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A Poplar Bluff man sits in the Butler County jail and is facing sexual abuse and sexual misconduct charges after an incident that reportedly happened at a local retailer on Sunday. Donald A. Raymer, 31, of the 1700 block of Garfield Street, has been charged with the Class C felony of first-degree sexual abuse after he allegedly inappropriately touched a juvenile female at JCPenney’s. ...

PUXICO — Right now, nobody knows how many contracts with Morgan-Sifford Funeral home exist, how much money is outstanding, or where the money is at. Some time ago, Morgan-Sifford lost its license but continued to perform and sell funeral services. The funeral home has since been shut down, and the owner has passed away, but there’s a concerning lack of a paper trail for many customers...

Two people were injured seriously in a pair of weekend accidents, one on Highway 25 south of Dexter Sunday morning and the second a boating accident on Clearwater Lake in Reynolds County Saturday afternoon. Angelia M. Turner, 28, of Ellington suffered serious injuries in a boating accident at Webb Creek Marina on Clearwater Lake at 2 p.m. Saturday...

Three people were injured, two seriously, in accidents in Ripley and Wayne counties Tuesday. The first accident occurred at 4:40 p.m. Tuesday on Highway E, 1-1/2 miles east of Greenville. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Robert R. Dodd, 59, of Garland, Texas, was operating a 2011 International Pro Star westbound on Highway E when it ran off the right side of the roadway, struck a tree and culvert and overturned...

A Poplar Bluff man will have to pay more than $85,000 in fines and restitution after pleading guilty to failing to disclose a large purchase of ginseng. United States District Judge Stephen R. Clark fined Thomas Ridenhower, 57, of Poplar Bluff $55,000 for violating the federal Lacey Act by not disclosing a $28,750 purchase of ginseng. Ridenhower also will have $32,503.76 to pay in restitution and was sentenced to five years probation...

The Sign Wars are creating smiles all across Poplar Bluff. Citizens are calling the creativity “awesome,” and area marketing personnel admit they wish they had generated the idea. The “wars” started when a boss told a general manager to get creative with a marquee. He probably had not expected a friendly fight where the entire community got involved...

Poplar Bluff city officials have named a new fire department chief. Mike Moffitt, who has been with the department since 1996, will take over Aug. 1, said city manager Matt Winters. Moffitt is currently a battalion chief, a position he has held since 2008...

Two Poplar Bluff men are in the Butler County jail after allegedly being caught distributing methamphetamine earlier this week. Lewis C. “Peewee” Curry, 54, of the 1400 block of County Road 608 has been charged with the class C felony of distribution of a controlled substance and is being held on $100,000 bond at the Butler County jail. ...

Carter County officials reported two people were struck by lightning following a line of strong storms Saturday.

A Washington County man sits in the Butler County jail after being charged with stealing a motorcycle and a trailer earlier this month. Jeffery S. Walker, 34, of Belgrade, Missouri, has been charged with two Class B felony counts of stealing a motor vehicle, watercraft or aircraft as a prior stealing offender. He also is charged with the Class D felony of stealing...