Stories from Wednesday, March 17, 2021

CAPE GIRARDEAU — United States District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. sentenced Shederic Anderson to 420 months in prison Wednesday. The 46-year-old Poplar Bluff resident was found guilty in November 2019 of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse. Anderson also plead guilty in December 2018 to escape from custody...

VAN BUREN — First-term Sen. Jason Bean (R-District 25) toured Van Buren R-I schools recently to see first-hand how the district is operating its popular After School Program. The program, according to school officials, offers an enrichment curriculum following the Missouri learning standards for students in kindergarten through 12th grade...

Vaccination updates, area severe weather warnings and a promotion for a national guardsman were discussed at the Butler County Emergency Management Agency’s COVID briefing Wednesday. “I’m sure everybody has noticed our (COVID) numbers have slowly slowed down,” said Butler County Health Department Administrator Emily Goodin...

A Liberty, Missouri, teacher is gearing up the search for a license plate for the 1929 Model A Ford he’s restoring. He had one plate, only to learn someone in Poplar Bluff had plates with the same number and had registered it with the state. Once Raul Salmon learned about the local connection, he contacted the Daily American Republic newspaper for help. Readers responded. Ron Dowd has two plates with the same numbers as Salmon’s, but they are registered for a different year...