Stories from Friday, September 20, 2024

Mingo Job Corps is celebrating its 60 anniversary and part of that includes sharing what it does for students with the region.

Samuel Spencer, son of the late Samuel Spencer and Lindora Cowell Spencer, was born Sunday, July 8, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois, and departed this life Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, at his residence in Qulin, Missouri at the age of 62 years 1 month 4 days. Samuel Spencer was a truck driver and a roofer. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend...

Kenneth L. Dunlap, 67, of Memphis, Tennessee, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, in Memphis. Mr. Dunlap was born July 25, 1957, in Peoria, Illinois, to Norman and Bettie Dunlap. He was an appliance service technician for 30 years...

Savannah Hanner, a 2024 graduate of Poplar Bluff High School, has received the Dr. Michael D. Laseter Memorial Scholarship, administered by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. Hanner, the daughter of Julie and Roger Hanner, is attending Three Rivers College to study nursing...

A student has been chosen to be a member of the National FFA Band for the first time since the Poplar Bluff High School chapter was chartered in 2002, confirmed advisers of past and present. PBHS sophomore Preston Ethridge has been selected to perform among 100 students across the United States, and six total in Missouri, to play trumpet Wednesday through Saturday, Oct. 23-26, during the 97th annual National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis...

School-based health clinics are functioning out of three sites within the Poplar Bluff School District this academic year as the result of a grant initiative aimed at increasing access to health care in the region. Missouri Highlands expanded its operation to include Eugene Field, O’Neal and the Middle School based on acuity of need and designated space, after outlining a memorandum of understanding with district officials last school year and receiving insurance credentials for the locations...

BLOOMFIELD – Join The Stars and Stripes for emergency radio communication options for families and friends at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at The Stars and Stripes National Museum and Library. This informative session, presented by The Stoddard County Emergency Radio Group, will cover radio communications available to the public for both routine and emergency use...

The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center will host a VetFest event Oct. 5 at its main Poplar Bluff campus, located at 1500 N. Westwood Blvd. The VetFest will kick off at 10 a.m. and conclude at 2 p.m. Music, games and fun for all ages are planned, and all veterans, their families and survivors, and caregivers are invited to attend. Food will be available for purchase on site; however, there is no cost for the event...