NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE For default in the payment of debt secured by a deed of trust executed by Harold C Parker and Holly N Parker, dated May 16, 2017, and recorded on May 17, 2017, Document No. 20172673, in Book No. 1038, at Page 2337 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Butler County, Missouri, the undersigned Successor Trustee will on September 1, 2020, at 1:00 PM, at the West Front Door of the Butler County Courthouse, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash:. ...

With the return to school less than a month away for students, teachers already are heading back for training and getting prepared for a new year amid a national pandemic.

Neelyille R-IV School District announces all office, Hillview Elementary (pre-K – 2nd), Neelyville Elementary (3-6), and Neelyville High School (7-12), will officially open on Monday, Aug. 10. Hours will be from 8:00 a.m. – 3 p.m. First day of school is Monday, Aug. 24.

GREENVILLE — A Wayne County jury deliberated nearly six hours Wednesday in convicting a Greenville man of the 2017 shooting death of his landlord. After hearing from about eight witnesses over a day and a half, the jury found Joshua Lawrence Oldham guilty of the Class A felony of first-degree murder and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action...

Thousands of Southeast Missouri residents currently without high-speed internet service could benefit from a recent government ruling clearing the way for broadband infrastructure improvements throughout the region. The ruling by the Federal Communications Commission came after the Missouri Attorney General’s Office sided with the a pair of internet providers who had applied for Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) grants but were being blocked from doing so by a third provider, which said it was already providing high-speed internet service in Southeast Missouri.. ...

Butler County saw a new COVID-19 single-day record Thursday as 25 new positive cases were recorded. Butler County Health Department officials announced 13 new cases Thursday morning and an additional 12 in the afternoon. The county’s previous single-day record for positive cases came Monday, when 14 were counted...

The Margaret Harwell Art Museum in Poplar Bluff recently hosted its annual children’s art camp, where youngsters ages 6 to 13 learned a variety of techniques to create their own masterpieces. “We have art camp every year, and we have anywhere from 10 to 30 kids involved,” said Steve Whitworth, director of the Margaret Harwell Art Museum...

Center Stage, the Three Rivers College community theater group, will perform “Shrek The Musical” at 7 p.m. September 4, 5, 11, 12, and 2 p.m. September 5, 6, 12, 13 in the Tinnin Fine Arts Center on the Three Rivers campus.

Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center is currently treating seven patients for COVID-19. Johnnna Craft, PBRMC director of risk management and facilities compliance officer, added Wednesday that the hospital was treating zero patients for coronavirus a week ago...