Stories from Tuesday, September 19, 2023

The Daily American Republic has learned 3-year-old Ellsinore child was air evacuated Tuesday after being injured by a family member backing up a vehicle. Carter County Chief Deputy Kevin Jotz said the accident happened in Ellsinore. This is an evolving story and will be updated as information becomes available...

Editor’s note: The Poplar Bluff Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is celebrating Constitution Week Sept 17-23. The society promotes the study of the Constitution each year. After petitioning Congress to set aside the week of September 17 – 23, on August 2, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed Constitution Week into law...

Haven House hosted its 34th annual trail ride fundraiser Saturday. The event raised almost $19,000 in support of the domestic violence shelter. Organizer Amber Tinker says the trail ride was originally formed many years ago by what she called the Cardiac Cowboys...

Frances ‘Tinker’ Rainwater, 90, of Campbell died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2023, at the Gideon Care Center in Gideon.

100 years agoSept. 19, 1923...

The Poplar Bluff Regional Business Airport is fortunate to receive support for some required equipment, manager Gary Pride told the city council Monday. The city has the opportunity to extend the contract for some of these services through 2044, he shared...

Breakfast pancakes are the best way to start the Iron Horse Festival on Sept. 30. They will be offered at the Historic Iron Mountain Depot beginning at 7:30 a.m. prior to the official festival opening. “Pancakes at the Depot have been a part of the festival for the last several years,” said Jim Chrisman, a member of the depot’s board. “All profits will be used in the continuing restoration of the historic depot.”...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT Leshonda Gill reported at 10:55 a.m. Monday, Sept. 18, packages delivered to her residence in the 1500 block of Big Eddy were stolen. _ Eldon Osborn Jr., 35, of Poplar Bluff was arrested at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 18, on South Fifth Street. Osborn was booked on a Probation and Parole warrant for parole violation and lodged in the Butler County jail...