The Poplar Bluff Police Department is looking for Jaquise Hamblin of Poplar Bluff in reference to a shots fired incident. He is considered armed and dangerous.

Shortly after returning to his childhood home of Butler County, Col. Doug Rose visited Pennsylvania to aid with COVID-19 relief.

NEELYVILLE — With graduation in two weeks, the Neelyville R-IV school district is considering changes to the guidelines.

BLOOMFIELD — The courts of the 35th Judicial Circuit, including Stoddard County, will begin reopening and conducting more in-person proceedings after Memorial Day. No administrative order has been issued by Presiding Circuit Judge Robert Mayer directing the courts to reopen; however, he recently sent a memorandum to attorneys practicing in the circuit regarding court operations and a notice to the Supreme Court...

VAN BUREN — The National Park Service is seeking information to help locate a missing woman from Mountain View, Missouri. Brittany K. Gorman, age 29, was last seen at a residence west of Mountain View, about 3-4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20. She was believed to be headed to Winona...

The Twin Rivers R-X school district will not offer summer school this year amid budget and COVID-19 concerns.

Changing the direction of city government and building up the city’s downtown were among the key themes at the Poplar Bluff City Council virtual candidate forum Thursday afternoon at the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce. While the event was not open to the public, it was live-streamed on the chamber’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Each of the nine candidate running were allocated five minutes to speak Thursday...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Staff Writer Hundreds of area residents received boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables Thursday morning as part of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. For the second week, a drive-thru food distribution center was set up at Mt. Calvary Powerhouse Church in Poplar Bluff...

After two months of limited recreation because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many public lands and their associated facilities are beginning to reopen, just in time for the Memorial Day weekend. With warmer temperatures in the forecast, a lot of people will be thinking about getting on the water somewhere, and they have that opportunity at both Wappapello and Clearwater lakes and area rivers...