Stories from Tuesday, August 2, 2011

By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer Volunteers busily gathered up school supply packages at Broseley High School Monday afternoon in preparation for Wednesday's free Back to School Fair. The fair will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. in the gym. The second annual event is organized by board members Jill Worley and Donna Sue Ashcraft-Fincher, Belinda Hester with Black River Beauty Academy and Twin Rivers social worker Kelly Voyles...

By SARABETH WALLER Staff Writer The Neelyville R-IV School Board will hold a special meeting at 7:30 tonight to vote on a calendar for the 2011-12 school year. Superintendent Brad Hagood said he will propose adding an additional 25 minutes to the end of each school day, pushing back release time to 3:30 p.m., with a May 4 release date...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Tracy Frish, executive director of Downtown Poplar Bluff, Inc., and Mike Hemmer, the city's consultant for the DREAM program, gave a presentation on Downtown revitalization efforts during the Poplar Bluff City Council meeting Monday night...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Robert "Bobby" Godwin, who has been manager of the Ozark Ridge Golf Course in Poplar Bluff, Mo., for nearly 17 years, is the new director of the Black River Coliseum. "We received 34 applications for the position and interviewed five applicants," City Manager Doug Bagby told the Poplar Bluff City Council Monday night...

Volunteers busily gathered up school supply packages at Broseley High School Monday afternoon in preparation for Wednesday's free Back to School Fair. The fair will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. in the gym. The second annual event is organized by board members Jill Worley and Donna Sue Ashcraft-Fincher, Belinda Hester with Black River Beauty Academy and Twin Rivers social worker Kelly Voyles...

Tracy Frish, executive director of Downtown Poplar Bluff, Inc., and Mike Hemmer, the city's consultant for the DREAM program, gave a presentation on Downtown revitalization efforts during the Poplar Bluff City Council meeting Monday night. "Our presentation kicks off the strategic planning process PGAV and DPB will lead," Frish said...

The Neelyville R-IV School Board will hold a special meeting at 7:30 tonight to vote on a calendar for the 2011-12 school year. Superintendent Brad Hagood said he will propose adding an additional 25 minutes to the end of each school day, pushing back release time to 3:30 p.m., with a May 4 release date...

Robert "Bobby" Godwin, who has been manager of the Ozark Ridge Golf Course in Poplar Bluff, Mo., for nearly 17 years, is the new director of the Black River Coliseum. "We received 34 applications for the position and interviewed five applicants," City Manager Doug Bagby told the Poplar Bluff City Council Monday night...

The Poplar Bluff City Council conducted a public hearing Monday night on tax abatements for the proposed Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center to be built in the southwest quadrant of the Oak Grove Road and Shelby Road intersection, which is within an enhanced enterprise zone...

Catching up with Tony Webb After many years of playing basketball, Tony Webb is giving back to the game that he loves. Webb, who graduated from Poplar Bluff High in 2003, went on to play at Three Rivers and Mineral Area before playing at Missouri Southern for two seasons. After working in construction before returning to Poplar Bluff, Webb now gives one-on-one basketball sessions and recently coached his first year of a travelling team of sixth graders...