Stories from Thursday, December 2, 2021

Danny F. Kearby, 73, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in St. Louis. Danny was born Dec. 23, 1947, in Bernie, Missouri to the late Vernon and Wilma (Wilson) Kearby. A disabled veteran, Danny proudly served his country in the United States Army and received a Purple Heart for his service in Vietnam...

Christopher Lee Allen Reed, 49, of Dexter, Missouri, passed away Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. He was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri Dec. 25, 1971 to Elvis Reed, Sr. and Donna Fay (Darnell) Gallamore. He worked as a handyman at a housing complex. Christopher always rooted for his team, the Cardinals...

Holcomb R-III school district’s FEMA safe room walls are about ready to go up, following groundbreaking that was held shortly before Thanksgiving. The safe room will be 6,720 square feet and is designed per Federal Emergency Management Agency guidelines to shelter 847 people in the event of severe weather/tornadic event. The school has approximately 430 students, so there will be room to protect community members...

Candidates for area school boards will start filing next week, a change from prior years. Filing for the April election will run from Dec. 8-28. In prior years, filing remained open from mid-December through late January. The change comes after the passage of House Bill 271...

The second and final portion of Missouri’s youth deer season was held over the weekend, with youngsters taking 3,477 deer statewide. That’s a little below last year’s late-season record of 3,967 over the same period, but still is the second-highest late portion total on record...

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT A resident of the 500 block of County Road 546 reported at 12:58 p.m. Monday, Nov. 29, that they were scammed out of $36,000 by telephone over the course of the last year. _ Kearstyne L. Johnson, 26, of Van Buren was booked Wednesday, Dec. 1, at the Butler County jail on a probation violation warrant...