Stories from Thursday, August 8, 2024

Election news dominated Wednesday headlines on Wednesday in both 1924 and 1974. What’s the opposite of an election? It might be the resignation of a president — Nixon announced his departure on Thursday in the wake of impeachment investigations. Other news includes a dramatic prison car escape, a trek to the icy north and a fireman’s conference...

Mary Lou (Dee) Britton of Springfield, Tennessee, passed away Aug. 6, 2024. Mary Lou was born Aug. 17, 1929, to John F. and Maggie E. (Clayton) Dee, in Butler County, Missouri. Mary Lou graduated from Poplar Bluff High School in 1947 and graduated from Three Rivers Community College in 1979. ...

Saundra Lee Sample, 82, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, went to be with the Lord Aug, 7, 2024. She was born Aug. 11, 1941, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Henry and Madge Sample. She is survived by sisters, Carol Fauss, Kay (Dennis) Smothers, Darlene Lohmann and brother, Joe (Marla) Sample...

Officers responded Thursday, Aug. 8, to Hickman Road in reference to a stolen vehicle. The victim said he went out and started his vehicle and when he returned someone had stolen his vehicle. _ Ricky Tropf, 43, of Poplar Bluff was arrested Thursday, Aug. 8, for stealing telephone wire and was lodged in the Butler County jail...