Pat Pratt
NewsDecember 24, 2015
Poplar Bluff shooting victim stable, remains in comaPOPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Members of the community gathered Tuesday evening at Poplar Bluff High School to offer prayers and support for a student injured in her home by an accidental gunshot. Junior Kaitlyn Pullam is in critical condition at St. Louis Children's Hospit...
NewsDecember 10, 2015
Rep. Smith tries to end EPA rules on wood stovesPOPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- There's nothing quite like the warmth generated by a cozy old wood stove during winter. But Environmental Protection Agency regulations issued in January to snuff the crackling fire in the potbelly -- in the name of air quality and better breat...NewsSeptember 23, 2015
Rice growers, Chinese to agree on export accordA 15-year effort to open China's doors to U.S. rice growers could mean a boom for Southeast Missouri farmers if a sanitary protocols agreement is reached soon. The protocols have been in limbo since China joined the World Trade Organization in 1999, keeping U.S. ri...NewsSeptember 18, 2015
Butler deputies Taser man during meth arrestPOPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Deputies Tasered a suspect at the Butler County, Missouri, Jail after he pulled a bag of suspected methamphetamine from his rectum Monday, attempted to swallow it and then assaulted deputies trying to save him from an overdose. In addition to t...
NewsSeptember 17, 2015
Poplar Bluff man gets life in prison for crime spreePOPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff man who broke out of jail while awaiting trial was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after being convicted of 13 felonies. After a three-day crime spree in February 2013, prosecutors charged Rodney Joe Green, 36, with a list of...
NewsSeptember 10, 2015
Teacher returns to school after being bitten by poisonous snakePOPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff teacher raised the bar for educator tenacity last week after being bitten by a copperhead at the school. She returned to class the next morning to teach a lesson on snake safety. First-grade teacher Katelyn Campa was working late...NewsAugust 20, 2015
Police can't confirm rifle-toting man that caused school lockdownPOPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The identity and motives of an alleged gun-toting man in black that caused a Poplar Bluff High School lockdown Tuesday remain unknown. Police say surveillance footage failed to produce clear images of the individual. The campus was placed in lo...NewsAugust 19, 2015
Report of rifle places Poplar Bluff High in lockdownPOPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Poplar Bluff High School was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning after a teacher saw a man walking near campus with what appeared to be a rifle. Police and school officials said they did not believe students were in danger but initiated the lock...NewsAugust 9, 2015
Items for underprivileged children stolen from churchPOPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Police say they will "vigorously" investigate a burglary last week of clothing items meant for underprivileged children from Grace United Methodist Church. "We will use every asset we have to figure out who the scumbags were that stole from the...NewsJuly 14, 2015
State education board ends pact with testing companyThe Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has ended its contract with testing consortium Smarter Balanced. DESE sent a letter to the group last week, stating Missouri will not continue as a licensee of materials for the 2015-2016 school year...Advertisement
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