Stories from Friday, October 27, 2023

Unauthorized fires are lighting up the night and igniting action from Poplar Bluff firefighters. By Oct. 25, the Poplar Bluff Fire Department had run a total of 676 emergency calls this year. Of those 673 calls, 117 have been unauthorized fires, said Poplar Bluff Fire Chief Mike Moffitt...

B.J. Knapp of Poplar Bluff believes anything is possible. Married with two daughters, a full-time job as a legal secretary and paralegal and no college degree, Knapp’s ambition was to become an attorney. Her dream became a reality last month when she was sworn into the bar by 36th Circuit Court Presiding Judge Michael Pritchett...

WAPPAPELLO — A 53-year-old man was seriously injured Thursday night in a one-vehicle accident on Highway D at Eagle Point. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jeffrey W. Holman, 53, of Wappapello was operating a 2002 Harley Davidson motorcycle southbound at 11:30 p.m. Thursday when it failed to negotiate a curve, ran off the road and overturned...

8/14/1948 - 12/25/2022 Michael Edward Bouland of Dyersburg, Tennessee, formerly of Paducah, Kentucky, passed away Dec. 25, 2022 at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee. Michael was born Aug. 14, 1948 to Lee and Christine Bouland in Paducah...

Saturday 100 years ago Oct. 28, 1923 • A Doniphan man is demanding $10,000 in damages after being struck by a car. Claud Kinnard was struck by E. Gartman after getting out of his car to fix a flat tire; he sustained a broken arm, shattered kneecap, sprained ankle, and cuts and bruises. Kinnard’s lawsuit alleges Gartman was speeding and driving on the wrong side of the road...

Rex Rattler and Robert Smith reflected on the changes they’ve seen in the decades Poplar Bluff has been their home. Rattler was born and grew up in the Garfield Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. The district represents the area where African Americans settled early in Poplar Bluff’s history and formed a community...

A woman struck a downtown utility pole after falling asleep at the wheel Friday morning, but no one was injured. At approximately 9:20 a.m., a motorist driving northbound on Fifth Street hit a pole directly adjacent to the parking lot of Vine St. Apartments...

A pedestrian was seriously injured last night after being struck by a car in east Poplar Bluff. Timothy J. Johnson, 62, of Poplar Bluff was walking on the roadway at US 60 and North E Street at 7:43 p.m. Oct. 26 when he was struck by a southbound car. The vehicle was a 2015 Nissan Centra operated by Jessica E. Bishop, 45, of Poplar Bluff...

Butler County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested two people, one a juvenile, after a drive-by shooting in Qulin Thursday evening. Colby Thompkins, 18, of Qulin was arrested on suspicion of armed criminal action, assault and unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held without bond at the Butler County jail. The second person arrested was a juvenile...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Settie Tinker reported at 8:03 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, her adult son came to her residence in the 2000 block of Schweitzer Drive in violation of a protection order. The suspect left before the police were called. _ The National Instant Background Check System (NICS) reported at 8:28 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, a firearm transfer was denied at Academy Sports after it was determined the buyer was previously convicted of a felony offense...