Stories from Monday, May 30, 2016

Lauren Elizabeth Murphy and Lowell Austin Williams announce their engagement. Murphy is the daughter of Jerrod and Beth Murphy. She is a 2012 graduate of Poplar Bluff High School and is director of The Claudia Foundation. Williams is the son of Chris and Regina Williams. He is a 2009 graduate of Poplar Bluff High School and a 2016 graduate of Hannibal-LaGrange University with a Bachelor's Degree in business management. He is the quarry manager at Cane Creek Stone...

From 9 a.m. -1 p.m. Saturday, June 4, Car-Mart will be hosting the first ever Heavenly Grace Hafford Memorial Scholarship fundraiser. There will be a car show, bake sale, car wash and silent auction. The entry fee for the car show will be $5. All makes and models of car, trucks or motorcycles are invited to participate. Entries will be accepted through 9 a.m. that day. Trophies will be awarded at 1 p.m...

Sioux District Hackathon, a District STEM Merit Badge event, recently was held at Three Rivers College-Poplar Bluff as part of the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center for Boy Scouts ages 11-18 plus. The event allowed registered eligible youth to work toward one merit badge from 9 until noon. After lunch, the scouts who finished with their Merit Badge Coursework were then able to participate in the final session...