Stories from Saturday, September 14, 2024

The weekend began with a literal bang in 1974 when an explosion wracked the Poplar Bluff power plant. First responders and electrical crews worked through the night, as did Daily American Republic reporters. Other headlines this weekend include a glasses scam and a harrowing kidnapping, both in 1949.

Pilgrim Rest will be celebrating a 50-year anniversary on Sunday, Sept. 15, as well as a homecoming service. The public is invited to attend. The service will start at 10:30 a.m. During November of 2019, the church was lost in a fire and the congregation relocated to Spring Hill Church on Highway 160 East...

The congregation of Oak Grove Church of God invites the public to come and worship with them Sunday, Sept. 15, as they celebrate a century of service to God. Pastor Danny Miller says, “The public is always invited to attend our services, but we want to offer this special invitation to our families, friends and neighbors.”...

KENNETT, Mo. - We all remember where we were on Sept. 11, 2001. US Army Lt. Col. David Richardson never will forget. “I was at the Pentagon and I saw the plane coming in,” Richardson said. “I was on the third floor, E Ring.” Richardson, now a permanent Kennett resident and Kennett Rotary Club president, explained the Pentagon is configured in rings A through E, A being the center, smallest of the five rings with E Ring being the outermost...