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The Dunklin County Sheriff's Department has issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing person incident that occurred at 38702 Highway WW, north of Campbell at 11 a.m. Thursday. Mary Ruth Blevins, 50, is a white female, 5-4, 110 pounds with brown hair, blue eyes and wearing unknown clothing...

A Poplar Bluff man has been officially charged with kidnapping and three other felony counts in connection with an incident last week where he allegedly assaulted and kidnapped his girlfriend. Keaton D. Rexroad, 18, of the 200 block of Century Drive is charged with the Class A felony of first-degree kidnapping and three Class E felony counts of first-degree property damage, third-degree assault and third-degree domestic assault...

CIRCLE CITY — A 24-year-old Poplar Bluff woman was seriously injured in an ATV crash on Frank Street at 5:30 p.m. Friday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The MSHP reports that Ashley McDonald, 24, of Poplar Bluff was operating a 1995 Polaris Trail Boss four-wheeler westbound when it ran off the right side of the road and overturned...

The Poplar Bluff R-I School District approved the employments, resignations and retirements of multiple employees at its June 23 meeting. Retirements of approved certified personnel and supplemental duty personnel were Julie Carda-Coleman, help desk teacher at PBHS; and Charles Gearheart, art teacher at Eugene Field and Lake Road elementary schools. Their departures were effective at the end of the 2021-2022 school year...

The life of a building that has served the Poplar Bluff community for over 75 years is over. In the interest of public safety the city was forced to bring down the historic building on 211 Main St. “Unfortunately it wasn’t salvageable,” said City Planner James Sisk. “We would have loved to have saved it. It just wasn’t possible.”...

Fairgoers gather for a variety of activities: entertainment, tractor and truck pulls, demolition derby and seeing animals. This year, the Butler County Fair will be short. The Butler County Fair Board announced this year the Butler County Fair is shaping up to be a one-day event. The county was without a fair from the late 1970s, when the Jaycees stopped organizing the event, to the mid-1990s when a group of volunteers and business leaders revived the fair...

An electric vehicle (EV) charging station is giving juice to cars and the local economy, according to Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce president Steve Halter. “Until now, visitors have not had an option for an EV charging station in Poplar Bluff. We are excited to offer this additional service (at no cost) and believe this service will help attract more people into our city even if they are just passing through, which in turn will help our local businesses,” he said in a statement...

The Independence Day Celebration for Downtown Poplar Bluff will begin at 9 a.m. on Monday, July 4 with the traditional parade sponsored by Fox Radio. The evening firework display is scheduled to begin around 9 p.m. “Briggs and Stratton have sponsored $15,000 of the $20,000 needed for this year’s event,” said Morgan McIntosh, Director of Downtown Poplar Bluff. “This year is the most expensive so far, in the past, it’s been less, so we’ve had to try to find more sponsors.”...

Twin Rivers school district is now one of 128 districts in the state of Missouri that has adopted the four-day school week, according to the Missouri State University College four-day school week resource center. A special session was held Monday night to adopt the new calendar for the 2022-23 school year...

CLAYTON, Mo. — A Wayne County teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of his younger brother. Williem A. Taylor, 18, of McGee pleaded guilty to the Class A felony of first-degree murder and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action Wednesday before 21st Circuit Court Judge Joseph Walsh III in St. Louis County...