Stories from Monday, November 22, 2021

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF A resident of the 1100 block of County Road 559 reported at 9:58 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, that several checks had been stolen and cashed at local businesses. _ A resident of the 20000 block of Highway 67 at Neelyville reported at 2:44 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, that a shed had been broken into with items scattered across the yard. A lawn mower was reported stolen...

A Fisk man is facing child molestation charges after an incident that allegedly occurred at his residence in September. Alvin E. Burns, 49, of Fisk is facing three Class B felony charges of second-degree child molestation involving a child under the age of 12...

Three people sustained serious injuries in a trio of weekend accidents in Butler County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The first accident occurred at 10:30 p.m. Saturday on Highway 158, one-half mile east of Harviell. Kristopher T. Lee, 36, of Poplar Bluff was operating a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado eastbound when it traveled off the left side of the road and struck a ditch...

A Poplar Bluff man is wanted by authorities in relation to an incident that occurred earlier this month where he allegedly hijacked a vehicle and kidnapped a woman. Bryce D. Davis, 31, of the 1000 block of Garfield Street is charged with the Class A felony of vehicle hijacking involving either a serious physical injury, a deadly weapon, a dangerous instrument and/or a vulnerable person and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action...

The Boys and Girls Club of the Heartland’s Snow Ball event Saturday night at the Westwood Center was a big success, organizers said, even with a different location and set up than last year. “Everybody looked absolutely gorgeous,” said Boys and Girls Club Chief Financial Officer Terri McCormick of those in attendance at the white dress and tie event...

Peter Robert Zeien, 64, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. Service details to follow in Saturday’s paper.

James Dee Donaldson, 77, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. James was born April 23, 1944, to William and Dorothy (Starky) Donaldson in Hornsby, Tennessee. He married Mary Woolard-Waller Feb. 14, 2014, at Green Forest Church of Christ in Poplar Bluff...

(Nov. 2, 1946 - Nov. 21, 2021) KENNETT, Mo. — Paula Kaye Reeder, daughter of the late Paul Ray Seal and Berniece Wiley Seal, was born Saturday, Nov. 2, 1946 in Paragould and departed this life on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 at Arkansas Continued Care Hospital in Jonesboro at the age of 75 years and 19 days...

ADVANCE, Mo. — Johnnie Marie Withrow, 69, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, passed away Nov. 18, 2021 at the Heartland Care and Rehab Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 23, 1952 in Advance, Missouri, the daughter of Richard and Betty Alton McCain...

Henry Arthur (Plook) Griffin Jr., 67, of Poplar Bluff left us on this side Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. Plook was an entrepreneur serving Poplar Bluff and Dexter making sure businesses saw things clear (window washer). Plook enjoyed family, friends and always being a helping hand. Plook leaves many memories behind from each person he has ever met...

July 10 felt like a typical Saturday for 18-year-old Kaeli Wells until 120 mph winds blustered through Dexter, Missouri, at approximately 8:18 that night. Wells and four other members of her church's youth group held a Saturday-night jam session at First Pentecostal Church. They played instruments and sang songs, but then around 8 p.m., the group noticed heavy rain began to pound on the church's windows...