Stories from Saturday, May 11, 2019

A long line of women are waiting to knock on the door at Recycling Grace Women’s Center, a faith-based facility for women who want to be free from addictions. The line will soon be getting shorter since the program is adding a second site. Recycling Grace will have an open house and ribbon cutting from 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. Tuesday at the program’s second location Linda House, 704 Kinzer St., Poplar Bluff...

It’s often said some can’t see the forest for the trees. As a newcomer to Poplar Bluff and Southeast Missouri, the trees haven’t gotten so thick I can’t see through them. And though I know this neck of the woods has its share of problems just like everywhere else, it was refreshing to hear someone sing our praises recently...

DEXTER — Valedictorian Eric Hahn told the Dexter graduating Class of 2019 to express their true selves during a ceremony held Friday at the Bearcat Event Center. “We are all guilty of putting on a mask to show the world. We have all sacrificed some of our potential to stay within our comfort zone. We all hide our opinions to fit in. But, where has this gotten us?” he asked during the ceremony...

Each May marks a tremendous milestone for hundreds of area youth, as they cross the stage and go from high school student to adult with the flip of a tassel. Students from Twin Rivers and Neelyville did this last week, Puxico and Dexter last night, and Poplar Bluff in just a couple of weeks...

Poplar Bluff has had a lot to be excited about this week, from the long-awaited announcement of Empire Comfort Systems making its new home in the industrial park to the opening of the Shelby Road extension. It’s hard to imagine that the first time I traveled through Poplar Bluff, during a trip from West Plains to Cape Girardeau, large sections of Highway 60 and Highway 67 were still two-lane roads...