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A man formerly of Butler County was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison this week for making threats by telephone to a public official.

Officials with the Poplar Bluff Municipal Airport told Region 8 News Monday operations have been smooth since the departure of Aeroflite Incorporated, which was the city's long-time flight-based operator .

Two people from Poplar Bluff are dead after two boats collided on the Current River in southeast Missouri.

A Poplar Buff lawyer arrested for selling prescription drugs in Stoddard County in December 2006 now has a trial date.

A 25-year-old Poplar Bluff man was killed Sunday when two boats crashed in the Current River in Doniphan, Mo., according to the Missouri State Water Patrol.

A Poplar Bluff woman runs her car off the road, and ends up neck deep stranded in a pond.

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.