Stories from Friday, June 23, 2023

With Operation Healthy Delta reaching its conclusion, the local Bread Shed organized an appreciation dinner to honor the soldiers, organizers and volunteers. The project offered a no-cost health clinic held on the campus of Three Rivers College over a 10-day period...

As Missourians prepare Saturday to mark Missing and Unidentified Persons Awareness Day in the state, the Poplar Bluff Police Department continues to investigate three missing persons cases of its own. The age of the three missing persons cases PBPD has open range from just a few weeks to almost 25 years. All three cases have been thoroughly investigated by the department, said PBPD Lt. Josh Stewart, but fresh information has been sparse in some instances...

The Fisk Animal Shelter faced an incident of vandalism and animal retrieval during the weekend of June 16-18, disrupting their usual operations. The break-in, which marks the second occurrence in recent months, involved the destruction of locks and damage to the facility’s gate...

The cyber age was just evolving when Poplar Buff Police Detective Scott Phelps started his law enforcement career. Phelps recalls having to hunt for a pay phone to make a call early in his profession, but the growth of cyber age would play an important role in his career...

As the Missouri state legislature moves away from dog breed bans, the Poplar Bluff Animal Control Board has opened discussions on whether to rescind the city’s pit bull ban in favor of a non-breed-specific aggressive animal ban. “I do see this (anti-)breed specific legislation passing eventually, it was put in there several times. ...

Tuesday will be Mobile Food Pantry time at New Life Christian Church United, 301 N. Main St. “We’ll be distributing from 3-5 p.m. on the lot here at church,” said pastor John Harwell. The church started the pantries because, “It’s needed. I can’t give you a better goal than to say that’s what Jesus said to do. We’re just trying to be obedient. We hope to see this as a springboard into other ministries for the Downtown neighborhood.”...

Poplar Bluff Police Alphonso Price, 56, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 7:06 a.m. Wednesday, June 21, at a residence in the 700 block of Foley Street. Price was booked in on a Butler County warrant for failure to register as a sex offender with a $100,000 bond and a probation/parole warrant for parole violation with no bond. He was lodged in the Butler County jail...