Stories from Monday, June 13, 2022

Three people — a 31-year-old woman, a 59-year-old man and a 41-year-old man — were seriously injured in a trio of crashes Friday and Sunday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The first accident occurred at 1:18 p.m. Friday on Highway D, one mile north of Wappapello...

Pamela Jean Stratton, 63, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Friday, June 10, 2022 at Mercy Hospital South New Ballas Road, in Saint Louis, Missouri. Mrs. Stratton was born Thursday, Aug. 21, 1958 in Dexter, Missouri. She was a 1976 graduate of Twin Rivers High School. ...

Clyde Milburn Moore Jr., 82, 0f Broseley, Missouri, passed away, June 12, 2022, at his home. He was born March 1, 1940, at Poplar Bluff, Missouri to the late Clyde Moore Sr. and Cynthia “Marlette” Moore. On Aug, 1, 1959, he was married to Jackie Barringer at Poplar Bluff. She preceded him in death Aug. 12, 2004...

Students discovered how vital the Poplar Bluff Municipal Airport is during their I’m a Citizen Too field trip last week. The theme of the class this year is what students can do for their families, communities and country, and what all of those structures do for them as well...

FISK, Mo. — Wanda Louise Dalton, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Sunday, June 12, 2022 at her residence in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Dalton was born Wednesday, July 29, 1942, in Broseley, Missouri to the late Howard and Ida Bell Gulley. In the 80s she was President of BPW in Sedalia, Missouri. ...

Thomas Earl Livingston, 89, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died June 10, 2022 at Riverways Manor in Van Buren, Missouri. Thomas, son of Walter Jackson Livingston and Bessie Mae Acey Livingston, was born on March 1, 1933, in Sikeston. In December, 1946, he was united in marriage to Violet Evelyn Crook in St. Louis...

“It is from daylight to dark, going to be an action-packed day,” said RT McCain of the upcoming Juneteenth celebration he and his committee have coordinated. “One of the best things about this celebration is it gets people young and old out, moving around and socializing.”...

A freestanding urgent care and improved emergency department are just a small part of the major initiatives Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center has set its sights on in 2022. Hospital leadership spoke Monday to community members at the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce on the heels of an appearance last week at the Poplar Bluff City Council...

Some area communities are opening cooling centers, as this week’s heat indexes are expected to be 100 degrees. In Poplar Bluff, residents can go to the Poplar Bluff Municipal Library and Butler County Health Department between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to cool off. Both are located on North Main Street...

Northbound U.S. Highway 67 in Butler County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform roadside work.   This section of roadway is located near Harviell, Missouri.      Weather permitting, work will take place Tuesday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Dennis Morgan, 34, and Derrick Davis, 20, both of Poplar Bluff, were arrested at 11:16 a.m. Friday, June 3, during a traffic stop in the 900 block of Gardner Street. Morgan was booked on a Butler County failure to appear warrant for a traffic iffense, and a Probation and Parole warrant for a probation violation, plus additional charges of possession of amphetamine and possession of drug praphernalia. Morgan was lodged in the Butler County jail...

KENNETT, Mo. — The Poplar Bluff Piranhas swim team hit the road for the first time this season with a meet Saturday at Kennett. Poplar Bluff’s Carson Todd, Gunner Collins and Sophia Mulholland each won two races while Owen McDaniel, Darius Sagharichi, KK Willis and Eli Cisne were also first to touch the wall in their events...