Stories from Friday, June 17, 2022

After much discussion, the Twin Rivers School Board voted unanimously at Thursday night’s board meeting to accept a four-day school week. The board was presented with three calendar options that had been organized by faculty for the upcoming school year, each calendar varying in the start and stop times, as well as calendar days...

CAMPBELL, Mo. — Willie Dale Arnold, 78 of Piggott, Arkansas passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at his residence in Piggott. Willie, son of Ruth Ann Hopkins Arnold, was born on Friday, April 7, 1944 in Qulin, Missouri. He was a retired carpenter having worked for Brown and Root Company in Texas and a member of the Fagus General Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Navy having served during the Vietnam War...

A memorial for the late Robert Hudson will be dedicated at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Butler County Health Department, 1619 N. Main St. Everyone is invited. Hudson was the administrator of the Butler County Health Department for more than 22 years, until his death Jan. 14, 2020...

GREENVILLE, Mo. — Glenda Jean Singleton, 80, of Princeton, Illinois, formerly of Greenville, Missouri, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2022, at Aperion Care in Princeton. Visitation will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday, June 20, 2022, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville. Funeral service will follow at Greenville chapel at 12:30 p.m. Burial will follow at Crossroads Cemetery near Greenville...

Lawrence Jordan comes to the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center every six months. “They’ve helped me out over the years a lot,” Jordan said. “I’m still kicking anyway on this side of the dirt.” The U.S. Army veteran became a permanent fixture of the center when he, along with William C. Larue and Famous Lee Lane, was added to the Wall of Valor during a ceremony Friday morning...

The Poplar Bluff R-I School Board held a workshop session on Thursday night to review the proposed district budget for fiscal year 2023. What they discussed was a budget that expands salaries throughout the district and addresses several major capital expenditure projects at most schools...

POPLAR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT Firefighters responded at 2:18 p.m. Thursday, June 16, to a smoke detector activation at U.S. Bank, 2024 N Westwood Blvd. According to the report, firefighters were advised those inside had smelled smoke and everyone had been evacuated from the building. ...