Stories from Friday, August 5, 2022

City meetings Board of Adjustments The Poplar Bluff Board of Adjustment will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the city council chambers, 301 S. Fifth St. Items on the agenda include a request for a variance from RS-2 general residential district requirements to allow a daycare center at 2525 N. 14th St. Applicant is Tiffanie Nicolini, of 389 Katy Lane...

Three Rivers College and Center Stage will present “Mary Poppins the Broadway Musical” at 7 p.m. Sept. 2, 3, 9 and 10, and at 2 p.m. Sept. 3, 4, 10 and 11. Everyone’s favorite practically perfect nanny comes to Poplar Bluff in this practically perfect musical. ...

Veda Mae (McDowell) Murray, daughter of Emil Ennis McDowell and Mary Elizabeth (McKinney) McDowell, was born Oct. 1, 1930, in Grandin, Missouri, and departed this life Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Grandin. She had attained the age of 91 years. Veda was a member of the Grandin United Methodist Church since she was a teenager. She was the Treasurer a good part of her life...

Dorothy Wheeling is a longtime resident of Poplar Bluff, MO. She is also a dedicated Cardinals Baseball fan. Dorothy recently celebrated her 100th birthday with friends and family.

The Poplar Bluff Street Department cut Shelby Road from four to two lanes this week to fill a compacted dip over a culvert. “We found a good soft spot,” street department Superintendent Jerry Lawson noted. Crews inspected the box culvert but found no signs of damage. ...

“They had to work very hard, a lot of these kids don’t come in with a lot of self-confidence or belief in themselves,” said Lisa Bruce, education supervisor for the southeast region with the Division of Youth Services. “Our programs and our teachers help provide a foundation, so we’re basically helping them build that foundation, then they take off from there.”...

Of the 2,544 Ozark Electric Cooperative customers who cast ballots, 1,954 voted before noon at 84th Annual Membership Meeting. The incumbent board members retained their seats, while the only race was in District 2 where Tom Rankin petitioned to run against incumbent Judy Lunsford, both of Poplar Bluff. Lunsford received 1,801 to Rankin’s 687 votes...

The Missouri State Highway Patrol will be asked to investigate an incident that occurred in late January at the Butler County jail, which has resulted in two employees being placed on administrative leave. Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs and Prosecuting Attorney Kacey Proctor will ask Monday for the Division of Drug and Crime Control to open a special investigation, according to Dobbs...

U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-8) has represented 30 southern and southeastern Missouri counties in Congress since 2013 and on the eve of Tuesday's primary, Smith received former President Donald Trump's backing to continue doing so. Trump's office issued three congressional Show Me State endorsements Monday afternoon...