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Vote on contract to buy NW Medical set Dec. 4
(Local News ~ 11/21/17)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The purchase of a Barron Road medical complex may not offer a "quick fix" for the city of Poplar Bluff's building needs. If a contract is signed by officials, it could be the fall or winter of 2018 before the city can begin renovations to prime areas of the nearly 80,000-square-foot structure...
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Insurance broker OK'd by 6-1 vote
(Local News ~ 11/21/17)
Poplar Bluff will utilize Sterling Insurance as a property and liability insurance broker following a 6-1 vote Monday by the city council. Ward 4 representative Philip Crocker cast the sole 'no' vote against the measure. Sterling was recommended by city administrators after receiving three proposals, including from Morse Harwell Jiles of Poplar Bluff and Arthur J. Gallagher and Company of St. Louis...
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Twin Rivers Board split on construction
(Local News ~ 11/21/17)
The Twin Rivers R-X Board of Education voted to move forward for a request for quotation for design-build services on a proposed new school building in the district. While the board was split 4-3, Superintendent Jeremy Siebert expressed the step was required to move forward to ultimately select an architect for the proposed project...
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College obsession with diversity is a joke
(Column ~ 11/21/17)
A common feature of our time is the extent to which many in our nation have become preoccupied with diversity. But true diversity obsession, almost a mania, is found at our institutions of higher learning. Rather than have a knee-jerk response for or against diversity, I think we should ask just what is diversity and whether it's a good thing. How do we tell whether a college, a department or another unit within a college is diverse or not? What exemptions from diversity are permitted?...
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Make our road and bridge tax equitable
(Column ~ 11/21/17)
To the Editor, How many times have you voted for someone to represent you in our state congress and turn around scratching your head trying to figure out what they are doing? I have wondered about this for quite a long time. Our representatives in Jefferson City have buried their heads in the sand for several years concerning the conditions of our roads and bridges...
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Cuddle Cot fundraising will continue
(Column ~ 11/21/17)
To the Editor, On November 12th 2015 I woke up and got ready for my doctor appointment. It was an early one, I was one of the first to be seen that day. I was a little over 6 months along. Shortly before I left, I stood and took a picture of me and my big pregnant belly. ...
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Bell to throw javelin at Mo. Southern St.
(High School Sports ~ 11/21/17)
A day before undergoing surgery to repair an injured knee for a second straight year, Logan Bell signed his National Letter of Intent to throw javelin at Missouri Southern State University. "A lot of schools backed away and Missouri Southern was one of the schools that were like 'I think you can come back and still compete at a high level,'" the Poplar Bluff senior said. "I'm glad they took a chance on me."...
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Poplar Bluff pair signs with Raiders
(High School Sports ~ 11/21/17)
Three Rivers softball recently added a pair of Poplar Bluff four-year lettermen to its 2018 recruiting class. In a joint signing ceremony, Cali Gerber and Adrienne Stucker chose to take their eight years of varsity experience down the street to Rains Field...
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Defense helps Raiders overcome shooting struggles
(High School Sports ~ 11/21/17)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The Lady Raider defense caused yet another dreadful offensive performance. The Three Rivers women's basketball team held Arkansas Baptist to 28 percent shooting as the Raiders won 62-52 Monday. It was the Buffaloes second-worst shooting performance of the season and second-lowest scoring game. Only Southwest Tennessee held them to lower totals...
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Lady Redbirds top Scott City in 4th
(High School Sports ~ 11/21/17)
SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- The East Carter girls basketball team opened its season Monday with a 54-49 win at Scott City. The Redbirds overcame a 1-point deficit entering the fourth quarter after jumping ahead 18-7 in the opening quarter. Makenna Moore scored 16 points and Josie Chase added 13 to lead East Carter. Bailey Gargac chipped in nine points...
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Nadine Sherman Pavy
(Obituary ~ 11/21/17)
MALDEN, Mo. -- Nadine Sherman Pavy, 78, of Malden, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be at 1 p.m., Friday, at Bradshaw Funeral Homes, Inc., Malden. Funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. at Bradshaw Chapel in Malden with Rev. Bryan Johnson. Burial in Bethany Cemetery in Campell...
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John Wayne Stratton
(Obituary ~ 11/21/17)
FISK, Mo. - John Wayne Stratton, age 61, of Bernie, Mo., died Saturday, November 18, 2017 at his residence, in Bernie. Mr. Stratton was born September 11, 1956 in Gideon, Mo., son of the late John Quincy and Dorothy (Earls) Stratton. On April 26, 2004 he married Shirley DeMesa. ...
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