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A Poplar Bluff native and former CNN 'Scud Stud" Charles Jaco to speak here on 1st Amendment
(Local News ~ 02/02/18)
Broadcast journalist and author Charles Jaco will be at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church at 6 p.m. Monday to discuss the First Amendment and what he consider's to be the importance of a free press in today's society. Hosted by Stand Indivisible, the Poplar Bluff High School graduate is a veteran newscaster who received national attention during his coverage of the Gulf War on CNN where he was nicknamed the "Scud Stud" for reporting outside a bunker while Iraqi scud missiles were being fired. ...
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Carden Circus here Monday & Tuesday
(Local News ~ 02/02/18)
The Carden International Circus is coming to town with a whole new, family friendly show. The circus will be returning to Poplar Bluff for two shows beginning at 6:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the Black River Coliseum. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for pre-show activities, including performer meet-and-greets, photo opportunities and elephant and pony rides...
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City purchasing policy vote is expected Mon.
(Local News ~ 02/02/18)
Poplar Bluff City Council members are expected to vote Monday on a slimmed down purchasing policy that requires more oversight for some spending practices. City workers would be required to use a purchase order or formal quote more often under the proposal...
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Raider Reunion starts Saturday at Bess Center
(Local News ~ 02/02/18)
Raider Reunion will kick-off at 5 p.m. Saturday in the Bess Activity Center, located on the Three Rivers College (TRC) campus. The annual event honoring alumni and friends of the college will center around the back-to-back Raiders and Lady Raiders basketball games against State Fair...
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Cookson bill gets House OK
(Column ~ 02/02/18)
The Missouri House of Representatives approved legislation this week that I filed to help ensure Missouri's system of higher education is working to meet the state's workforce and education needs. House members passed a bill that would give institutions greater flexibility to offer degrees that meet the needs of their local communities and businesses. The bill would in effect allow community colleges to offer four-year baccalaureate degrees in certain programs...
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Succumbing to Dreamer propaganda
(Column ~ 02/02/18)
By MICHELLE MALKIN Xinran Ji, 24, had big dreams. But demons demolished them. The bright hopes of young Xinran Ji, a University of Southern California engineering student from Inner Mongolia, died in 2014 at the hands of a then-19-year-old "Dreamer" and his thug pals. ...
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Frederick Douglass, an individualism champion
(Column ~ 02/02/18)
By GEORGE F. WILL WASHINGTON -- It was an assertion of hard-won personal sovereignty: Frederick Douglass, born on a Maryland plantation 200 years ago this month, never knew on what February day because history-deprivation was inflicted to confirm slaves as non-persons. So, later in life, Douglass picked the 14th, the middle of the month, as his birthday. This February, remember him, the first African-American to attain historic stature...
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Henry Joseph Radin
(Obituary ~ 02/02/18)
CAMPBELL, Mo. - Henry Joseph Radin, 93, of Campbell, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. On June 10, 1953 in Glennonville, Mo., he was united in marriage to Margaret Ann Fuemmeler. She preceded his in death on Nov. 16, 2007...
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Bread Shed needs community's help
(Column ~ 02/02/18)
To the Editor, Our community is in need. One in four of our neighbors goes to bed hungry. Seventy percent of our school children qualify for free and reduced lunches. Spiritual hunger is rampant. Bread Shed was created eight years ago to address these needs. Initially, breakfast was served to 40 Poplar Bluff children. Today, the Bread Shed reaches over 25,000 individuals through four services:...
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Tom Runzi
(Obituary ~ 02/02/18)
PUXICO, Mo.-- Tom Runzi, 77, of Puxico died at 4:10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Morgan Sifford Fueral Home in Puxico.
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Record-setting day leads to state
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/18)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- In their final tune-up for the conference championships, the Poplar Bluff swim team saw two team records fall and five new state qualifiers Thursday. Paige Bradley became Poplar Bluff's first diver to qualify for the MSHSAA state meet when she broke her own team record while Taylor Norwood added another team mark and two more state cuts. Raegan McAtee also qualified for state in two events as the Mules won a five-team meet by 40 points...
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John Greg Browne
(Obituary ~ 02/02/18)
John Greg Browne, 67, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born June 16, 1950 in Dallas, Texas to the late Roy Browne and Louise Byrnes Browne. He was of the Baptist faith. He served in the United States Army. He was a self employed auto detailer. He was a member of the Masons and Shiners...
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Luther William Lane
(Obituary ~ 02/02/18)
NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Luther William Lane, 79, of Malden, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 at his residence. He was born April 2, 1938 at Poplar Bluff, Mo. to the late, Waverly William Lane and Ora Bell Urich Lane. His hobbies were fishing, hunting, playing the guitar, singing, reading his Bible and teasing the grandchildren...
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Tigers add another win over SEMO opponent
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/18)
SIKESTON, Mo. - With wins over some of the best the SEMO Conference has to offer already, the Neelyville girls basketball team continued their run through the rival league Thursday in dominant fashion. The Tigers led from wire-to-wire and used a crushing defensive effort to blitz Sikeston 79-37 at the Sikeston Field House for their seventh straight win...
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Mules rally with game-ending 18-2 run to stun Jackson
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/18)
The Poplar Bluff girls basketball team held Jackson to just two free throws over the final 10 1/2 minutes to overcome a 12-point deficit Thursday night. Kiley Bess broke a tie with 17.1 seconds left with a second effort as the Mules won 43-39 in a SEMO Conference game at the Senior High Gym...
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Bearcats pin Notre Dame
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/18)
DEXTER, Mo. -- Trevor McDonald received the honor of representing his class during the Dexter wrestling team's senior night Thursday at the Dexter High School Gymnasium. McDonald, one of three senior wrestlers, was the only one to compete against Notre Dame in a match that featured only three bouts...
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Woolard to tee up for Miss. Gulf Coast
(High School Sports ~ 02/02/18)
Nathan Woolard spends a lot of time on the golf course, working on his swing and trying to improve. When looking to play in college, the Poplar Bluff senior found a place where he could get more work done. "You go where it's warm and consistent all year, practice a lot and hopefully get better," said Woolard, who signed in November to play at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College...
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