Stories from Sunday, July 30, 2023

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo - The New Madrid County Library has always been one of Susan Newman’s favorite places. As a child, she would drop in after school to see her mother, Erma Brooks, who was the bookkeeper for the library system, and chat with the librarians...

Preparations are under way for the annual Ripley County Fair, to be held Aug. 2-5. Probably one of the most popular competitions at the fair will be the logger’s events, which will offer a chance for loggers and sawmill crews to pit their skills in the fairground arena to win money and prizes. In the past those have been valued at upwards of $4,000...

The Poplar Bluff Rotary Club recognized Ed Lewis with the a Lifetime Service Award for the 57 years he gave in the service to the club. Lewis joined Rotary Club in 1966, Poplar Bluff Rotary Club President Stephen Hicks said. “(He) quickly became an integral member and leader, serving as club president in 1971-72. Rotary Club’s motto is ‘Service Above Self,’ and Ed certainly exemplified this,” Hicks shared...