Stories from Thursday, January 18, 2024

Underpaid school staff are not a new phenomenon. After negotiations in 1974, the Poplar Bluff School Board grants employees a pay raise to alleviate the financial burdens of inflation. Also on this date: a fatal train derailment in Advance and traffic improvements in Poplar Bluff...

The city of Poplar Bluff plans to drill a new well on Alice Street pending a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant, according to City Manager Matt Winters. The project has been in development and planning for over six years. The city selected Smith and Company Engineers in December to complete the project if the grant is approved...

Three Rivers College staff put a twist on their usual December giving this year with Rocky’s Angel Tree, named for the Raiders mascot, in which employees “adopted” students’ families and provided for their Christmas needs. “We were able to impact a number of families, ensure they had a great Christmas, everything from being able to fix someone’s heater so they can have heat for the winter, to clothes and shoes,” President Dr. ...