Stories from Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Barbara Ann Butler of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, at Saint Francis in Cape Girardeau. Barbara was born Sept. 15, 1955, in Poplar Bluff. She was married to Terry Butler in Poplar Bluff on Jan. 10. 1979. Terry passed away Nov. 8, 2020...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Corey L. Bertram, 45, of the 600 block of County Road 468 was arrested on a parole violation and several failure to appear warrants at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 1919 S. Westwood Blvd. He was booked into the Butler County jail...

Shirley Ann Lewis Brown 76, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri departed this life Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Shirley Ann was born Nov. 5, 1944 in Poplar Bluff to Robert and Annie Mae Allen Lewis. She was the youngest of four children. She attended the Wheatley High School in Poplar Bluff...

Alex Jerry Clinton, 64, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. He was born in Chesterfield, MO on June 16, 1957 to the late Willie Carter, Sr. and Daisy Mae (Brady) Jones. He was a man of strength and a natural leader. In 1979, while attending Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, he was a founding father of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and played as a left tackle for the football team. ...

PUXICO, Mo. — Lana Sue Foster Conner of Puxico, Missouri passed away Aug. 17, 2021 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Lana was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to George and Mona (Crews) Foster and had lived in Puxico all her life. She worked as an office assistant for The Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Office. Lana loved her grandchildren, country, gospel concerts, cardinals, and was a caregiver to many...

Three Rivers College worked to find a silver lining after the coronavirus put the Patrons of the Arts season on hold. That turned into an opportunity to renovate the Tinnin Center theater into a more sophisticated stage. Tinnin Director Robert Abney had considered renovating the theater for some time, but the funds and time weren’t there...

BROSELEY — The Twin Rivers school board on Tuesday discussed the district’s plans for the use of over $3 million, which was awarded to them through federal Elementary Secondary School Emergency Relief funds. “All of this money will be completely reimbursed,” said Superintendent Ben Johnson...

By MIKE BUHLER Staff Writer JACKSONVILLE, Illinois — Trevor Huffman left Poplar Bluff after graduating from high school in 1990, but he has not forgotten where his roots are. “Even though I left Poplar Bluff to go to school in St. Louis over 30 years ago, I still say I am from Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and live in Jacksonville, Illinois,” Huffman said. “I don’t stay connected with those in Poplar Bluff like I should and usually just stay at my parents’ farm when I do visit.”...

Randy Roy Hall, age 60, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Hall was born Aug. 22, 1960, in Saint Louis, Missouri. He enjoyed working and staying busy, and was a car salesman for many years. Randy also loved fishing, especially night jugging...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. — Brenda Marie Feyjes, 55, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 at the Belleville Memorial Hospital in Belleville, Illinois. Mrs. Feyjes was born on Nov. 21, 1965 in San Diego, California. She had worked as pharmacist assistant and enjoyed drawing, painting, music, playing piano and being with her friends...