Stories from Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Money matters lead the news on this date: Poplar Bluff celebrates its thriftiness in 1924, and the county fire district passes a controversial tax levy reduction in 1974.

Charles Lee Sturgell, 96, passed away May 11, 2024 at Cape Girardeau. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, May 20 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter, Missouri. Interment with Military Honors will be in the Sacred Heart Church Cemetery in Poplar Bluff under the direction of Morrison Funeral Chapel, Piedmont...

Kathryn Abigail Armes of Poplar Bluff, Missouri departed this life May 13, 2024 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center surrounded by those she loved. Born to Cecil and Daphne Puckett in St. Louis, Missouri Aug. 15, 1950 Kathy was united in marriage to Larry Gene Armes, Sr. May 18 1968, he proceeds her in death. A resident of Poplar Bluff for nearly 50 years Kathy built a full life for herself, and her family...

Mary Daly, 79 of Piedmont, Missouri, passed away Monday, May 13, 2024. Visitation is at noon, Saturday, May 18, 2024, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral service following at 2 p.m., also in the Piedmont Chapel. Burial is in Meador-Flatwoods Cemetery, Piedmont...

Plan your weekend activities around the opening Saturday of the Downtown Poplar Bluff Ed DeGaris Memorial Farmers Market located at 301 S. Fifth St. across from the Black River Coliseum.

A busy weekend ahead offers the chance to celebrate the military, join a strawberry festival and much more.

Officers were dispatched Wednesday, May 15, to the area of Save-A-Lot in reference to a leaving the scene accident. The vehicle was located with no occupants. A driver was possibly identified. The vehicle struck a utility pole and a sign. The vehicle was towed from the scene...

Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed a new education bill into law on May 8, the thrust of which is set to increase minimum teachers’ pay in Missouri, along with other financial incentives. But area administrators have some serious questions concerning the new law.