POPLAR BLUFF BOYS TO START DISTRICT TOURNAMENT TONIGHT IN BONNE TERRE
The postseason will begin tonight for fans of the Poplar Bluff Mules.
The 4th seed Poplar Bluff will be traveling to Bonne Terre to face the 5th seed Hillsboro Hawks in the Class 5, District 1 Quarterfinal.
Poplar Bluff enters the postseason having won four of their last five games and are looking for their first district championship since 2021.
The winner of tonight’s game will advance to the District semifinals where they will meet the winner of the Sikeston-North County contest.
Audio coverage of tonight’s Mules game will be broadcast on Today’s Talk KWOC 93.3 FM and 930 AM, as well as online at KWOC.com.
Video Coverage will be available at MSHSAA.TV for a fee.
POPLAR BLUFF MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SETTING FIRE THAT BURNED 220 ACRES OF LAND
A Poplar Bluff man is facing up to five years in prison in connection to a 2022 fire.
According to the United States Attorney’s office, 44 year old Adam Gambling pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one felony count of setting fires on public land.
Gambling admitted to setting a series of fires on November 8th, 2022, near Beaver Lake in the Mark Twain National Forest. Those fires burned a total of 220.68 acres, of which 95.3 acres were privately owned.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on May 24th.
The charge carries a penalty of up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine or both. Gambling also agreed to pay over $66,000 in restitution to the U.S. Forest Service for the cost of fighting the fires.
RECORD TEMPERATURE SET THIS WEEK IN VAN BUREN
Tuesday was a historic day for weather watchers in Southeast Missouri.
According to the National Weather Service in Paducah, preliminary data shows that Van Buren reached 90 degrees on Tuesday, breaking the record for the warmest February temperature on record in the NWS Paducah 58 county forecast area.
The previous record for February was 88 degrees, which was set in Doniphan on February 13, 1962.
TWO ARRESTED ON METH CHARGES IN BUTLER COUNTY
Two people have been taken into custody on meth charges in Butler County.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 57 year old Jill Jones and 52 year old Deloris Carter, both of Poplar Bluff, were arrested Tuesday afternoon on charges of possession of a controlled substance - methamphetamine and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
Following the arrests, both were transported to the Butler County jail. It was not released if the two arrests were connected to each other.
PAVEMENT REPAIRS SCHEDULED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK IN BUTLER COUNTY
Eastbound U.S. Route 60 in Butler County will be reduced to one lane for the rest of this week as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs.
The section of roadway being reduced is located from Route DD to Route T near Poplar Bluff.
Weather permitting, work will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. both today and tomorrow.
OVERPASS CONSTRUCTION TO FORCE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF WESTBOUND US 60
Westbound Route 60 traffic in New Madrid County will utilize detours overnight tonight as construction of the Ingram overpass in Sikeston continues.
Officials with the Missouri Department of Transportation tell KWOC News that several overnight closures of westbound Route 60 will be necessary as contractor crews set the bridge girders.
The overpass is located between Interstate 55 and Route 61 near Sikeston.
Weather permitting, night work will take place from 7 p.m. tonight to 6 a.m. tomorrow morning. Signs and message boards will be in place to direct traffic. Eastbound traffic will not be impacted.
