Stories from Thursday, February 27, 2020

David Eldon Stafford, son of the late Thomas Allen Stafford and Minnie Bell Allen Stafford, was born on October 12, 1912, in Stoddard County and departed this life on February 26, 2020 at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing in Dexter, at the age of 107 years...

Gerald E. Jackson, 93, was born in Aid on September 13, 1926 to Oscar (Lon) Jackson and Jessie (Parks) Jackson and departed this life on February 27, 2020 at Cypress Point Nursing Home in Dexter. Gerald was born, lived and farmed in the Aid community until he retired at the age of 65. ...

The Poplar Bluff School District sent a message to parents Thursday afternoon after a school resource officer was charged with multiple felonies. “We have been advised that charges have been filed against a law enforcement officer employed by the Poplar Bluff Police Department, who was recently assigned in our school system,” said Poplar Bluff R-1 Superintendent Scott Dill...

FREE ACCESS A Poplar Bluff police officer was among those charged Thursday afternoon with sexual trafficking of a child and multiple child pornography offenses. Brandon Michael Hopper, 39, and Amber Michelle Longhibler, 27, were charged with the unclassified felony of first-degree sexual trafficking of a child, the Class B felony of first-degree promoting child pornography and two Class D felonies of possession of child pornography...