Stories from Thursday, January 25, 2024

Legal drama and military bureaucracy dominate this date’s headlines. In 1949, a brigadier general earns public ire after refusing to open Poplar Bluff’s armory to flood victims. Decades earlier, the Springfield Court of Appeals takes up a local farmer’s lawsuit against the Missouri Pacific railway...

Shirley Ann Weeks McGowin, 83, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024 at her residence.

Detective Shonna Grobe of the Poplar Bluff Police Department stated fraud is one of her top concerns for the community at Ozark Federal Credit Union’s Fraud Prevention seminar. Grobe shared insights on how scammers target vulnerable demographics like the elderly during a seminar Wednesday at the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce. She has witnessed cases in the community where scammers took amounts over $170,000...

A Poplar Bluff man could face charges of second degree arson and burglary following a Dec. 27 fire at 128 W. McKinley St. Jonathan Kendall Crumbley, 22, was arrested Wednesday after being interviewed and confessing to a Missouri State fire marshal, said Poplar Bluff Fire Chief Mike Moffitt...

The contract of Twin Rivers Superintendent Rob Brown has been extended through 2026, according to the district. Board members unanimously voted on the contract during their Jan. 18 monthly meeting. No raise was discussed, according to board minutes...