Stories from Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Improvements are continuing at Whiteley Park on Poplar Bluff’s south side, something Parks and Recreation Department Director Lanny Corcimiglia said is necessary because of the growth of youth soccer in the area. Whiteley Park is unofficially the city’s soccer park, with several game and practice fields, but space still has been limited...

RL Persons Construction employees traveled to Bremen, Kentucky, with trucks of supplies and heavy equipment to join cleanup efforts last weekend. The Poplar Bluff company’s owner, Randy Persons, put out a call on Facebook the week before for donations to take with them. Food, water, pet chow and more items donated by Southeast Missouri residents poured in. Its largest donation was a brand new trailer full of generators and chainsaws. Its most distant donation came from Dallas, Texas...

Lt. Cmdr. Earl E. Keele, 93, of Greenville, Missouri, died Saturday, Dec. 18, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation is at 12:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 27, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville Chapel. Funeral service will follow at 2 p.m., in the Greenville Chapel. Burial is in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Silva, with full military honors...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Daniel W. Summers, 43, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 8:52 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, in the 1400 block of Black River Industrial Park Road on an unspecified warrant. He was transported to the Butler County jail. _ Brandon T. Arnold, 31, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 10:32 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, in the 700 block of Cynthia Street on a misdemeanor warrant. He was transported to the Butler County jail...

Missouri’s final firearms deer season of the year, the alternative methods portion, opens Christmas Day. For those who didn’t get a chance to take a deer in the November season, or who elected to pass what they did see, this is the last chance to pull the trigger until next fall...

Butler County area residents are unknowingly walking among “angels” this Christmas season. Businesses, churches and individuals have been filling the duties of “angels” to provide for the families on the Give Joy Angel Tree project. Give Joy has been happening in the community for three years. Businesses and individuals started in the middle of September by contacting Mary Haldeman of the FosterAdopt Connect program to learn how they can Give Joy...