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Downtown Poplar Bluff Farmers' Market in full swing
(Local News ~ 05/06/19)
The Downtown Poplar Bluff Farmers' Market season has started, offering a variety of locally grown fresh fruits and vegatables, homemade baked goods and many other items. The market will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Saturday through September, said DPB Director Jerrica Fox...
- Brief standoff ends in Butler County (Local News ~ 05/06/19)
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Shooting suspect arrested after standoff
(Local News ~ 05/06/19)
An ongoing dispute between two men led to a shooting Monday morning in Poplar Bluff and a later standoff on Township Line Road when authorities attempted to execute a search warrant there. Mid-morning Monday, “the victim was on Vine Street and saw the suspect nearby,” explained Poplar Bluff Police Lt. Josh Stewart. “The suspect began chasing (the victim) in his vehicle...
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Shelby Road extension opens Friday, Poplar Bluff City Council discusses additional costs
(Local News ~ 05/06/19)
**UPDATED 9 p.m.** Poplar Bluff officials say a Shelby Road extension will open Friday, after a ribbon cutting ceremony. The ceremony was discussed Monday by the Poplar Bluff City Council, which will vote May 20 on the final costs for the project.
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Police seek second man after Sunday armed robbery
(Local News ~ 05/06/19)
As authorities continue to search for an armed robber, his alleged accomplice, an East St. Louis, Illinois, man, sits in the Butler County jail. Jacobi Patrick Armstrong, aka Jacobi Johnson, 23, was charged Sunday with the Class A felony of first-degree robbery by Butler County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Paul Oesterreicher. The second suspect had not been identified by authorities as of press time...
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Friday busts net 20 arrests by street crimes task force
(Local News ~ 05/06/19)
About 20 people were arrested Friday night and quantities of methamphetamine, marijuana and prescription pills taken off the streets as officers with the SEMO Street Crimes Task Force saturated Poplar Bluff. For several years now, officers from the Poplar Bluff Police Department, Cape Girardeau Police Department, Sikeston Department of Public Safety and Charleston Police Department have partnered to ride together as they combat drug trafficking in their respective towns...
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