Stories from Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Missouri Highlands Health Care will host a Regional Health Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Black River Coliseum. More than 40 area agencies will participate in the event, including neighboring health departments, home health agencies, medical providers and many other community partners...

A Butler County man who threatened a driver and bar patrons with an AK-style rifle has been sentenced to 66 months in prison on federal charges. Donald Edward Christie Jr., 37, was disarmed by bar patrons and taken into custody following incidents Feb. 12, 2022, according to law enforcement...

On Sept. 7, 1951, Pvt. Billie G. Kanell of Poplar Bluff gave the ultimate sacrifice while in his service to his country. He had been stationed near Pyonggang, Korea, while serving with Company I, 35th Infantry Regiment, part of the 25th Infantry Division...

A Memphis, Tennessee, man, who is a suspect in the death of his girlfriend, is in Butler County jail awaiting an extradition hearing. Nocomus Harris, 45, of Memphis, Tennessee, was arrested Monday afternoon on north Second and College streets on a Memphis Police Department warrant for first degree murder...

Bruce Malcom McIver, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Sunday, April 16, 2023, at St. Francis Medical Center, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Mr. McIver was born May 1, 1937 in Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, son of the late Grover Neil McIver and Emma Robinson...

A new generation of the Irvin family enjoyed a tradition that has spanned more than four decades at Old Greenville, the Black Powder Rendezvous. TJ Irvin has been coming to the Black Powder Rendezvous for as long as he can remember. He and his wife Morgen attended the two-day event Saturday with their young children, Tommy and Ellie...

Neelyville School Board swore in new members and elected officers amid multiple critiques and complaints during a Monday night meeting. Following the introduction of new board members Wayne Willcut, Bob Burgett and Paul Petty, the board cast votes for the president and vice president board positions. Vernon Barker was elected board president by a vote of 4-3. Dean Fisher was elected vice president by the same margin...

Joe Wayne Danner, 96, of Rogersville, Missouri, passed away Sunday, April 16, 2023 in Cox Medical Center South. Joe was born April 15, 1927 in Kennett, Missouri to John and Myrtle Danner. Joe was one of seven children. While helping his parents on the farm he joined the United States Army and served two years during WWII. After the Army he married Vera Lee Webber in 1948. He worked on their farm in Southeast Missouri and was also a carpenter for many years...