Stories from Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Butler County University of Missouri Extension is providing a three day camp for youth ages 8-18 during the second week in August. Participants will learn how to survive in the great outdoors using skills including knot tying, water survival, nutrition and hydration, fishing, packing your backpack, tent set up, outdoor identification, sterilizing water and foods, basic first aid, orienteering, animal survival, hiking and more. ...

Most recent Missouri State Board of Education member, Mary Schrag of the 8th Congressional District, along with Kimberly Bailey of the greater Kansas City area, toured Poplar Bluff Schools on Wednesday, May 8, before participating in a luncheon with area superintendents...

Registration is open now for a children’s drama camp that will be hosted this summer by Three Rivers College. The camp is open to children entering grades second through eighth. It is the 27th annual camp. It will be held from 9 a.m. to noon July 8 – 12 at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center on the Three Rivers College campus in Poplar Bluff. The deadline to register is June 21...

Hillview Elementary in Neelyville has announced its second semester honor rolls. 3rd QUARTER A HONOR ROLL Second Grade: JW Adams, Annabella Anderson, Kaylee Digges, Maddux Dobbins, Gracie Gillespie, Luke Gofton, Sonny Hanna, Dyllan Kelly, Bastian Mann, Ben Rapert, Kourage Robison, Molly Rush, Chloe Turner, and Adalynn Williams...

To report an animal in heat-related jeopardy, call the Humane Society of Missouri Animal Cruelty Hotline at (314) 647-4400. Here are the Humane Society of Missouri’s top 10 tips to keep pets safe, happy and healthy on warm, sunny days: Never leave a pet unattended in a parked car when the temperature is near or above 70 degrees. ...

As June approaches, you may be hearing a lot about “The Mission Act,” and wondering what the June 6, 2019 implementation date will mean for your health care. The Mission Act is short for the “Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks” (MISSION) Act. ...

“Read me a story, tuck me in tight, say a sweet prayer, and kiss me goodnight.” The quote above is on a plaque given to me by my daughters and hangs by my headboard. It may be one of my favorite presents. I read it every night before I lay down. From the time my children were born, I read to them. ...

MALDEN, Mo. — Debby Cook ‘Mugga’ , 61, of Malden, died Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Friday, May 17 at the Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden with Rev. Stewart-Allen Clark officiating Burial will be in the Mt. Gilead Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo...

CORNING, Ark. — For more than a decade, trap shooters from Corning’s junior and senior high schools have been at the top of their game, reaching the state championships nearly every year and winning it once. This year, they’ve made a statement about just how strong they really are, qualifying five squads for the title event...

The annual Kids Fish and Fun Day in Poplar Bluff, hosted by the Southeast Missouri Sportsman’s Association in conjunction with the Missouri Department of Conservation and Mark Twain National Forest, will be held Saturday. Like the last couple years, this spring’s event will take place at the pond behind New Covenant Church, located off Highway PP just west of the city...

The Three Rivers Buglers chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation kicked off its third decade in style Saturday night, celebrating its 21st big game banquet with about 425 people in attendance. “I thought it went really well, and everyone had a good time,” said committee member Lenard Wagganer. “Everything just went smoothly.”...

Emmett Kneir posed for a quick photo while enjoying a sucker before heading out the double doors of the Poplar Bluff Early Childhood Center program Wednesday morning. Once the 3-year-old returns next school year, Kneir will be one of the “big kids” at the school...

Three Rivers College will see a slight savings in custodial services by awarding the bid to SG360 of Caruthersville during Wednesday’s Board of Trustees meeting. According to Chief Financial Officer Charlotte Eubank, total custodial services spent by the college during fiscal year 2019 was $299,077.20...

If the community doesn’t give those in the foster care system the “tools to succeed, we, as a society, will suffer,” said Tobey Wilkerson of southwest Missouri. Wilkerson experienced foster care after the age of 7. She was bounced between her mother and various foster homes for several years until she cycled out of the system unprepared to start a life on her own...

City firefighters responded at 6:33 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, to a motor-vehicle crash at 2914 N. Westwood Blvd. According to the report, firefighters used an absorbent to clean off the road. ———— City firefighters responded at 11:43 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, to an alarm at McDonalds, 2783 N. Westwood Blvd. It was investigation only...

Poplar Bluff R-1 certified staff will see an increase to their base salary beginning next school year following Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting. The board voted to add $500 to the base plus a step, bringing the base salary to $34,085. The previous base salary was $33,585...

A Poplar Bluff man was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for breaking into a home in the Town & Country subdivision in 2018 and beating another man who suffered a skull fracture. Jeffrey David Brunelle appeared before Presiding Circuit Judge Michael Pritchett for sentencing after having pleaded guilty March 26 to the Class A felony of first-degree assault and the Class B felony of first-degree burglary...