20,000 and the number of teams increased by 10 to make 31 groups, with a total of 124 players...

Vermell Catherine Sanders went to her eternal reward on June 25, 2021 in Willard, Missouri. She was born November 24, 1936 in Clayborn Arkansas, to the late Jesse & Eva Foust. Her childhood was spent in the companion of her eight siblings in Heber Springs, Arkansas. ...

In honor of the 200th birthday of the state of Missouri, the Poplar Bluff Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution partnered with the Current River Heritage Museum to sponsor a Missouri Bicentennial Program. It took place Tuesday at the museum’s location in Doniphan, with an audience of history lovers from Ripley, Butler and Carter counties. The subject of the presentation was the early timber industry in Southeast Missouri...

Members of the Poplar Bluff Street Department recently spent three days giving a section of downtown sidewalk a makeover. It’s something they hope to do more of, as time allows, according to Superintendent Jerry Lawson. “It’s been on the project list for about two and a half years,” Lawson said of the work, which was done in front of the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry in the 200 block of Broadway Street. “The old curb was about two inches higher on the sidewalk side. There was a bad lip.”...

A breakout of property damage cases as well as an incident of second degree tampering with a motor vehicle kept Poplar Bluff Police busy Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday, officers took a report from a resident in the 700 block of Mill street. ...

PATROL Marvin L. Hale, 71, of Wappapello was arrested at 9:47 p.m. Thursday, June 24, on a Wayne County felony warrant for possession of a controlled substance, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He was booked at the Wayne County Jail...

The Poplar Bluff R-I School Board approved a $62.3 million budget for the fiscal year 2021-2022 at its meeting on Thursday. The budget, which was presented and discussed at a workshop meeting last week, projects a surplus of $570,000 for revenue of $62.9 million...

The Twin Rivers R-X Board of Education has decided to continue with Chartwells food service and hopes to see continued benefits from the effort. “This year we hope to step it up a little bit. We came in pretty quickly on emergency (this year) and I think things really went well. ...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Marvin L. Hale, 71, of Wappapello was arrested at 9:47 p.m. Thursday, June 24, on a Wayne County felony warrant for possession of a controlled substance, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He was booked at the Wayne County jail...