Stories from Wednesday, January 19, 2022

The United States Attorney's Office has announced that Joshua J. Damon, 35, was sentenced Tuesday to serve 148 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to attempted enticement of a minor. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Stephen R. Clark at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri...

Poplar Bluff Lodge No. 209 of the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons recently donated $2,100 to Eugene Field and Lake Road Elementary, respectively, to purchase clothing items for students in need. Since 2006, the Masonic Lodge has donated tens of thousands of dollars to the elementary schools through its Creating A Partnership program established by the Masonic Home of Missouri, which provided a 2:1 match this year, turning every local dollar raised to $3...

GREENVILLE — A 46-year-old man sustained serious injuries in a two-vehicle accident at 1:35 p.m. Tuesday on Highway D, two miles east of Greenville. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Joshua C. White, 46, of Greenville was operating a 2011 Chevrolet Impala westbound when it crossed the center line and struck an eastbound 2011 Ford F-350 truck. The Ford-350 was operated by Joshua D. Parker, 35, of Whitewater, Missouri...

PIGGOTT, Ark. — Burl Moffitt, 94, of Fagus, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, in Aurora, Missouri. He was born Dec. 13, 1927, in Pollard, Arkansas, and was the son of the late Oscar and Maggie (Matchett) Moffitt. Burl was united in marriage to Wanda Lucille Potter Aug. ...

Lisa Dawn Long, a native Missourian, passed away Jan. 1, 2022 at her current home of Candlelight Lodge in Columbia, Missouri. Adam and Angie, her son and daughter-in-law, played music and sang to her and her kitty baby Isabella as she left this world on New Year’s Day. She was 69 years old. Lisa was preceded in death by her parents, Walker James Long and Lettye Colleen Long, and her sister, Lyn Flottmann Elliott...

Joyce Mae Muse, 80, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, went peacefully to her heavenly home Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, surrounded by family. Mrs. Muse was born Sept. 4, 1941 in Malden, Missouri. She was the daughter of the late Elton Tole and Nadine Sudbury. She was a member of New Home General Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff for nearly 40 years. ...

Heather Black will be the new superintendent for the Neelyville R-IV School District when current superintendent Debra Parrish retires. Black is currently principal of Neelyville Elementary. The decision was made Tuesday during a special meeting of the school board, which also has closed campuses through Friday due to illness among both students and staff...

An Ellsinore man sits in the Butler County jail after he allegedly molested an eight-year-old child. Jimmy D. Farrar, 39, of Ellsinore is charged with the Class A felony of first-degree child molestation, two unclassified felony counts of statutory sodomy or attempted statutory sodomy on a child under the age of 12, and one unclassified felony count of first-degree statutory rape or attempted statutory rape of a child under the age of 12...

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT A resident of the 30 block of Mariner reported at 11:58 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, that his/her license plates had been stolen from their vehicle. _ Haley N. Brown, 23, of Broseley was booked Tuesday, Jan. 18, at the Butler County jail on suspicion of stealing...

The success of the Behavioral Health Support Program and annual Counselor’s Conference garnered attention at Three Rivers College’s monthly board meeting Wednesday. Board chair Gary Featherston congratulated Corey Reynolds, the program manager for the Behavioral Health Support Program, on receiving the Program of the Year Award from FCC Behavioral Health in 2021...