Poplar Bluff News

Two Poplar Bluff residents suffered minor injuries and a Kentucky couple was seriously injured when the Missourians' car was struck by a motorcycle.

A woman was rescued from a southeast Missouri pond after driving a car into it. Turned out it wasn't her car, and she was arrested on suspicion of car theft.

A Poplar Bluff woman believes God put her in the right place at the right time Tuesday morning to aid in the rescue of a woman trapped in her partially water-submerged car.

Mike McCoy photo Linda Newell, center, is shown undergoing dialysis at newly opened Davita Dexter Dialysis.

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt.

Sometimes everyone finds that they are in need of something that either they just can't afford or already have and something breaks and you are looking to find a replacement in a hurry.

Local, state and federal authorities served a federal search warrant this morning on a local medical clinic and arrested its physician.

An apparent argument over stolen money sent a Poplar Bluff woman to the hospital with multiple stabs wounds and her alleged attacker to jail.

Kennett City Engineer Metz Skelton recently sent a notice of award to Knuckle Brothers, Inc., of Poplar Bluff, Mo., informing the organization that they have been awarded the job of constructing the new city dog pound based on their submitted bid of approximately $150,000. The new dog pound will be a 30X40 all steel building, which will equal 1,200 ...

A Poplar Bluff teenager, doused with gasoline and set on fire, bravely sat in front of television cameras Sunday, and shared his story.

Monica Asmus rides Red in the costume class event Saturday during the second annual horse show sponsored by Mississippi Valley Therapeutic Horsemanship.

Division two court in Stoddard County had a busy Thursday. Judge John Spielman of Dunklin County presided over court for the day because Judge Joe Satterfield was away.

A Monday report from the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department confirms the discovery of yet another shake and bake meth lab in the county.

The Animal Welfare Alliance is holding a day for the dogs with the first annual Bark in the Park.

A Poplar Bluff teenager recovers in the burn unit of a St. Louis hospital after another teen allegedly squirted gasoline on him and then lit him on fire.

A Birch Tree woman thrown from a car as it crashed on U.S. 60 Friday died of her injuries in a Springfield hospital this morning, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt.

Prior to the Senath City Council meeting on Monday, June 8, a special public hearing was held in which Joe Wheeler, of Kennett, approached the council, requesting a variance and conditional use permit following the denial of his request for a zoning certificate on a property in the city.

I am putting my girls in a pageant next weekend. The best part is, its free. Yes, that's right FREE! It is in Poplar Bluff, MO.

The Board of Trustees of the Stoddard County Common Sewer District #1 awarded the contracts for construction of a sewer collection system and a treatment system to the lowest bidders at their meeting June 2. The board received seven bids on the collection system and awarded the contract to R.L. Persons Construction, Inc.