Stories from Friday, July 29, 2022

The race for Butler County Clerk is the only contested election on the ballot Tuesday, Aug. 2. There are three candidates seeking the position: Donna Hillis, Kyle Aubuchon and Kim Mizell. _ _Age:_ 54 _Spouse:_ Danny Hillis _Children:_ Holly Fowler, 30; son-in-law Jordan Fowler; and grandchildren Peyton, 5, and Grayson, 19 months...

Christina Miller is not only a Twin Rivers High School graduate, she has spent the last 20 years serving as a counselor at the high school campus. In the upcoming 2022-2023 school year, Miller will be taking on a new role as principal at the Fisk campus...

Poplar Bluff R-1 School Board member Alana Robertson resigned her seat on the Board of Education by letter, which the board accepted Thursday night at their monthly meeting. Robertson was a long-time teacher in the district and had served on the school board since 2011...

Sophia Harrison, daughter of the late Rube Bevill and Grace Bryant Bevill, was born on July 19, 1930, in Gosnell, Arkansas, and departed this life on July 27, 2022, at her residence in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 92 years. While in high school, Sophia met the love of her life, Glin Harrison. They were united in marriage on Feb. 20, 1949, in Keiser, Arkansas, and were happily married for 67 years until Mr. Harrison preceded her in death on Nov. 12, 2016...

Bonita Long, 43, of Qulin, Missouri, died Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, Missouri. Mrs. Long was born Nov. 23, 1978, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. On July 6, 1999, she married Bobby Long. He survives. Also surviving is her mother: Annabelle Horton; four children: Bobby Long II, Clarence Long, Brittany Long, and Paul Long; one granddaughter: Joyce Worley; and one good friend: Brooke Christian. She was preceded in death by her father: Rex Patton...

This month, six new residents from around the world began their medical residency at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center (PBRMC). In addition to six first-year residents, six residents started their second year, totaling 12 residents who chose PBRMC for their postgraduate medical school training, according to a press release from the hospital...

National Night Out will be a “Block Party” to be held Tuesday at 302 N. E St. Events will run from 5-8 p.m. Neighborhoods throughout Poplar Bluff are invited to join more than 38 million neighbors across 16,000 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories and military bases worldwide...

Anyone needing to learn more about what will happen with cash rents in 2022 will want to attend the Missouri Farm Leases Program to be held Wednesday, Aug. 24, at the Butler County Extension Office, 614 Lindsay St. “Farm leases are a very hot topic right now with cash rents at their current level and crop prices staying higher so landlords and tenants need to make certain they’re getting what they believe they should be,” said Joe Koenen, agricultural business specialist with the University of Missouri Extension and one of the workshop presenters.. ...

The Primary Election comes up shortly and several important races will be on the ballot. These include U.S. senate and state auditor. I encourage everyone to recognize the importance of voting and get to your precinct on Tuesday. How can anyone be willing to forego the privilege of voting? It has always seemed thrilling to me to play my small part as a citizen, to make my investment in the future. Even when I thought my candidate would lose, I wanted him to lose by one less vote – my vote...