Stories from Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Poplar Bluff High School will welcome its new principal, former assistant principal Valerie Ivy, at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year. Ivy’s promotion was finalized in the closed session of a PB R-I special meeting Monday. She replaces principal Michael Owen, who is the district’s new assistant superintendent...

Doris Rough Allen passed away Sept. 3, 2021 in St. Charles Missouri. To celebrate her life, friends are invited to join her family at Memorial Baptist Church in the Children’s Building between noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 2022 in Poplar Bluff...

University of Missouri Extension invites Butler County residents to join the “Taking Care of You” Lunch & Learn, running May 16-June 8. The program, presented by human development specialist Jessica Trussell alongside nutrition and health specialist Micah Potgieter, will offer insight into four dimensions of health — spiritual, mental, social and physical. It will also provide attendees with tools to reduce stress and improve overall health...

The state fire marshal is being asked to investigate a fire Butler County Firefighters battled Tuesday night and a second time Wednesday morning at the former location of Insta Pawn, east of Poplar Bluff on Highway NN. County firefighters spent a total of seven and a half hours during two different times Tuesday and Wednesday battling a blaze at the former business owned by Curtis Phelps, firefighters said...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Courtney L. Phillips, 41, of the 200 block of Inman Drive was arrested at 11 p.m. Friday, May 6, on two failure to appear warrants, one from New Madrid County on a moving traffic violation and one from Butler County for no valid license. She was booked at the Butler County jail...

Jesse Acosta Jr. passed away Feb. 15, 2022, at Medical Center Alliance Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. Jesse entered heaven thanks to his personal savior Jesus Christ. Jesse was born April 29, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois. He is preceded in death by his parents, Jesse Acosta Sr. and Sema Goodman Acosta...

Greenville School District has named students of the month for March and April. Junior high students of the month for April are eighth grader Axel Tamez-Sanchez and seventh grader Eli Evans. Victoria L. Holman and Larry F. Bennett have been named March 2022 students of the month for Greenville High School...

Qulin Middle School recognized the following students on their Honor Roll And Merit Roll for the third quarter. Fourth grade Honor Roll: Maci Acton, Jett Benson, Laney Benson, Presley Clark, Fernando Garcia, Megan Kirkman, Zane Knuckles, Alex Parson, Jesse Patterson, Hudson Stanford and Hannah Stephens...

Poplar Bluff Middle School recognized the following fifth and sixth grade students on the A and B honor roll for the third quarter. Fifth grade, A Honor Roll Journey Warren, Chloe Turner, Bridget Popp, Hayden Welling, Keira Rhoads, Rylee Pickard, Kayne Steiger, Mayson McCraig, Clint Wallace, Adalynn Yarbro, Dakota Collins, Addyson Henson, Roman Thrasher, Cristian Acevedo, Natalya Johnson, Jude Williams, Paisley Stewart, Kelsey Crismon, Shaun Felice, Lauren Rowland, Tenley Moss, Chloe Crafton, Sidney McBride, Hayden Beaton, Ayannah Gipson, Jackson Arnold, Madeline Allbritton, Haylie Gaines, Lee Hughes, Michael Hughes, Addison Lyscas, Keira McIrvin, Jacquline Bryant, Blaine Moss, Abigail Eason, Forrest Huck, Emily Samuell, Chase Brooks, Victoria Lindsay, Cayden Thoeming-Garner, Karsten McCauley, Brianna Clark, J. ...

The following students were recognized by the Neelyville School District in the third quarter honor roll. Hillview Elementary A HONOR ROLL Second Grade: Naomi Akers, Abbie Asher, Jax Benscoter, Lucas Buffington, Harry Carter, Silas Couch, Addison Cowin, Chesleigh DeBerry, Emilee Duckett, Victory French, Hayden Green, Makayla Hewitt, Dani Jones, Zaydon Kaczmarski, Sharon Littrell, Cole Million, Hadley Moore, Maggie Morton, Cooper Pennington, Xander Simmons, Nicholas Suiter, and Trinity Swafford...