Stories from Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Twin Rivers school district is now one of 128 districts in the state of Missouri that has adopted the four-day school week, according to the Missouri State University College four-day school week resource center. A special session was held Monday night to adopt the new calendar for the 2022-23 school year...

David F. Brown, 70, of Omaha, Nebraska, died Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Mr. Brown was born Aug. 18, 1951, in St. Louis, Missouri. He served in the U.S. Army Sept. 1, 1970 until April 20, 1976. He worked for ConAgra Grain in Omaha in the grain elevator for eight years. He loved working on cars, bowling and helping neighbors. He enjoyed playing Yahtzee when he visited his siblings. He was loved and will be greatly missed...

Victor Leslie Bagwell Sr., 93, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, completed his earthly journey and was welcomed at the gates of Heaven by his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Sunday, June 26, 2022, at the home of his daughter surrounded by his loving family. Mr. ...

Monday, June 27 Rookie League PB REALTY 4, GOLDEN GLOVE 3 PB REALTY (ab-r-h) — T.Huggns 3-2-2. J.Tune 2-2-2. L.Krishna 2-0-2. B.Limanen 2-0-1. G.Henson 2-0-1. K.Yeley 2-0-0. N.Vernon 2-0-0. X.Westmoreland 2-0-0. B.Bryant 2-0-0. Totals: 19-4-8 (HR: J.Tune. 3B: J.Tune)...

Sharon Moore Poe, 73, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, entered her heavenly home on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Mrs. Poe was born on July 11, 1948, to John and Freda Phillips. She worked for McPheeters Clinic and then as an administrative assistant for the Poplar Bluff School district at Lake Road and Central office...

The Independence Day Celebration for Downtown Poplar Bluff will begin at 9 a.m. on Monday, July 4 with the traditional parade sponsored by Fox Radio. The evening firework display is scheduled to begin around 9 p.m. “Briggs and Stratton have sponsored $15,000 of the $20,000 needed for this year’s event,” said Morgan McIntosh, Director of Downtown Poplar Bluff. “This year is the most expensive so far, in the past, it’s been less, so we’ve had to try to find more sponsors.”...

The students of I’m A Citizen Too hosted around 30 members of the Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force at their annual Veterans Banquet this week — perhaps their largest crowd yet. Former teacher Jan Desgranges, the founder of the IACT summer program, organized the June 28 luncheon at Poplar Bluff Junior High School alongside her daughter, former teacher Kathy Pattillo. ...

The Southeast Missouri Transportation Service (SMTS) has been negatively impacted by the rising fuel costs the past few months. Just as thousands upon thousands of Americans have been forced to tighten their figurative belts, so has the SMTS — which offers local and long-distance transportation services for those in need...

“This is very well deserved, Mr. Burdin pushes all of his students to find their best,” said colleague Julie Cloud. Teacher of the year Brad Burdin has been an educator at the Neelyville district for five years. Burdin started as a fifth grade ELA and Social Studies teacher, then taught sixth grade for three years, finally ending up instructing seventh and eighth grade English this past year...