Stories from Saturday, July 7, 2018

DONIPHAN -- It's a plan so new that it still is on the drawing board. But it also is seen as the best hope yet to keep a hospital operating in Ripley County. The county's five-member public hospital board met June 27 with the Ripley County Commission and received permission to move forward in negotiations with Missouri Highlands Health Care...

Tired of older homes in Poplar Bluff being allowed to fall in disarray, Sandra Elliott decided to take action. "There are lots of really interesting houses here in Poplar Bluff," Elliott said. "They are abandoned, but the bones are still good." Elliott set her sights on a home in the 900 block of Gardner Street as her first project...