Stories from Thursday, February 3, 2022

WILLIAMSVILLE, Mo. — Doris Buhler, 89, passed from this life on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, at the home of her oldest daughter. Doris was born in April 1932, in New Madrid County to William F. and Ethel (Kirk) Beard, and was, along with her twin brother Doyle, the youngest of six children...

The season for Canada, snow and white-fronted geese in Missouri may wrap up Sunday, but hunters still will be able to go afield for a bit longer. The state’s Light Goose Conservation Order will open Monday and continue through April 30. Realistically speaking, most light geese will be gone from the area by late February...

Butler County is thorough iced in. After an afternoon of light freezing rain Wednesday, Thursday morning saw sleet begin burying streets and sidewalks. MoDOT listed all roads in Southeast Missouri as covered in ice. Poplar Bluff schools and city offices, including the courthouse, are closed all day, and the VA primary care clinics are changing appointments to virtual or rescheduling them. VA clinics in Farmington, Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, West Plains, Pocahontas and Paragould are all closed...

The warming center at First United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 500 N. Main St., Poplar Bluff, is open and will remain open until Saturday. No one came to the warming center Wednesday, said Carl Brown, a peer support specialist at FCC Behavioral Health...