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Three students dead after Poplar Bluff car accident
Drowning was the cause of death for all three Poplar Bluff High School students who died when a car overturned in a flooded creek at 7:31 a.m. Friday, according to Butler County Coroner Jim Akers.
Three Rivers trustees debate Drury donation
A Three Rivers Community College trustee questioned the recent Drury Southwest donation of the Pear Tree Inn and adjacent restaurant building, but found himself in the minority, apart from the college foundation which initially turned down the large gift.
Poplar Bluff teen charged as adult in burning incident
A warrant was issued today for the arrest of a Poplar Bluff teenager after he was charged with squirting gasoline on another teen and then lighting him on fire.
Highway Patrol reports good year for marijuana crop in Southeast Missouri
Members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol's local marijuana eradication team have seized about 7,000 suspected marijuana plants this summer, including nearly 40 found growing on a Dunklin County ditch bank.
A Poplar Bluff woman gets three years for making bomb threats.
Twenty-seven-year-old Morgan Kile of Poplar Bluff will spend the next three years in federal prison on three felony counts of making false bomb threats by phone.
Mo. gov. appoints 2 judges, parole board member
Gov. Jay Nixon has named a prison warden to the state parole board and appointed new judges to courts in northwest and southeast Missouri.
Swine flu confirmed at another Southeast Missouri school district
A Poplar Bluff School District student has tested positive for the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu.
Mo. farms counting on late fall, soybeans
The hopes of reclaiming this summer's crops are, for many area farmers, rooted in soybeans and a late fall.
Some details emerge after hearing in Poplar Bluff teen burning case
A Butler County judge will decide later this month whether a Poplar Bluff teenager should be tried as an adult for allegedly squirting gasoline on another teen and then lighting him on fire.
Some details emerge after hearing in Poplar Bluff teen burning case
A Butler County judge will decide later this month whether a Poplar Bluff teenager should be tried as an adult for allegedly squirting gasoline on another teen and then lighting him on fire.
Dexter to take part in sales tax holiday
The state school tax holiday is held the first Friday through Sunday in August each year to provide sales tax relief for consumers who purchase certain "back to school" items in preparation of the 2009- 10 school year.
Alcohol compliance check finds no business selling to minors
An alcohol compliance check of nine businesses in Carter and Butler counties found that none of the businesses sold alcohol to minors.
Poplar Bluff man sentenced to prison for role in murder
Calvin Lee "CC" Smith Jr., 33, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., was sentenced Monday to 20 years in a state prison for the murder of John Lee Griffin.
Wayne County man arrested after car breaks down on alleged trip to get meth materials
A "road trip" into Poplar Bluff to buy items for the alleged manufacture of methamphetamine sent a Piedmont, Mo., area man to jail after officers stopped to assist him when his vehicle overheated on U.S. 67 North.
I am trying to find the location of my great grandmother grave. The grave is in MO and is marked by an obelisk with the family name Corcoran at the base.
A Butler County man gets 10 months for threatening a prosecutor
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.
Woman rescued from car that turned out stolen
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.
Woman rescued from car wrecked in pond, arrested later for alleged 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.
Lessons learned; Homeland Security Drill held in Dexter
Noreen Hyslop Photo Dexter Fire Chief Al Banken served as Information officer for the HAZMAT event, with Jackson Bostic, environmental specialist with the DNR on hand to help direct and coordinate activities.
Poplar Bluff woman stabbed after argument over money
An apparent argument over stolen money sent a Poplar Bluff woman to the hospital with multiple stabs wounds and her alleged attacker to jail.
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