Stories from Tuesday, September 26, 2023

A video of the Neelyville School Board meeting Sept. 21 where four board members resigned was provided Monday to the Daily American Republic newspaper. The video revealed comments from each person on why they were resigning. The prevailing reasons for the resignations were “being disrespected and treated like dirt” and “don’t feel like I’m wanted on this board.”...

100 years agoSept. 26, 1923 • The annual Butler County Fair opened today with a good number of rural people participating in the day’s events. The large program of horse racing will start this afternoon and run through all four days of the fair. The carnival has attracted considerable attention at the fair, with scores of people going to the grounds each night...

George Stanley Davis, 77, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. George was born on July 13, 1946, to George and Lillian (Koonce) Davis in Poplar Bluff. He married Mary Sue (Hupp) Davis July 15, 1972, in Qulin, Missouri...

Two Poplar Bluff women, who are retired locomotive engineers, will be at the Mo-Ark Regional Railroad Museum during the Iron Horse Festival on Saturday to discuss rail crossing safety and distribute Operation Life Saver materials. Darline Thurman began working as a clerk in the Missouri Pacific Railroad office in St. Louis in 1968, transferred to engine service in 1976, became an engineer in 1978. She retired from Union Pacific Railroad in 2007...

Sheila Ann (Skaggs) Capper, 73, of Poplar Bluff went home to be with the Lord Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023 at her residence with family by her side. Sheila was born Aug. 14, 1950, to Granville (Eddie) and Betty (Griffin) Hanks, in St. Louis, Missouri the oldest of five children...

The Neelyville School Board met briefly Tuesday night for the first time since four of its members resigned. Lacking a quorum, minimal action was taken during the meeting, but members promised the public they were seeking new members. New members will be appointed by Butler County commissioners, according to district policy...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT An employee at Menard’s at 3105 Oak Grove Road reported at 8:11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 25, a customer stole a rented floor sander. _ Matthew Clatt, 36, of Poplar Bluff and Charles Beard, 35, of Poplar Bluff were arrested at 11:18 a.m. ...