Stories from Thursday, November 22, 2012

Sears Hometown Stores plan to hand out more than savings this holiday season. Select Sears Hometown Stores across the U.S. are collecting non-perishable food items to donate to local charities in their communities. Customers who live in Poplar Bluff are encouraged to stop into the Sears Hometown Store located at 720 S. ...

By MELISSA MILLER SEMO News Service Locally owned small businesses are responsible for nearly all the new net jobs in the Mississippi River Delta region, according to a new study by the Delta Regional Authority, a federal-state partnership working to stimulate economic development...

Even though library doors will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, Poplar Bluff Municipal Library is always open online. Log on to www.poplarbluff.org to research your Black Friday purchases in the latest consumer guides through the library's online databases or download an MP3 audiobook to listen to as you travel over the river and through the woods to celebrate!...