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The major case squad has been activated to investigate the shooting of four individuals at two different locations Sunday afternoon in Poplar Bluff. One person was shot at Bacon Park and three others shot on Wallace Street, Poplar Bluff Police Chief Danny Whiteley said...

The Poplar Bluff Police Department is investigating the third shooting in two days after a woman reported her car was shot multiple times Monday night. At about 10 p.m., a 27-year-old Poplar Bluff woman called the authorities to report her vehicle had been shot while she was driving on Mary Street near Harper Street, according to Patrolman Josh Moore’s report...

A store closing sale begins today at Petsway in Poplar Bluff, one of three retail spaces the chain will shutter. The other two stores closing are located in the St. Louis area, according to a press release. The Poplar Bluff location opened in 2007. Company officials say Petsway Inc., is an eight-location regional pet store chain, with stores located throughout Missouri...

In a pair of resignations, Poplar Bluff R-I schools will lose 15 years of administrative service.

A pair of Poplar Bluff retail spaces have sold to a New Jersey buyer for just over $2 million. Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors, a national real estate brokerage and advisory firm specializing in retail property sales, has announced the firm has completed the sale of two, two-tenant retail properties occupied by a Starbucks Drive-Thru. The sales represent record pricing, according to a press release...

Three Poplar Bluff-area residents have formed a consortium and purchased a prominent local business. Dr. Clint Vanlandingham, Dr. Donald Piland and insurance agency owner Steve Phillips formed a consortium known as PVP Investment Group and purchased Cotrell Funeral Service from Premier Funeral Management Services of Naples, Florida...

The city has named an interim chief to run the day-to-day operations of the Poplar Bluff Fire Department as Chief Ralph Stucker continues to recover from emergency surgery to removed blood clot that was obstructing his breathing. Effective Friday, “Battalion Chief Mike Moffitt will become interim fire chief for the city of Poplar Bluff Fire Department,” said City Manager Mark Massingham in a memo to all city departments...

Poplar Bluff officials have increased police presence in south side after an attempted kidnapping that has generated few leads. Additional marked and unmarked patrol cars have been dispatched in the past week to the area near the 400 block of Midland Street...

Poplar Bluff City Council members voted 4-2 Tuesday to finance the purchase of property on Shelby Road with a loan from First Midwest Bank for construction of a new police department. The vote came after residents once again asked the council to stop the purchase...

Chris Batrano was a father to two sons, a partner, a son and a brother. He was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School and Three Rivers College. He was a systems programmer. He was a musician. He was a Mizzou fan. Batrano, who was 51 when he passed Feb. 7, was many more things than his diagnosis — ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease...