Stories from Friday, January 20, 2023

Poplar Bluff city police officers Friday arrested one of five escapees from St. Francois County Detention Center. Inmate Michael Wilkins, 40, of Festus has been captured and is now in custody of the St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department. He and the four other inmates reportedly broke out of the St. Francois County Tuesday night. On Thursday, information was developed leading investigators to believe Wilkins was in Poplar Bluff...