Stories from Friday, September 6, 2024

Poplar Bluff City Manager Matt Winters attended his last city council meeting Tuesday evening before leaving his position. “It’s definitely a bittersweet night for me,” Winters said. “It’s been a privilege and honor to serve the city council, the employees of the city of Poplar Bluff, and the citizens of Poplar Bluff as city manager for the past four years.”...

Butler County Fair’s Exhibits and More will be held in conjunction with the Iron Horse Festival. It will be open Sept. 26-28 at the Black River Coliseum. Entries will be accepted from noon-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, and again from 7-10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27. Judging will follow. The Coliseum will be open to the public from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, and from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28...

James Dudley III, 50, of Poplar Bluff was arrested Friday, Sept. 6, on drug-related charges and lodged in the Butler County jail. _ The Senior High Resource Officers dealt with a juvenile Friday, Sept. 6, who had brought alcohol in his backpack to school. The case was forwarded to the Butler County Juvenile Office...

Congress couldn’t pass a new farm bill last year, so it punted. The extension of the old bill ends in less than a month, on Sept. 30. It will likely miss that deadline, too, an unprecedented two-year delay. Farm state representatives predict doom without a new farm bill. They would have us believe we will go hungry and sit naked while parked in line to gas our cars. Scare tactics. Continuing the existing law might be the better option...

The media have always engaged in mass lying about immigration, but they’re really going the extra mile this election cycle. Lie No. 1 is the toughness of the “bipartisan” border bill, covered in last week’s column. (Quotes on “bipartisan” because not a single congressional Republican supports it, even the guy who co-sponsored it.)...

Charles A. Patterson went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 in the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Charles was born in Corning, Arkansas, Nov. 27, 1932. He was the son of Arvil and Viva (Miller) Patterson, both of whom preceded him in death. Charles married Betty Hartsfield Aug. 30, 2015. She survives...

Bonnie Akridge, 78, of Campbell died Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, at her residence.

Linda Rosemary Trout, 74, of Broseley, Missouri, died Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 at her residence in Broseley. Mrs. Trout was born Nov. 26, 1949 in Oxly, Missouri, daughter of the late Amos Earl and Daisy Pauline Foulk (neé Wilson). She enjoyed spending time outside and taking care of her plants. She also enjoyed reading...

Sandra “Sandy” Roberta Shearer, daughter of Bob and Wilma Rector was born Oct. 12, 1944, in Kirksville, Missouri. She passed from this earth Aug. 29, 2024, of kidney and lung failure. She attended public school in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and graduated from Poplar Bluff High School in 1962. She then attended Northeast Missouri State University (Truman State University) where she met her husband of 61 years, Richard “Dick” Shearer...