Stories from Thursday, December 28, 2023

Law enforcement tackle alcohol possession, the break in of a safe that nets robbers $3 and the shooting of a police car in today’s Dash. 100 years ago Dec. 28, 1923 • The Butler County Auto Company announces in this issue of the Interstate American a purchase plan which is certain to mean the Ford business in Poplar Bluff will be given an added stimulus above its already thriving business. ...

Nadine M. (Birdsong) Johnson graduated to heaven peacefully in her sleep Dec. 25 at the age of 87 at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Nadine was born Feb. 2, 1936 to Merlin Roy and Ruby Jean (Lewis) Birdsong at their home in Williamsville, Missouri. On Oct.3, 1954, Nadine married Orlin Douglas Johnson at the Second Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, he survives...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers offers a meaningful way to dispose of used Christmas trees and provide fish and wildlife habitat at the same time. The Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake will be accepting Christmas trees through Jan. 15 at the Redman Creek boat ramp. The drop-off location will be marked with a sign. Once the trees are deposited at the collection site, they become property of the Corps of Engineers for use in establishing fish shelter and small game habitat...

The homeless walk around the Poplar Bluff community seeking places to stay warm and food to fuel their bodies. Many people avoid them, but they are individuals to Tammie Bratton, the FCC Behavioral Health Housing Services assistant director. Bratton knows most of them by name, as well as their stories. She seeks them out in places she knows they sleep and try to stay alive. She checks on them and their needs...

Mark Lee Martin, 48, died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023 in Williamsville, Missouri.

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT An employee at RNR Tire Express reported at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, a customer stole a set of four tires. _ Marvin Adams, 44, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 8:50 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, during a traffic stop on Alice Street. Adams was booked on Poplar Bluff municipal warrants for failure to appear on traffic offenses and stealing. He was held at the Butler County jail...

A historic marker is placed in the Garfield Historic District, the Giving Circle celebrates more than $50,000 in donations to area charities, a Poplar Bluff patrolman is named the city’s newest detective and a Broseley community center makes plans to expand as 2023 enters its seventh month...