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J. D. Brown Jr.
(Obituary ~ 12/01/23)
Jay Doyle Brown, Jr., breathed his last breath in the early morning of Nov. 23, 2023. An authentic, gregarious, and sweet man leaves behind three siblings: Nicholas Brown of Jackson, Missouri (Mary), Shawn Brown of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and Kimberly Carter of Nashville, Tennessee (Cole); seven nieces and nephews and eight great-nieces, and great-nephews...
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Filing opens Dec. 5 for Poplar Bluff City Council
(Local News ~ 12/01/23)
Filing will open Tuesday for three spots on the Poplar Bluff City Council. The positions will be for wards 2 and 4, as well as the unexpired term of an at-large spot. Filing will remain open until Dec. 26 for school and municipal elections to be decided in the April 2 election...
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Crossroads Ministry hosting fundraiser banquet for addiction recovery
(Local News ~ 12/01/23)
Crossroads Ministry will have it’s first fundraiser banquet Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Black River Coliseum, 301 S. Fifth St., Poplar Bluff. The doors open at 3 p.m. and the banquet will start at 5 p.m. There will be both live and silent auctions and live music. The $15 tickets include food and drinks, as well a chance to win the door prize. Youngsters under 7 eat free with an adult...
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FREE ACCESS: PBPD accepting donations for Shop with a Hero
(Local News ~ 12/01/23)
Donations are still being accepted for annual Shop with a Hero event in Poplar Bluff Saturday, Dec. 16, to help make the holiday brighter for area youngsters. “Shop with a Hero is the day we get kids together whose families can’t normally afford Christmas,” said Poplar Bluff Police Detective Shonna Grobe. ...
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Dash to the Past — Ozark Border plans 400 miles of new lines
(Local News ~ 12/01/23)
Dec. 1, 1923 • Butler County prosecuting attorney R.I. Cope said it will be necessary to analyze the contents of the six bottles of home brew taken in a raid on the Midway bar late Friday afternoon (Nov. 30) to determine the alcoholic contents of the bottles before making a state charge against Pete Taylor, proprietor of the place. The raid was one of three conducted yesterday by Poplar Bluff Chief of Police Ward Hendrickson and Butler County Sheriff’s Deputies...
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Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93
(National News ~ 12/01/23)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation's highest court, has died. She was 93. The court says she died in Phoenix on Friday, of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness...
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Police reports, Dec. 1
(Police/Fire Report ~ 12/01/23)
POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Robert Dodd, 61, of Seguin, Texas, was arrested at 7:21 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at the United Gospel Rescue Mission at 400 S. Broadway. Dodd was booked on Wayne County warrants for failure to appear on DWI and an unspecified traffic offense. He was held at the Butler County jail...
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