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New trail will connect PBHS to existing system
(Local News ~ 11/06/15)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer A Missouri Department of Transportation grant will fund a new walking trail that will connect Poplar Bluff High School/future new middle school with the city's existing trail system. Poplar Bluff schools has received a $150,000 grant through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Recreational Trails Program (RTP) to complete the expansion. ...
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Bridging the Gap Unity service here Sunday
(Local News ~ 11/06/15)
By BARBARA ANN HORTON News Editor The first Bridging the Gap unity service in Missouri will begin at 5 p.m. Sunday in Poplar Bluff, Mo., and is being sponsored by the Missouri Statewide Law Enforcement Partners and Mount Calvary Powerhouse Church, 1875 Speedway Drive, where the service will be held...
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RR overpass grant funding is secured
(Local News ~ 11/06/15)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Butler County will soon be able to start a $2.7 million railroad overpass project at Poplar Bluff Industrial Park, funded almost entirely with grant money. The last of the funding needed to construct a bridge over Union Pacific Railroad tracks at Cravens Road was secured Wednesday...
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PB man will stand trial for murder, assault
(Local News ~ 11/06/15)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- A Poplar Bluff, Mo., man was ordered to stand trial Wednesday on charges he attacked the woman he was romantically involved with at a Bollinger County home he was sharing with her, critically injuring her and killing another man...
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Vinita Maude Branch
(Obituary ~ 11/06/15)
Vinita Maude Branch MALDEN, MO.--Vinita Maude Branch, 91, of Fenton, Mo., died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, at Fieser Nursing Center at Fenton. Visitation will be at noon, Saturday, until service time at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will be at 2 p.m., Saturday at Bradshaw Chapel with Rev. Dan Ross officiating...
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Illa E. Cook
(Obituary ~ 11/06/15)
Illa E. Cook Illa E. Cook, 87, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015 at The Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.
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Thelma Chance
(Obituary ~ 11/06/15)
Thelma Chance MALDEN, MO. -- Thelma Dean Chance, 85,, of Malden died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Landess Funeral Home Chapel in Malden followed by the funeral at 1 p.m. Brother Leroy Brown will officiate. Burial will be in the Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton...
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Inching to war in Syria?
(Column ~ 11/06/15)
By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN "The United States is being sucked into a new Middle East war," says The New York Times. And the Times has it exactly right. Despite repeated pledges not to put "boots on the ground" in Syria, President Obama is inserting 50 U.S. special ops troops into that country, with more to follow...
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Math students hone skills, compete at the PB library
(Local News ~ 11/06/15)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Poplar Bluff fourth graders faced off in the Mathematics arena on Wednesday through a program designed to promote friendly competition in learning. Math Counts is a contest sponsored by the Butler County Community Resource Council's Children and Youth Succeeding in School Committee that pits the most numerically inclined fourth grades in the R-I district against each other in an annual event...
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Michell Cornett
(Obituary ~ 11/06/15)
Michell Cornett MALDEN, MO. -- Michell Ann Cornett, 69, of Malden died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at Southeast Health of Stoddard County in Dexter, Mo. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Landess Funeral Home Chapel in Malden. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home chapel with Rev. Ernest Puckett and Rev. Richard Blagg officiating. Burial will be in the Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton...
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Green Wave, Tigers meet again in district final
(High School Sports ~ 11/06/15)
It took a swatted pass by senior defensive lineman Zach Gray on fourth-and-5 for the Malden Green Wave to hold on and beat Caruthersville 29-28 in Week 2. Malden has won every other game this season by at least 14 points. Malden and Caruthersville will face each other one more time in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 championship Friday at Malden...
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For farmers, it's a bad budget
(Column ~ 11/06/15)
Since you sent me to Washington, I have looked carefully at each piece of legislation that was brought for a vote. Each time, I look at how it would impact the hardworking folks of southeast and southern Missouri. Next, I look to see if the legislation was crafted fairly, and if it upholds the traditions and values of our area. ...
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Doris A. Elder
(Obituary ~ 11/06/15)
Doris A. Elder DEXTER, MO. - Doris A. Elder, 76, of Dexter, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at SoutheastHEALTH in Cape Girardeau, MO. Visitation will be at 1 p.m., Friday, Nov. 6 at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Winiferd Wren officiating. Burial will be in the Union Park Cemetery in Chaffee, MO...
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Twin Rivers high school merit roll
(Community News ~ 11/06/15)
Students earning places on the Twin Rivers High School first quarter merit roll are: Seniors: Zachary Austin, Makayla Bilbrey, Austin Burkett, Matthew Foster, Wyatt Gutierrez, Devin Hester, Jordan Hoskins, Erica Jones, Crystal Kimbrell, Preston Loyd, Will McKlintic, Dianna Mize, Brandon Politte, Triston Potts, Braden Roberts, Courtney Spencer, Joshua Suiter, Kaylee Sweeza-King, Nicholas Taylor, Larry Thompson, Austin Underberg, Justin Willis, Kyle Withrow...
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Accepting gifts of food
(Features ~ 11/06/15)
With the holidays approaching, many people will be receiving gifts of food. What's a person to do when your boss hands you a jar of her grandmother's favorite pickles? What if Aunt Sally gives you a jar of her prize-winning jam? Occasionally I have been asked about how to check to see if the food gifts are safe...
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TRHS honor roll
(Community News ~ 11/06/15)
Twin Rivers High School First Quarter Honor Roll students are: Seniors: Brandon Aldrich, Matthew Austin, Gracie Barker, Hannah Baxter, Ryan Bradshaw, Thelma Brown, Kelsie Buttrey, Tyler Caudel, Kayla Chrisman, Landon Craft, Parker Crites, Kira Cunningham, Darian Doser, Casey Douglas, Sidney Eagle, Logan Garrette, Elizabeth Hale, Hunter Ham, Julia Hendrix, Brandon Hillis, Aaron Jones, Madison Kacynski, Jamie Lowe, Brittany Miles, Andrew Mittelstadt, Jaysea Morgan, Dylan Pruitt, Logan Schalk, Brittney Stievenart, Casey Wayne, Fallon West. ...
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