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Butler County News

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Friday Oct 3 | Southeast Missourian

BBC radio broadcast visits Poplar Bluff schools to talk politics

A few Poplar Bluff School District educators, students and parents had the opportunity Tuesday to share their views on education and the upcoming presidential election with the 150 million listeners of BBC ...

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Related Topix: Poplar Bluff, MO, Education Etc.

Wed Oct 01, 2008

Southeast Missourian

Poplar Bluff woman pleads guilty to abusing infant son

A local woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to abusing her infant son who suffered injuries doctors describe as being consistent with shaken baby syndrome.

21 comments

Related Topix: Poplar Bluff, MO

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Southeast Missourian

Poplar Bluff police seize 7 pounds of marijuana

Local authorities seized about seven pounds of suspected marijuana and more than $7,200 in currency they believe is associated with drug sales Thursday afternoon.

12 comments

Related Topix: Poplar Bluff, MO, Drugs

Tue Sep 23, 2008

KZIM-AM Cape Girardeau

A Cape man's arson case moves to a nearby county

A Cape Girardeau man's arson case gets moved to a nearby county! Cape Circuit Judge Ben Lewis Monday moved the case against 47-year-old Jeff Mirgeaux to Butler County on a change of venue request.

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Related Topix: Cape Girardeau, MO

Sat Sep 20, 2008

Southeast Missourian

Pit bull saves man from house fire

Jacob Ford sits on the remains of his front porch where his pit bull, Butch, warned him of a house fire Friday.

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Related Topix: Poplar Bluff, MO, Fire

Thu Sep 18, 2008

Southeast Missourian

Fisk, Mo., man gets four years for child porn, possibly more in federal prison

A Butler County judge sentenced a Fisk man Tuesday to the maximum for possessing child pornography.

12 comments

Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Prison, Poplar Bluff, MO, Dexter, MO, Fisk, MO

Wed Sep 17, 2008

Southeast Missourian

Six arrested for prescription drug crime in Poplar Bluff last week

Six area residents were charged Monday with drug-related felonies by Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Barbour.

31 comments

Related Topix: Poplar Bluff, MO, Drugs

Mon Sep 15, 2008

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

Officials: Missing Missouri man committed suicide

A southeast Missouri man who fled a year ago after being charged with child sodomy died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to authorities in Virginia where his remains were found.

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Related Topix: Suicide, Ripley County, MO

Fri Sep 12, 2008

Southeast Missourian

Two arrested for allegedly trying to shoot Poplar Bluff man

A pair of Poplar Bluff brothers face assault and weapon-related charges in what authorities say was a revenge shooting Wednesday morning.

14 comments

Related Topix: Poplar Bluff, MO

Thu Sep 04, 2008

NBC Action News

Police: Va. body may be that of Mo. fugitive

Investigators say a body found near a Virginia park may be that of a southeast Missouri man who fled after being charged with child sodomy.

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Related Topix: Poplar Bluff, MO

Wed Aug 27, 2008

Southeast Missourian

Poplar Bluff police: Stabbing was vendetta

Local authorities believe a Poplar Bluff man was carrying out a vendetta when he stabbed another man 10 to 12 times early Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Poplar Bluff, MO

Tue Aug 19, 2008

Southeast Missourian

Poplar Bluff cleans up downtown 'wino' hideaway

City and county laborers cleared out the overgrown area behind businesses on the corner of Vine and Second streets on Friday in order to deter loitering, a problem that has progressively gotten worse lately.

4 comments

Related Topix: Poplar Bluff, MO

Sat Aug 16, 2008

Missouri Bondsmen

Federal Court Says Judges Can Disqualify Bondsmen

Back in 2006, I reported a federal lawsuit filed by several bondsmen against the two judges, a prosecutor, two bondsmen and law enforcement in southeast Missouri.

9 comments

Related Topix: New Madrid County, MO, Marston, MO, Jefferson City, MO, Poplar Bluff, MO, Missouri

Wed Aug 13, 2008

Southeast Missourian

Cape Girardeau man arrested in Poplar Bluff for alleged crack cocaine sale

Two area residents were charged Friday with distributing crack cocaine to a confidential informant within 1,000 feet of public or government housing in south Poplar Bluff.

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Related Topix: Cape Girardeau, MO, Poplar Bluff, MO, Drugs

Mon Aug 11, 2008

KZIM-AM Cape Girardeau

A two-vehicle accident claims one life in Butler County over the weekend...

A Poplar Bluff man is dead after a two car collision on County Road 451 just west of Poplar Bluff at 1o'clock Saturday morning.

2 comments

Related Topix: Poplar Bluff, MO

Sun Aug 10, 2008

Daily Dunklin Democrat

Town and Country robbery suspect caught

Following an investigation by the Kennett Police Department, Thomas Roy Passley, 20, of Poplar Bluff, is currently being held in the Butler County jail awaiting the filing of charges of first-degree robbery ...

33 comments

Related Topix: Poplar Bluff, MO, Kennett, MO, Town and Country, MO

Fri Aug 08, 2008

Southeast Missourian

Poplar Bluff man ordered to stand trial for murder

A Poplar Bluff man was ordered to stand trial Thursday for the July shooting death of another man, who was killed over what authorities believe was an apparent drug debt.

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Related Topix: Poplar Bluff, MO, Violent Crime

Thu Aug 07, 2008

Southeast Missourian

Poplar Bluff man accused of drug manufacturing held on $1 million bond

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff man, facing charges of manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine, is being held in the Butler County jail on $1 million bond.

20 comments

Related Topix: Poplar Bluff, MO, Drugs

Mon Aug 04, 2008

Springfield News Leader

Man seriously injured in Butler County crash

A Poplar Bluff man was seriously injured in an accident in Butler County today. John W. Ferguson, 62, was thrown through the rear window when the car he was riding in ran off the road and overturned.

1 comment

Related Topix: Poplar Bluff, MO, Neelyville, MO

Sat Jul 26, 2008

KFVS12

Police Connect Teens to Two Burglaries

It's been a busy couple of days for police in Butler County. Two teens face double trouble after they're accused of two burglaries.

21 comments

Related Topix: Qulin, MO, Poplar Bluff, MO

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