Stories from Tuesday, December 31, 2024

TUESDAY 100 years ago Dec. 31, 1924 • Would-be bank robbers in East Prairie were thwarted by a small dog and a child. Donald Chapman, 21, and Harry Oliver, 20, were arrested while holding up the New East Prairie Bank at gunpoint yesterday afternoon. Both were locals. They borrowed guns and a car, donned masks, and successfully ordered bank employees on the ground while a cashier named J.R. Presson began clearing out the safe. They also drew the blinds in the bank’s office to hide the holdup...

Retirements, record rainfalls, and a Total Eclipse of the Bluff were only a few of the events that filled the days between April and June in 2024. Here’s a look at some of the highlights: Tuesday, April 2 • Easter weekend activities draw approximately 100 youth to the Black River Coliseum Aquatic and Fitness Center for an Easter egg hunt, while members of the Second Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff carried crosses throughout Downtown Poplar Bluff area on Good Friday...

The Boys and Girls Club of the Heartland has big things planned for 2025 including its 25th anniversary. According to BGCH Chief Executive Officer Chris Rushin, the Regional Workforce Development Teen Center by the Poplar Bluff High School is ahead of schedule...

Kenneth Cochran, 29, of Poplar Bluff was arrested Tuesday, Dec. 31, on a warrant and was lodged in the Butler County jail. _ Douglas Snipes, 38, of Poplar Bluff was arrested Tuesday, Dec. 31, for domestic assault, harassment, animal abuse, and resisting/interfering with an arrest and he was lodged in the Butler County jail...