Stories from Thursday, July 22, 2021

Butler County Public Water Supply District 1 has issued a boil water advisory for all customers from County Road 322 north to Fair street. The order was issued at 7:32 a.m. Thursday.

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH, effective Sunday, Aug. 1, will change its Sunday service time from the current 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. This change is the result of a new dual parish agreement between Zion in Poplar Bluff and Faith Lutheran Church in Dexter. Pastor Justin Sponaugle will be serving both congregations with services at Dexter being held at 10:30 a.m...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Frank Edward Allen, 60, of the 900 block of Spring Street was arrested at 2.07 p.m. Tuesday, July 20, in the 1300 block of North Westwood Boulevard on failure to appear warrants for domestic assault, trespassing, possession of drug paraphernalia, stealing and larceny. He was booked into the Butler County jail...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Michael Jackson Reece, 69, of the 300 block of Walnut Street was arrested at 10:21 a.m. Wednesday, July 21, on a probation and parole violation and a failure to appear warrant for no proof of insurance. He was booked into the Butler County jail...

A Poplar Bluff man sits in the Butler County jail as he faces seven felony charges of possessing child pornography. Joshua A. Thomas, 40, of the 2400 block of Thomas Street has been charged with six Class B felony counts of possession of child pornography and one Class D felony count of possession of child pornography by the Butler County Prosecutor’s Office. He was arrested at 1 p.m. Wednesday by the Poplar Bluff Police Department, processed and lodged in the Butler County Justice Center...

Staff and officials at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center continue to advocate for the COVID-19 vaccination as positive cases have increased greatly over the last few weeks. “The benefit outweighs the risk grandly. All the national studies show that it is effective,” CEO Rick Naegler said as the facility hosted a vaccination clinic Thursday...

Rex Timothy ‘Tim’ Darnell, 66, of Poplar Bluff, passed away, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Tim was born January 16, 1955, to John and Patsy (Hendrix) Darnell in Gideon, Missouri. He and Debra (Cunningham) Darnell were married May 6, 1977, in Broseley, Missouri...