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Three Poplar Bluff City Council members say they are changing their stance on the possible relocation of city hall from downtown. City council members heard Monday from about a dozen residents and also received results of a poll on the matter. Respondents to the poll were more than 80 percent in favor of keeping municipal offices downtown...

GREENVILLE — The state has dismissed the charges against a Williamsville man accused of murdering his wife who has been missing since February 2017. Craig Allen Wood, 43, was supposed to appear Sept. 27 before Associate Circuit Judge Christina Kime for a preliminary hearing on the Class A felonies of first-degree murder and first-degree assault in connection with the disappearance of Rebecca “Becky” Alsup...

A camper overturned Tuesday afternoon on Highway 53 in Poplar Bluff near the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and Shelby Road, blocking the road. No injuries are reported and recovery crews, along with Poplar Bluff Fire Department personnel, worked for about an hour to reopen the road...

A large crowd filled the Poplar Bluff City Council chambers Monday night, with more than a dozen business owners and private citizens each speaking in support of keeping city hall downtown. Although not an agenda item, 15 people spoke during the citizen’s input in response to a 4-3 vote by the council on Sept. 3 to pursue a Shelby Road location for a new city complex. The proposed complex would house city hall, the police department and Municipal Court...

Max Ernest is a fighter. At 7 months old, he has already earned a nickname - Mighty Max. But, his family, friends and medical team describe him as a miracle. Parents Jessica and Mykel Ernest of Poplar Bluff, and his older brother Jack Ernest, 13, originally planned to welcome him June 8, but Max had other plans...

One student has been arrested in an alleged assault that occurred Tuesday on the campus of Poplar Bluff High School. Initial interviews with the teens involved indicate it may be tied to the tragic death of another student Sept. 7, police say. Caleb Cole Holloway, 17, of the 100 block of Antler Trail was arrested shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday at the school and released on a summons. The charges were later upgraded to suspicion of third degree assault...

The Poplar Bluff R-I Board of Education voted Thursday to allow students from Westwood Baptist Academy to attend the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center. Westwood Baptist Academy will be added as a non-consortium school, said Charles Kinsey, TCC director. Non-consortium schools are not part of the public schools already served by the TCC, he said...

CAPE GIRARDEAU — Two Poplar Bluff women appeared in federal court this week on charges they distributed illegal narcotics, including heroin and Fentanyl. On Tuesday afternoon, Shanesha R. Burns pleaded guilty as charged to three felonies of distribution of methamphetamine, distribution of a controlled substance and distribution of heroin before U.S. District Judge John A. Ross, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Sorrell...

When Kenny Carpenter joined the Poplar Bluff Police Department nearly 25 years ago he attained something he had wanted since his youth. “I wanted to be a police officer; it was something I always wanted to do even back in high school,” Carpenter explained. “I remember sitting out at the high school, talking to the security guards … one of them was a retired police officer...

City officials cite confidentially in personnel issues when questioned about the status of three Poplar Bluff officers who were placed on paid administrative leave earlier this summer. The officers were placed on paid leave sometime in June for what City Manager Mark Massingham earlier described as “possible policy violations.”...