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Reduced price Cardinals vs. D-backs tickets available TRC Day at the Ballpark July 29
(Local News ~ 05/31/17)
Three Rivers College wants to take you out to the ball game for its second annual Day at the Ballpark event, sponsored by the Three Rivers College Endowment Trust. "If there's one thing we all have in common in Southeast Missouri, it's a love of the St. ...
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What happens when students decide the curriculum?
(Local News ~ 05/31/17)
What happens when an entire school day's curriculum is determined by a group of junior high students? Apparently visits with the bomb squad, cake decorating and quality time with a horse named Magnum. Student Professional Development Day was held for the first time just prior to the end of the school year in an unconventional effort to provide students with an out-of-the-box learning experience and a little bit of fun...
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Alley Mill coin release event Monday
(Local News ~ 05/31/17)
Work is underway to reopen Alley Mill in time for a celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday honoring the release of a quarter featuring the historic building. The mill and surrounding area are part of $7.5 million to $10 million in flood damage done to the Ozark National Scenic Riverways early this month...
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PBMS students tutor classmates
(Local News ~ 05/31/17)
With state assessment testing underway, a group of Poplar Bluff Middle School students took academic performance into their own hands. Sixth-grader Diamond Weaver saw her fellow students struggling and decided to form a peer-tutoring group. She and the volunteer tutors even gave up recess to help classmates brush up on math, reading and science skills...
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Halter represents Missouri on Delta Leadership board
(Business ~ 05/31/17)
CLARKSDALE, Miss. -- The Delta Leadership Network (DLN) held an orientation for new members of its 2017-18 advisory council, including Steve Halter of Poplar Bluff, representing the state of Missouri. DLN provides graduates of the annual Delta Leadership Institute's Executive Academy with opportunities to engage in continued learning, information sharing, and collaboration at regional levels within their state and across the Delta region.The Advisory Council promotes collaborative projects and networking that help alumni support community and economic development projects that will help create and retain jobs, build local communities, and improve lives.. ...
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How to restore American self-reliance
(Column ~ 05/31/17)
WASHINGTON -- When in the Senate chamber, Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican, sits by choice at the desk used by the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan. New York's scholar-senator would have recognized that Sasse has published a book of political philosophy in the form of a guide to parenting...
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It's only helped the TV ratings
(Column ~ 05/31/17)
"Hate is a more powerful motivator than love." According to the new Netflix documentary "Get Me Roger Stone," that is one of the "rules" the self-described Republican "agent provocateur" has lived by. Stone, of course, is a showman. The "evil political operator" pose is to some degree an artifice -- a brand he's selling. ...
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Bessie Evelyn Bridges
(Obituary ~ 05/31/17)
PUXICO, Mo. - Bessie Evelyn Bridges, 90, of Puxico, died Monday, May 29, 2017 at the Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, June 2 at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Puxico. The funeral will follow at 1 p.m. in the funeral home with Rev. Jimmy Clark of Puxico officiating...
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Trump tax cut will boost jobs, growth
(Column ~ 05/31/17)
By STEPHEN MOORE A recent front-page story in The Wall Street Journal proclaims that 3 percent economic growth isn't achievable. We are told that 2 to 2.5 percent growth is the best we can do, because of low labor-force and productivity growth. If that were true it would be dismal news for the country. ...
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David Edward Hunsaker
(Obituary ~ 05/31/17)
DEXTER, Mo. - David Edward Hunsaker, 62, died Monday, May 29, 2017 at his residence. Friends may call at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter after 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 1st. Funeral services will be held Friday the 2nd of June at 11 a.m. at the Watkins and Sons Chapel in Dexter with Rev. Steve Tippen and Rev. Rick Roberts officiating. Burial will be in the Dexter City Cemetery...
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Designing Women board hands out scholarships, annual honors
(Community News ~ 05/31/17)
The Designing Women Foundation Board of Directors recently held a reception at the Bloodworth House to honor winners of the scholarship and reading programs for the spring of 2017. Present were the honorees, their families, friends, and special guests...
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Rosa Lee Ford
(Obituary ~ 05/31/17)
Rosa Lee Ford, 93, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tues., May 30, 2017 at Westwood Hills Healthcare in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be at 10 a.m., Friday, June 2 at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. The funeral will follow at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Springfield, Mo. Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences: www.fowler-sullivanfuneralhome.com...
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Democrat state chair to speak in PB
(Community News ~ 05/31/17)
Stephen Webber, chair of the Missouri State Democratic Party, will be featured speaker at 6 p.m. Monday, June 5, at Bread & Butter, Poplar Bluff. It is open to the public.
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Jerry Gale Hill
(Obituary ~ 05/31/17)
GIDEON, Mo. - Jerry Gale Hill, 68, of Clarkton, Mo., died Monday, May 29, 2017 at his daughter's residence in Paragould, Ark. Visitation will be at noon, Friday, June 2 at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Gideon. The funeral will be at 2 p.m., Friday, June 2 at Bradshaw Chapel in Gideon with Rev. William Hill officiating. Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton...
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Earl D. Smith
(Obituary ~ 05/31/17)
MALDEN, Mo. - Earl D. Smith, 86, of Clarkton, Mo., died Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be at 6 p.m., Thurs., June 1 at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will be at 10 a.m., Friday, June 2 at Bradshaw Chapel in Malden with Rev. Stephen Watkins officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Kennett...
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Former Cardinal from Bootheel tells own story in book
(High School Sports ~ 05/31/17)
In 1959, Mark Littell, then just 6 years old, was stepping to the plate for his very first at-bat. Growing up in Wardell, Missouri, Littell had never been in a game and was much more intrigued by the scores of people in attendance and the bright lights that lit up the ballpark he called "the biggest thing in the world to me at the time."...
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Larry Halford
(Obituary ~ 05/31/17)
Larry Halford, 68, died of cancer on May 29, 2017. He retired as Director of DISA/Computing Services DECC Columbus, Director of Enterprise Operations Division and Technical Support Branch. He was married for 46 years to Brenda. Also Surviving Larry is his brother James, sister-in-law Sheila, nieces Shelly, Dawn, Crystal, and Jami, and their partners and children. ...
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Virginia Crites
(Obituary ~ 05/31/17)
ELLSINORE, Mo. - Virginia Crites, 100, of Butler County, died Friday, May 26, 2017 in Carter County. Visitation will be at 11 a.m., Wed., May 31 at McSpadden Ellsinore chapel. The funeral will follow immediately and burial will be at White's Mill Cemetery...
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Larry Dale Burris
(Obituary ~ 05/31/17)
DEXTER, Mo. - Larry Dale Burris of Dexter, son of the late Jewel Warner and Grace Lee Maddox Burris, was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on May 7, 1948, and passed away at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on May 29, 2017, at the age of 69 years and 22 days...
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