Stories from Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Kids Fishing’ Fun Day will be Saturday at New Covenant Church, Agape Day Care. The Southeast Missouri Sportsmen Association has sponsored the event for more than 50 years, said Randy Daves. The group had a banquet and raised 100% of the money to fund the event...

BLOOMFIELD — A Bloomfield man faces numerous felony charges after being taken into custody in the early hours of Friday morning after a frantic emergency call of shots fired was made. According to the probable cause affidavit, an emergency phone call was made at 1:05 a.m. Friday in regards to shots being fired at a vehicle. The report states deputies arrived at the scene and gathered information from the reporting parties, who explained the incident had started inside Reynolds’ residence...

A morning meeting with the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., brought with it warnings of a moderate risk of severe weather for the afternoon/evening of May 8.

In 1924, farmers have the chance to get payback against troublesome tree stumps in their fields by blowing them sky-high with leftover military explosives. The same day, a pollution investigation into an iron ore plant on the Black River is announced — however, the Butler County residents who called for the investigation are also prioritizing the company by urging authorities not to take legal action...

David Peters, 81, of Campbell died Wednesday at Winchester Place in Bernie.

Dennis Ray Worley, 70, of Neelyville, Missouri passed away May 1, 2024, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born Sept. 24, 1953, at Neelvyille to the late Clarence Worley and Dotsie Irene “Fowler” Worley. On July 20, 1991, at Poplar Bluff, Missouri he was married to Billie Jo Stevens. She survives...

Tesla Galamore reported a vehicle struck her at 3:48 a.m. Wednesday, May 8, while she was walking on Sixth Street and the driver of the vehicle left the accident scene. Galamore was transported to the hospital by EMS for medical treatment. _ Robert Birchfield reported a burglary at 3:51 a.m. Wednesday, May 8, in the 400 block of North B Street. The case is under investigation...