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Dash to the Past - Main Street blaze damages Whitworths, other businesses
(Local News ~ 08/16/23)
100 years ago Aug. 16, 1923 • Nick Campbell, a convicted killer, escaped from his cell at the Van Buren Jail. Campbell managed to escape by picking the lock on the jail door. The fugitive ran to the river, stole a boat and floated downstream for 10 miles...
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Scout earns Eagle through park restoration project
(Local News ~ 08/16/23)
Reminiscing about playing in Hendrickson Park, Jackson Kennedy thought it would be the perfect place to do his Eagle Scout project. The 14-year-old Poplar Bluffian asked the Poplar Bluff Parks Department officials for permission and they agreed. Kennedy and fellow members of Boy Scout Troop 4166 planted trees and shrubs, rebuilt the disc golf serving pad, cleared out a creek, and did a park-wide trash pickup...
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Mental health and addiction support events are this weekend
(Local News ~ 08/16/23)
This week’s MAIN EVENT features a musical event at Lake Wappapello and an overdose awareness event in Poplar Bluff. People can head to The Camp at Lake Wappapello Friday and Saturday for Music of the Mind, a two-day music and camping festival whose proceeds promote mental health aid. Admission is $30 for a one-day pass online or $35 cash only at the gate...
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Raymond Smith
(Obituary ~ 08/16/23)
Raymond W. Smith, 91, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri died Aug. 11, 2023 at his home surrounded by family. He was born Oct. 4, 1931, to Charles Leo and Bertha Delaney Smith at Neelyville, Missouri. Mr. Smith was a graduate of Neelyville high School where he excelled at playing basketball. In 1950, he married Lucille Johnson and together they raised five children. In 1965, they began Smith Mobile Homes which is still a thriving business today...
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Joseph Miller
(Obituary ~ 08/16/23)
Joseph D. Miller, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, Aug.16, 2023, at his home. Mr. Miller was born April 15, 1939, in Butler County, Missouri. He had worked as a custodian for the Butler County Courthouse and enjoyed computer games, hunting, fishing, and going to the Casino...
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PB man jailed for alleged terrorist threat against Sonic Drive-In
(Local News ~ 08/16/23)
A Poplar Bluff man sits in the Butler County jail after allegedly making a terrorist threat against a local business. Rodney L. Sparkman, 49, of Poplar Bluff currently is being held on suspicion of first-degree making of a terrorist threat and armed criminal action regarding a trio of incidents Tuesday afternoon...
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