Stories from Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Tobey Lynn Wells, age 12, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, the son of Jacqueline Carole Wells and Robert Samuel Wells, and Roy Mays, died Saturday, May 20, 2023, in Tallahassee, Florida. Tobey was born June 10, 2010, in Poplar Bluff, where he lived until recently moving to Florida with his family...

Marietta Frances O’Neal, 84, of Campbell died Sunday, May 28, 2023, at the Chaffee Nursing Center.

Michael “Mike” Tompkins, 71, of Wappapello, Missouri, died Saturday, May 27, 2023, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff.

Missouri's courts will provide more public access to documents beginning Saturday, July 1. The aim is transparency. The risk is exposing personal information to cybercriminals. Attorneys across Missouri are training with the Missouri Bar to roll out more public access to files on Missouri Casenet, the state's online database for court proceedings and documents...

Patricia Ann Craddock, 67, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Saturday, May 27, 2023, at her residence in Poplar Bluff.

Carey Wilkerson teachers her students at Oak Grove Elementary tons of really fun stuff, second-grade student Liam Bates shared in a Teacher of the Year nomination letter. Accompanied by pencil drawing, and the inscription, “Best teacher in the multi-verse,” Bates also said, “She believes in me and says it’s OK if I mess up on a test... She makes our class happy. I am glad to have her in my life.”...

Listening for a miracle, Tom Wright stood in the door of his office talking across the room to the back of Braxton Elder, 7. Elder had just been fitted with hearing aids by Wright, who is a national, board-certified hearing instrument specialist at Miracle-Ear in Poplar Bluff...

Poplar Bluff Police Katrina Braden, 31, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 8:44 a.m. Friday, May 26, in the 400 block of B Highway. Braden was booked in on a probation/parole warrant for parole violation (no bond) and a charge of distribution of amphetamine. She was lodged in the Butler County jail...

Butler County Sheriff Benjamin Cory Burns, 33, of Labenon, Missouri, was booked at Butler County jail Monday, May 29, for failure to appear on the original charge of no insurance. _ April Nicole Fowler, 37, of Poplar Bluff was booked at Butler County jail Monday, May 29, on a probation and parole violation...