Stories from Thursday, August 26, 2021

A Poplar Bluff man sits in the Butler County jail after he allegedly stabbed his roommate. Mason T. Dilport, 21, of Piedmont is charged with the Class A felony of first-degree assault and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action in relation to an incident that took place on Friday, Aug. 20...

Norman Morgan of the 1700 block of Highway AA reported at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, that several items were missing from his home, including firearms. _ Christopher B. Davis, 50, of the 700 block of Grand was booked Wednesday, Aug. 25, at the Butler County jail on a warrant for possession of marijuana...

By BARBARA ANN HORTON Staff Writer Brown Chapel AME Church and Northside Community Church recently have been home to an effort to recognize and provide eduction about gun violence. A display hosted by the locations included a T-shirt to represent each child who has died in Missouri this year from gun violence...

A new bridge is in the works along Butler County Road 410, and it’s one county commissioners said is desperately needed. The current bridge, located over Cane Creek, about one-half mile west of Walton Chapel, is an “old, old bridge, and it’s not in good shape,” said Western District Commissioner Boots LeGrand...

The youngest COVID patient Poplar Bluff pediatrician Dr. Claudia Preuschoff has diagnosed was nine weeks old. “It was a day care exposure and it just broke my heart,” she said. “I have other patients who are now former student athletes because they’re now unable to walk up the stairs or from the living room to the kitchen without getting short of breath. ...