Stories from Saturday, June 25, 2022

A benefit dinner for the Rowland Stucker Family will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the TRINITY SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH, 6076 Highway 142, Poplar Bluff. The event is to help pay medical expenses for Rowland, who is being treated for cancer. The menu includes ham and beans and donations are $3 a plate...

The Cane Creek Community Club met on Wednesday, June 8, at the home of Glenda Philips. Philips, as president, called the meeting to order with Janet Gilmore giving the opening prayer. Catherine Bryant then gave the devotional, which showed that everyone has opportunities to help people in their everyday life. Philips asked those present to keep absent members, Wilma Rains, Marie Boxx and Sharon Ocher, in their thoughts and prayers...

As you may have heard, the Federal Reserve Board recently met and decided to act against continued high inflation. The Chairman of the Board, Jerome Powell, said he understands the hardship of high prices and is committed to bringing them down. He said the Fed is acting quickly with its tools to restore price stability for American families and businesses...

On Thursday, the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce announced plans for a new 3-mile foot and bike path called the Wolf Creek Connector Trail. It will link Wolf Creek’s South Trailhead to paths on PP Highway. Once completed, residents can walk from Westwood Boulevard to the 20-plus miles of Wolf Creek Trails, and eventually into Mark Twain National Forest...