Stories from Thursday, May 4, 2023

Fellowship Church in Poplar Bluff will celebrate its 50th Anniversary Saturday and Sunday by honoring its past and looking ahead to continuing its outreach to the community with ministry and compassion. Organized on May 2, 1973, as a mission church, the official formation as a church body came on July 15, 1973...

A man from Dunklin County was sentenced Thursday to five and one-half years in prison for selling seven devices that convert AR-15-style rifles into fully automatic weapons. U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. ordered the sentence for Lamad Cross, 24, of Kennett to run consecutive to any sentence he receives for violating his probation in a Dunklin County Circuit Court case. Cross pleaded guilty in 2021 in that case to resisting arrest by fleeing...

Tulip Poplar tree seedlings will be given away from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, May 5, at the Poplar Bluff Parks and Recreation office, 430 N. Second St. Poplar Bluff Parks and Recreation’s Horticulturist Murray Hammond said the tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) actually is not a poplar, but a member of the magnolia family. ...

Dr. Amy Kopf, a professor of chemistry and physical science, has been selected by Three Rivers College as the 2022-23 recipient of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. In addition, Dolores Reed, adjunct instructor of medical billing and coding, was named by the college as its Adjunct of the Year Award for Excellence in Teaching...

Tamra Rauch, 63, of Fredricktown died, Saturday, April 29. Visitation is at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 7, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Memorial following at 3 p.m., also in the Piedmont Chapel. Online condolences:www.rueggfuneralhomes.com.

_Butler County Sheriff_ Adam Reed, 47, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 8:15 p.m. Thursday, May 4, on a failure to appear on third degree domestic assault. He was booked into the Butler County jail. ————— Anthony Robinson, 36, of Fort Worth, Texas, was arrested at 3:44 a.m. Friday, May 5, on a probation violation for stealing. He was booked into the Butler County jail...