Stories from Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Officers were dispatched Tuesday, Oct. 22, to the 400 Block of South Broadway Street in reference to a domestic situation. The incident resulted in the arrest of Robert Heckman. _ Officers were dispatched Tuesday, Oct. 22, to the 1900 Block of Wilson Street in reference to a death investigation...

The rebuilding of the Murphy USA gas station on Westwood Boulevard is one step closer to completion following the Poplar Bluff City Council’s vote to vacate the sewer easement on the property Monday evening. At the meeting, Municipal Utilities General Manager Bill Bach recounted the issue’s history. In 1989, Murphy’s asked the city to relocate storm drains as well as water and sewer lines for the construction of the new facility...

What started as a shell of a building became the Northside Community Center through diligence and much hard work. And while there has been much progress made, there is still much to be done. Annie Hinton, director of the center, explained that they have most recently been able to get a new kitchen together for the center...

Three people were injured and one killed in Monday traffic accidents. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol’s accident report, a 21-year-old Clarkton man became the 54th fatality in Troop E this year. Seth W. Calder died Monday from injuries suffered when his vehicle crossed the center of Highway 25 and struck another vehicle head-on at 5:19 p.m. in Dunklin County...

Fires and crashes occupied the front pages of local papers today, but only one was fatal — a gas station explosion near Campbell in 1974. In 1949, bus passengers escaped major harm in a collision with a tractor trailer, and in 1924 a stray sawmill spark caused $6,000 in property damage.