Butler County News

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 ...

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.