Stories from Sunday, April 2, 2023

A Dexter girl has had her wish granted by the Make A Wish Foundation. Six-year-old Rylee Howard, who has under gone multiple heart surgeries since her birth, was granted a wish. Rylee’s father Jody explained that to have a wish granted a child must be battling a life threatening illness...

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Kelsey Johnson received the key to her new home at a dedication ceremony Sunday, March 26, in Marble Hill. This is the 62nd home Habitat for Humanity -- Cape Area has dedicated in the 36 years it has been in operation. The location serves Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry and Stoddard counties...

Zion United Methodist Church in Gordonville voted to disaffiliate from the United Methodist denomination March 19 adding to the droves of churches leaving the second largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. The congregation of the rural church voted 110 to 28 in favor of disaffiliation, easily clearing the required two-thirds threshold. Zion has 234 members...

Alexander and Jordyn Meury of Poplar Bluff are the parents of a son born Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, Poplar Bluff. Noah Alexander Meury weighed 9 pounds and was 20 1/2 inches long when he was born at 10:35 a.m...

Poplar Bluff Police Kristen Goodwin, 35, of Poplar Bluff, was arrested at 9:59 p.m. Friday, March 31, during a traffic stop in the 900 block of Oakwood. Goodwin was booked in on a Dunklin County warrant for failure to appear on a traffic offense with a $172 cash only bond and she was lodged in the Butler County jail...

Butler County Sheriff Bradley Alan Chastain, 47, of Poplar Bluff, was booked at the Butler County jail at 6:12 p.m. April 1, for first degree harrassment. _ Terry George Crossen, 59, of of Poplar Bluff, was booked at the Butler County jail at 1 p.m. April 1, for second degree sexual misconduct...