Stories from Thursday, March 7, 2024

The Carter County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report at 6:47 a.m. Thursday of a vehicle and a body on Highway B at the bridge over Tenmile Creek. Gary Sullivan, Carter County dispatch supervisor, relayed the 911 call initially got routed through Butler County...

The purchase of a Millionaire Blowout scratchers ticket in Stoddard County led to a big win for a Missouri Lottery player when his ticket revealed a $1 million prize. Bloomfield C Mart, located at 1342 Highway U in Bloomfield, sold the winning ticket, according to a press release from Missouri lottery. This isn’t the first big winning ticket the store has sold — a Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was sold at this location for the Aug. 7, 2023, drawing...

Anna Catherine Schenewerk, 92, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Westwood Hills Nursing Center. Anna was born Oct. 24, 1931, to Ray and Mary (Elson) Starwalt in Mattoon, Illinois. She married Herbert Schenewerk Sept. 9, 1950, in Piggott, Arkansas...

DEXTER — A crowd of people, including city and county officials, will be on hand Saturday to bid farewell to the 1221st Transportation Company as they deploy to Europe. The announcement was made earlier in the month that there would be a departure ceremony at the Bearcat Event Center at Dexter High School at 3 p.m. Saturday. Family members, friends and supporters will be able to gather for this event...

BROSELEY — Being part of a team requires commitment. There is a daily practice schedule, equipment maintenance, individual drills to improve certain areas, traveling to other locations for games as well as playing on the home field.

Celebrate Recovery is more than a 12-step program, according to local group leader Sue Crawford — it is a place of encouragement, love, anonymity and support for any struggle.

Officers were called Wednesday, March 6, to the area of Business 67 and Katy Lane in reference to a leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident. The other driver was unidentified at the time. _ Officers were called Wednesday, March 6, to the area of Grand Avenue and Neat Street in reference to a shots fire call. The reporting party advised the shots seemed to be around Relief Street and Second Street. Officers searched the area but were unable to locate anything of evidentiary value...

A vote on the April 1949 ballot could make Poplar Bluff bigger. Mayor Arch Bartlett said the subdivisions east of Highway SU should have been part of the city map to begin with, and residents of those areas want access to city services.

Sgt. Maj. Ernest Brown devoted his most of his life to his country by serving in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. In 1974, he’s embarked on a new adventure: college.