Stories from Wednesday, August 17, 2011

A recommendation from the Poplar Bluff Planning and Zoning Commission to approve Blackwell Baldwin's request to vacate a portion of South 11th Street and realign the street, improve the Cherry Street intersection and create additional space for the Buick/GMC dealership, was the subject of a lengthy discussion during the Poplar Bluff City Council meeting Monday night...

Following City Clerk Pamela Kearbey's presentation during a public hearing, the Poplar Bluff City Council adopted a new City Code of ordinances. "It will be much easier for persons to find what they are looking for, and it will be online in a month," Kearbey said...

A tip led authorities to a Neelyville, Mo., man who was arrested Tuesday night in connection with a hit-and-run accident that left a local teenager dead. Cletis W. Powell Jr., 35, was arrested at 11 p.m. Tuesday at his mother's Neelyville home by Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. Mike Slaughter...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- As students poured into the Neelyville campus for the first day of school Wednesday, faculty and students seemed excited for the new year and the longer-day, shorter-year school calendar. Seventh and eighth grade teacher Traci Reinbott was on parking lot duty during what turned out to be a calm first day of school...