Stories from Thursday, October 6, 2022

An employee at Family Counseling Center, 686 Lester St., reported at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, windows on the building were damaged. ————— Thomasina Dunning, 41, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 8:56 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, at the Probation/Parole Community Supervision Center, 1441 Industrial Park Rd. on a Butler County warrant for probation violation. She was lodged in the Butler County J]jail...

Wheatley school will take registration for their Succeeding in School reading and tutoring program on Oct. 13, from 4-6 p.m.

The Senior Showcase put together by Poplar Bluff High School drama students created a feeling of family and togetherness, according to crew members. The skits were written, directed and performed by students, including seniors Charlee Deaton, Alyssa Roy, Abby Murphy, Salem Blasingame, Maggie Jett and Raine White. They were performed Saturday at the Kay Porter Theatre...

Breastfeeding has multiple benefits for mothers and babies alike, but a lack of knowledge, support and resources makes it difficult for some mothers. WIC’s Breastfeeding Support program is looking to change that. “Anytime that you have problems or questions, we just want to be that helpline for people,” said WIC Coordinator Morgan Leach. “We don’t want anybody to go through what we went through where you feel stuck, you want to breastfeed but you don’t know how or you’re suffering.”...

Judi Richardson Rockwell was sung into heaven by her family and friends at her bedside, on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Judi was born Oct.10, 1966, to the late Marion (Sarg) and Connie (Mann) Richardson in Poplar Bluff, Missouri...

Robertson Construction began disassembling the Pine Street Bridge on Thursday, Oct. 6. The project, which is expected to cost approximately $3.5 million, will replace the 88-year-old westbound bridge over Black River on Business 60 (Pine Street). Westbound traffic on Pine Street has been shifted to a head-to-head configuration on the eastbound bridge, allowing one lane of traffic in each direction. ...

Myrna Elaine Roberts, 81, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away Oct. 4, 2022, in the Cypress Point Skilled nursing. She was born, May 21, 1941, at Poplar Bluff to the late Eugene Million and Mildred “Thompson” Million. She is survived by one daughter; Gayla Allison and husband, James, of Poplar Bluff; two grandchildren, Luke Allison, and fiancé, Stephnee Walters, and Nicolas Allison and girlfriend, Avory, of Springfield, Missouri; as well as one great-grandchild, Addie Mae Allison. ...

DEXTER — A 43-year-old man is facing several felony charges after drugs and a firearm were allegedly found Tuesday at his residence during a search. Billy J. Robinson, 43, of Dexter is charged with two Class C felony counts of delivery of a controlled substance, three Class D felony counts of possession of a controlled substance, one Class D felony count of unlawful possession of a firearm and one Class E felony counts of unlawful use of a weapon...

A Southeast Missouri man will spend the next 15 years in prison after he was convicted of molesting a young girl in Butler and Ripley counties. Larry D. Hawkins, 51, no address given, pleaded guilty to the unclassified felony of first-degree statutory sodomy Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the Butler County Courthouse before Judge Michael Pritchett as part of a plea bargain. Under the conditions of the bargain, Hawkins was sentenced to 15 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections...

The National Weather Service says Southeast Missouri may be in for the first frost of autumn this weekend. A cold front moving through Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois tonight sets the potential for frost to form Oct. 7. North winds may keep temperatures too warm Friday night and Saturday morning for widespread frost, but if it occurs it will be most likely along and north of a line from Poplar Bluff to Madisonville, Kentucky...