Stories from Saturday, September 17, 2022

The doors of the Black River Coliseum will open for the 2022 Women Aware conference at 8 a.m. Thursday. The day, centered around the theme “Empowered Women, Empower Women!” will kick off with a light breakfast, as well as visiting booths and friends, before the morning fashion show...

The Poplar Bluff R-I School Board swore in its newest member, Dr. Michael Price, at its September meeting on Thursday. Price, a retired area dentist and former school board member, was selected to serve the remainder of the term vacated by Alana Robertson, who resigned in July. The term expires in April 2023...

Dr. William ‘Bill’ L. Traxel, Jr., 83, a prominent retired Poplar Bluff Ophthalmologist, died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.

For his hard work on both state and local levels, Butler County’s Kacey Proctor was presented with the State’s Attorney of the Year Award. Proctor said he is “honored and humbled,” but knows many other people who also deserve this recognition. “I go to work every day and I work alongside prosecutors across the state who all deserve that award. ...