Stories from Friday, December 20, 2019

During the Three Rivers College Winter Break, students will be able to email EnrollNow@trcc.edu for assistance with registering for the Spring semester. TRC Enrollment Services staff will be checking the account daily between December 23 and January 3 when College offices are closed and will respond within 24 hours. Normal business hours will resume on January 6.

NEELYVILLE — Nancy Green, 70, died Dec. 18, 2019 at Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21 at Fowler & Sons Funeral Home in Neelyville. The funeral will follow at 7 p.m. in the funeral home.

NEELYVILLE — The Neelyville R-IV audit report said the district is in good financial shape.

ELLSINORE — Douglas Alexander Roark, 92, of Ellsinore, died Dec. 19, 2019 at the Clarks Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21 at the Harmony General Baptist Church in Ellsinore. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22 in the Church Chapel with Rev. Jerry Crowley & Rev John Crowley officiating. Burial will be in the Henson Cemetery in Ellsinore...

Only one of three Butler County municipalities has had a candidate file for the April 7 election, officials in Fisk, Neelyville and Qulin report.

The Poplar Bluff R-I school board now has a contested race.

Poplar Bluff city officials say an error occurred Tuesday, on the first day of filing for city offices. The terms are up for Mayor Robert Smith, the Ward 5 representative, and council members at-large Steve Davis and Ron Black. Filings for incumbents Smith and Davis were taken shortly after the city clerk’s office opened at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, city clerk Nevada Young reported. The filing time announced in election notices prior to Tuesday was 7:30 a.m...

The joy of friendship and of the Christmas season enlivened the Cane Creek Club meeting at Wilma Rain’s house Dec. 11. After pledging allegiance to the flag, the members responded to the roll call by telling of a childhood memorable gift. Glenda Phillips gave the devotional, a story about inviting love into your house, which allows wealth and success to often follow...

The Agee Community Club’s Christmas meeting Dec. 16 was at Dexter Bar-B-Que with hostess Nickey Orton. Club president Cathy Womack led the motto “When the heart is full of love, the world is full of beauty” to open the gathering. Invocation was given by Jeanie Figgins. ...

Amy Paige Walker and Ethan W. Walker of Bloomfield, Mo., are the parents of a daughter, Lillian Grace Walker, born at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, at Saint Francis Healthcare Family Birthplace in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Lillian weighted 4 pounds 10 ounces and was 16 inches tall. She has an older sister...

Paul Oesterreicher has been a fixture in Butler County’s courtrooms for nearly 30 years as an assistant prosecuting attorney. During his 27-year tenure with the Butler County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Oesterreicher has seen judges come and go and has worked for four different prosecutors, including current prosecutor, Kacey Proctor...

Anticipation was high Thursday night as area “Star Wars” fans took advantage of early screenings of “Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker” at the Poplar Bluff AMC Classic 8 theater.

Poplar Bluff Police Amanda Milla Hulett, 38, of the 2900 block of W. Old Oaks Road, was arrested at 3:13 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, on suspicion of failure to register a vehicle and 10 Poplar Bluff failure to appear warrants; five for driving while restricted, two for shoplifting, one for trespassing and two for non-moving traffic violations. She was booked in the Butler County jail...

City firefighters responded to 312 W. Relief Street at 1:57 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, to assist police. According to the report, they assisted the Poplar Bluff Police Department by using a ladder to help get into the attic. _ City firefighters responded to 915 S. 11th Street, at 3:59 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, to reports of smoke...

Smiles on the faces of Marge Emerson, and Peggy and Percy Keifer brightened as they greeted the Northside Nutrition Center staff as they delivered meals Thursday. Many area home-bound senior citizens perk up during the holiday season when their friends from the center prepare and deliver meals in advance. They include meals for the weekend, as well as the three days next week the facility will be closed for Christmas...