Stories from Tuesday, December 20, 2022

State Auditor Nicole Galloway his issued her office’s audit of Stoddard County. The county received a rating of “good,” an improvement from the “fair” rating given by the previous state audit in March 2018. “I’m encouraged that Stoddard County officials indicated they plan to implement, or have implemented, the audit’s recommendations and that there was overall improvement from the previous review done by my office in 2018,” Galloway said...

A 16-year-old Ellsinore female died in a one vehicle accident about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday, six miles west of Poplar Bluff on Route PP. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the victim was driving a 2006 Mini Cooper eastbound when she ran of the right side of the roadway and struck a tree. According to the report, she was not using a safety device. The teenager was pronounced dead at the scene by Butler County Coroner Jim Akers...

Juanita Brewington Baxter died Dec. 12, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama. She was born Nov. 25, 1929, to Robert Lee Brewington and Velma Warren Brewington Scott. She was a graduate of Fisk High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University. She was an active member of First Baptist Church Poplar Bluff for more than 65 years. She was a member of Valleydale Baptist Church after her move to Birmingham...

A total of six candidates have now filed for three open seats on the Poplar Bluff School District Board of Education. Raymond Webb filed Monday, while Anthony Curnutt, Jerrod Murphy, David Elledge and Larry Kimbrow and Mike Price have also thrown their names in...

Gov. Mike Parson has named Vivek Malek to serve as state treasurer, the first Indian American to hold a statewide office in Missouri. Malek will replace Republican Scott Fitzpatrick, who was elected state auditor in November. “We interviewed a lot of great candidates for state treasurer all of which have promising and rewarding careers ahead of them, and will continue to serve Missouri well,” Parson said Tuesday. “One man rose above the others.”...

Poplar Bluff firefighters took part in a live burn training opportunity Tuesday on the east side of town. Poplar Bluff Fire Chief Mike Moffitt explained how the department acquires the homes they use for live burn training. “These houses are on the city’s tear-down list,” he said. ...

Charles Glendell Edwards (C.G.) was the youngest son of Louis Lee Edwards and Daisy Ann Baker. He was born Feb. 20, 1936, at LaValle, Missouri and departed this life Dec. 15, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 86 years...

A Poplar Bluff man sits in the Mississippi County jail after he allegedly made online threats against Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs. Keegan L. Browning, 22, of Poplar Bluff was taken into custody on suspicion of first-degree felony harassment at his residence without incident after an investigation linked him to the threats...

A juvenile was shot shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday in an incident in the 809 block of West Vine Street, according to Poplar Bluff police. The victim was taken by ambulance to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center for treatment before being transported by air to a hospital in St. Louis, police reporter...

Baby, it’s cold outside — a Siberian airmass is bringing extreme cold to Southeast Missouri this Thursday, and the Butler County Emergency Management Agency urges everyone to stay inside. Veteran storm spotter Craig Meador said the cold will arrive suddenly Thursday night, bringing flash freezing and wind chills as low as 20 below. The extreme cold will not break until Christmas Day when the low temperature goes from single digits to approximately 16 degrees...

Butler County Sheriff's Department Joe Douglas Skaryd, 27, of Maple Rapids, was booked at the Butler County jail at 8:25 a.m. on Dec. 20, for possession of marijuana. Bond was set at $10,000. _ Richard Dale Vandermark, of Poplar Bluff, was booked at the Butler County jail at 2:24 p.m. on Dec. 20, for tampering with a witness in a felony prosecution. Bond was set at $50,000...