Stories from Friday, March 3, 2023

Bill Robison likes maps. He walks into the conference room carrying an easel in his right hand and several maps under his left arm. Robison, the Highway 67 Corporation chairman, makes his introduction, then unfolds the easel. As he shares the maps, he paints the background for a story about a highway...

Steve Halter, president of the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce, remembers when he couldn’t wait to graduate high school and leave Poplar Bluff for “bigger and better things.” Sticking around to start a career and raise a family in his hometown wasn’t something he considered. He wanted job opportunities, recreation and an overall fulfilling life. It turns out, Halter had a chance at everything he wanted out of life, and it was right in front of him.

Water rose quickly in many areas last night and into the morning hours causing some roads to be impassable. According to the Nation Weather Service the river was expected to crest at around 13-and-a-half feet by morning and the Poplar Bluff area received over 3 inches of rain...

Butler County will participate in Missouri’s 2023 statewide tornado drill at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 7. Since the drill is Tuesday, the county’s regular drill on the first Monday of the month will not be held, said Robbie Myers, Butler County Emergency Management Director...

Terrell Edwin Robinson, 74, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away Feb. 27, 2023, at his home in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Terrell was born Dec. 20, 1948, to John and Augusta (Evans) Robinson in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He married Sally Chronister on July 27, 2001, in Harlingen, Texas...

“We are forever in your debt. You deserve the very best,” John J. Pershing VA Medical Center Director Paul Hopkins promised veterans attending the PACT Act Town Hall ON Thursday at the Poplar Bluff American Legion. A veteran himself, Hopkins said, “We at the medical center will never settle for giving you anything less.”...

“I am greatly honored to present this to Lanny Corcimiglia,” said Melody Ducote as she presented the 2022 Person of the Year Award. She granted the award at the annual Butler County Community Resource Council Partnership Luncheon. Ducote said Corcimiglia has been an “integral part of Butler County Wellness Council.” He is also the director of Poplar Bluff Parks & Recreation...

Poplar Bluff Police Department Paula Nesbit reported at 8:30 a.m. March 2, her white 2012 Chrysler 300 was stolen from her residence in the 2300 block of Eugene Boulevard. _ An employee at Schenewerk’s U-Haul at 2225 South Westwood Blvd. reported at 9:30 a.m. March 2, a U-Haul trailer which was reported stolen in Oklahoma was returned to their lot...

Butler County sheriff Jeffrey Todd Arnwine, 48, of Jacksonville was booked at the Butler County jail at 4:25 p.m. Thursday, March 9, for operating a commercial vehicle without a seatbelt. _ James Michael Fox, 36, of Winona was booked at the Butler County jail at 9:54 p.m. Thursday, March 9, for possession of a weapon...