Most read
Popular Stories
-
PB native to receive WGAW’s 2024 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement (4/12/24)Multiple Emmy-nominated television creator-writer, director and producer Linda Bloodworth Thomason (Designing Women, Evening Shade) has been named the recipient of the WGAW Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement.
-
Accident on Highway 67 injures 10 (4/16/24)Ten individuals in a 2019 Ford Transit van veered off Route 67 one mile north of the Arkansas state line at 3:20 p.m. Monday. Officers of the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the accident. According to the crash report, a van transporting workers drifted off the left side of the roadway and overturned. ...
-
Current River Sheltered Workshop closing ‘temporary,’ states SB40 president (4/15/24)The sudden closing of the Current River Area Sheltered Workshop last week purportedly happened because “a disgruntled staff member made allegations against the manager over what may be an insignificant recordkeeping discrepancy.” This is according to Mike Fleetwood, president of the Productive Living Board of Ripley County, which annually provides $220,000 in funding to the Current River Sheltered Workshop...
-
Children found wandering PB roadway (4/17/24)Two people are facing charges following an incident in Poplar Bluff last week. According to the Poplar Bluff Police Department, shortly after midnight on Friday, officers responded to the area of Magnolia and Pine streets in reference to a child in the roadway with no supervision...
-
Airport hosts skydivers, private jets, and dozens of aircraft for eclipse (4/10/24)At Poplar Bluff Regional Business Airport, all eyes were fixed on the sky. For the hours leading up to the eclipse’s grand finale, millions of dollars worth of aircraft landed in a seemingly unending procession. Sizes ranged from single-seater Cessnas to triple-engine private jets. As an added bonus, Skydive St. Louis performed two jumps, one a few hours before the eclipse and one right at the moment of totality...
-
Search of Poplar Bluff man's home yields evidence of child pornography (4/11/24)A Poplar Bluff man was arrested Tuesday for promoting and possession of child pornography. Joshua D. McKnight, 46, is being held in the Butler County jail on a $100,000 bond, following an investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.. The investigation was conducted by the Special Victims Unit of the MSHP’s Division of Drug and Crime Control...
-
Dash to the Past — Plane crashes in Sam A. Baker (4/13/24)This weekend’s highlights include a dramatic lunar eclipse, a local family feud and an aviation disaster.
-
Twin Rivers to keep both softball seasons for now (4/17/24)BROSELEY — The Twin Rivers School Board has voted in a new board president, and continued conversations about whether or not to continue participating in two softball seasons.
-
Special Olympics bring competition and fun (4/12/24)The sun was bright and the gusty wind was crisp as student athletes from multiple districts filled the Fred M. Morrow Stadium at the Poplar Bluff Junior High for the Southeast Missouri Special Olympics spring games.
-
PB man arrested for child pornography (4/11/24)A Poplar Bluff man was arrested Tuesday for promoting and possession of child pornography.