Stories from Tuesday, March 21, 2023

A pedestrian lying in a roadway was seriously hurt Friday in Butler County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Gary L. McCabe, 55, of Poplar Bluff was taken by Air Evac to Regional One Medical Center in Memphis. The accident occurred at 8:30 p.m. Friday on Highway 142, one mile south of Poplar Bluff...

Continuing through the month of March, the local Menards will be accepting non-perishable food items for the Poplar Bluff United Gospel Rescue Mission pantry. Menards store manager Bill Joe said, “We have a large box where we are taking the collection and it is now about half full.”...

Debra Rene Jameson, 65, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away surrounded by her loving family, Friday, March 17, 2023, in Poplar Bluff. Debra was born on June 25, 1957, to Christopher and Charlotte (Resler) Brock in Peru, Indiana. She married Jim D. Jameson in Poplar Bluff...

Doris Elizabeth Graney, 97, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, in Parker, Colorado. Doris was born April 1, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York, to the late Alwyn and Corrine (Kreider) Hansen. She married Alwyn Graney on June 7, 1947 in Bournemouth, England. ...

Workers from Southeast Signs and Graphics brighten a dreary day Tuesday with the installation of a newly lit Mimi’s Royal Market and Cafe sign.

Two iconic bands, the Atlanta Rhythm Section and Pure Prairie League, are bringing their southern and country rock stylings to Poplar Bluff’s Black River Coliseum at 7 p.m. Saturday. ARS is well-known for songs like, “Imaginary Lover,” “So into You,” “Spooky” and a slew of other hits, while Pure Prairie League is well-known for hits like, “Aime,” “Falling In And Out Of Love” and “Two Lane Highway.”...

Helen (Sparkman) Brandt, 97, departed this earthly life Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Decatur, Illinois. She was born in western Butler County to Myrtle (Davis) Boxx and Luther Boxx. After attending four different grade schools and two years of high school at Ellsinore, she graduated from Poplar Bluff High school in 1943. ...

CLAYTON, Mo. — A Wayne County teenager will spend 33 years in prison for killing his younger brother. Williem A. Taylor, 19, of McGee was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison for the Class A felony of first-degree murder and an additional three years for the unclassified felony of armed criminal action by 21st Circuit Court Judge Joseph Walsh III in St. Louis County. Taylor could have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder charge...

Poplar Bluff police The National Instant Background Check System reported on Tuesday, March 21, a firearm transfer at a local store was denied after it was determined the purchaser was not allowed to have a firearm. The investigation continues, according to police reports...