Stories from Sunday, October 25, 2020

The Agee Community Club met Oct. 16 at the Lemonade House Grill. This month’s hostess was Jeanie Figgins. Club President Cathy Womack was unable to attend this month, so Vice President Nickey Orton opened the meeting with the ladies repeating the club motto, “When the heart is full of love the world is full of beauty.”...

The City of Poplar Bluff and its various departments had to make several changes to continue offering services as the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 came into the area, but says this experience has helped reaffirm certain priorities. “I think one of the things that the pandemic has reaffirmed to us and really drawn attention to again is the need for partnerships and collaboration with other agencies, whether it be the county or health department or the different departments within the city working more closely together,” said city manager Matt Winters.. ...