Stories from Friday, April 1, 2022

Dina Kay James, 71, of Marble Hill, Missouri passed away on March 26 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Dina was born Jan. 13, 1951 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Vernon and Cora (Whitmer) Pennington. She attended Poplar Bluff High School and then went on to Three Rivers Community College. ...

Richard “Dick” W. Rogers passed away peacefully March 26, 2022, at the age of 99. Beloved husband of the late Virginia M. Rogers (nee Gessett). son of Frank Davis Rogers Sr. and Frieda Rogers (née Poertner). Dear father of Steven F. (Joan) Rogers, Barbara J. ...

Albert “Cotton” Eugene Alexander, 81, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Friday, April 1, 2022. Cotton was born on Jan. 29, 1941, to John and Ethel (Sibley) Alexander in Butler County, Missouri. He married Linda Robison on Oct. 11, 1962. Cotton was a member of Mt. ...

DONIPHAN, Mo. — Vera Aleta Miller, 84, of Doniphan, Missouri, was called home to be with the Lord Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Surrounded by loved ones, she left this earth to go to her eternal home in Heaven. Aleta was born in Lynn, Arkansas, March 28, 1938 to the late Ozro and Mary Effie Goodwin. ...

Lynda Rutledge, author of the hit novel “West with Giraffes,” will visit the Poplar Bluff Municipal Library via Zoom at 5:30 Tuesday, April 5. Her visit is the penultimate event of this year’s Community One Read program, also called The Book In The Bluff...

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Serena Sherry Barnes, 51, of Poplar Bluff was booked Thursday, March 31, at the Butler County jail on a warrant for marijuana possession. Timothy Carl Capper, 49, of Poplar Bluff was booked Thursday, March 31, at the Butler County jail on a warrant for stealing...

Sub-district 4 is the only seat at Three Rivers College facing a contested election. The candidates are Darren Garrison, the current treasurer and Sub-district 4 representative, and incumbent Joyce Rehkop. Their district encompasses the Wayne County area...

Poplar Bluff will see two contested races for city council positions in the election Tuesday. Ward 1 incumbent Lisa Parson faces challenger David D. Williams. A third candidate who filed for the race, Robert Duckett, has since dropped out...