Stories from Saturday, January 1, 2022

It is with great sadness that the family of Walter Lee (Jess) Wilson, 85, of Fisk announces that he has passed away. Jess was born on Aug. 25, 1936, to Charles and Ethel (Hardy) Wilson. In 1973 he married Myrtle (Marshall) Wilson, who predeceased him on June 2, 2015. ...

Melissa Marie Baker, 52, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. She was born May 30, 1969 in Poplar Bluff to Frank and Jackie Baker. She lived a quiet life, enjoying the calm of her fire pit outside and shopping at Walmart. The most important things in her life were her two children and three grandchildren...

The first baby of 2022, Eden Grace Reddish, was born at 12:50 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 1, Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Even weighed 4 pounds and 6 ounces. Her length is 17 inches. Eden’s parents are Katelyn Laue and Zach Reddish and she is their first child. Mom, Dad and Eden are all doing well...

A Butler County jury needed less than two and a half hours Thursday to convict a Poplar Bluff man of five charges in relation to an incident that took place in June. Timothy W. Williams of Poplar Bluff was found guilty of resisting arrest, armed criminal action, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree harassment by the Circuit Court of Butler County...

Virgil “Gene” E. Bilbrey, 89, of Williamsville, Missouri, died Thursday, Dec. 30, at St. Lukes Hospital, Chesterfield. Visitation is at 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3, in the Williamsville Community Center (Gym), Williamsville. Funeral service is at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4, also in the Williamsville Community Center. Burial is in Duncan Cemetery...