Stories from Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Monday’s Games CIVIIC LEAGUE Boss Squad 4, Shoe Carnival 0 Smith & Sons def. Innovative Ortho., forfeit Sterling Bank 7, Haffy’s 2 LITTLE LEAGUE S2 Concrete 17, R&T Auto 13 Saylors Vipers 18, Focus Physical 6 Century Twenty-One 16, Ozark Total 14...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE Phillip Paul Lawrence, 44, of the 900 block of Delano was arrested at 10:21 a.m. Monday, May 24, in the 400 block of Second Street on a Butler County warrant for felony dangerous drugs. He was booked into the Butler County jail. _...

A whopping 84 teams fished last weekend’s Wappapello Bass Circuit tournament, and at the end of the day, the team of Manion and Jennings bested the field. The duo came to the weigh-in with a total stringer weight of 16.64 pounds and earned a cool $1,600 paycheck for their efforts...

JEFFERSON CITY ­— The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is set to launch a new canine unit through its Protection Branch this summer. The new unit, consisting of five dogs and their conservation agent-handlers, will be stationed around the state and used as necessary to work throughout Missouri...

Byron and Red Miller have passed away and gone to be with God. Byron Miller died December 17, 2020. His wife, Beulah ‘Red’ (Perkins) Miller died April 7, 2021. Both were 90 years of age. They spent a lifetime together. Byron Miller was the younger son of Daniel and Stella (Mize) Miller. ...

Monday’s Games CIVIIC LEAGUE Boss Squad 4, Shoe Carnival 0 Smith & Sons def. Innovative Ortho., forfeit Sterling Bank 7, Haffy’s 2 LITTLE LEAGUE S2 Concrete 17, R&T Auto 13 Saylors Vipers 18, Focus Physical 6 Century Twenty-One 16, Ozark Total 14...

The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, is warning of a chance of severe thunderstorms across the area Thursday afternoon and Thursday night. The NWS is forecasting the possibility of a line of strong to severe convection moving east-southeast into the area Thursday afternoon and moving southeast Thursday night. ...

Lori Jean Flickinger of the 200 block of Thomas was booked at the Butler County jail Tuesday, May 25, for a parole violation. _ Cody James Nattier, 27, of the 1000 block of Outer Road was booked at the Butler County jail Tuesday, May 25, for a parole violation...

When Summer Shockley accepted a job as Three Rivers’ pitching coach this season, it came with one potential problem. Her sister Morgan Shockley was coming back for her second year with the program. “It’s not so difficult for me. It’s more difficult, probably, for Summer and Morgan. ...

Barry Lee Johnson, 69, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away May 24, 2021 in Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born February 24, 1952 at El Paso, Texas to Woodrow Johnson and Mary ‘Aden’ Wilburn. He is survived by one daughter, Heather Orr and husband, Morris of Heber Springs, Arkansas; his mother, Mary Wilburn; two sisters, Penny Fowler Hopwood and Mary Dollins, as well as two brothers, Chuck Johnson and Woody Johnson. ...

Butler County had one COVID death this week and 19 new cases, bringing the total cases in the county to 4,568, Butler County Health Department Director Emily Goodin announced Wednesday during the final weekly COVID briefing. “I want to highlight we did have one new death reported to us yesterday, but doing a little bit more digging, our numbers are going to be a little off,” Goodin said. ...

Poplar Bluff firefighters make hundreds of calls every year. A recent one should be a wake up call to all many about the importance of teaching children what to do in case of a fire and general fire safety principles. Two children in Poplar Bluff, both under the age of eight, were using a lighter Tuesday to ignite gasoline from an unsecured gas can when the can caught fire and firefighters were called, according to a Poplar Bluff Fire Department report. The can was located near a structure...

A Harviell man died after being struck by a vehicle shortly before 6:30 a.m. Wednesday on Highway 67, one mile north of Harviell. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Travis H. Pulliam, 34, of Naylor was driving a 2019 International Harvester northbound when he struck Dennis W. Tubbs, 62. Tubbs was walking in the roadway, according to the report...