Stories from Thursday, August 1, 2024

Headlines reported two widespread illnesses on this date: dysentery dredged up from the Black River in 1924, and encroaching polio infections in 1949. Two area sentencings also made headlines, one of them for a horrific double homicide in Pemiscot County.

Visitors to the Margaret Harwell Art Museum this month will see the world through Poplar Bluff’s eyes. The 37th Annual Pictures by the People show opens this weekend and runs through Sept. 1, with over 60 entries by photographers of all ages. An ice cream social and awards ceremony will kick things off from 5-7 p.m. Aug. 3...

Starting Friday, and running throughout the weekend, shoppers can benefit from no sales tax to purchase school-related items in order to save some money in preparation for the new school year. The sales tax holiday begins on the first Friday in August and continues through the following Sunday; and certain back-to-school purchases such as clothing, school supplies, computers and other items as defined by the statute, are exempt from sales tax for this time period only...

Gov. Mike Parson traveled to Poplar Bluff on Wednesday afternoon to sign a bill authorizing $150 million in new funds for Interstate 57. The funding will aid the ongoing effort to expand Highway 67 South into an interstate standard four lane thoroughfare...

Carl Edwin Wiley, 83, of Naylor, passed away July 29 at his residence.

Officers responded Thursday, Aug. 1, to the 800 block of Midland Street in reference to an assault. Mercedes Davidson, 20, of Poplar Bluff was issued a summons for assault. _ Herbet Smith, 44, of Poplar Bluff was arrested Thursday, Aug. 1, on outstanding warrants through Dunklin County. Smith was transported and lodged at Butler County jail...