Stories from Thursday, January 3, 2019

City firefighters responded at 10 a.m. Wednesday to assist emergency-medical-services personnel with lifting a person at 641 Lindsay St. According to the report, firefighters arrived prior to EMS and were able to help the man into his wheelchair. Firefighters remained on the scene until EMS arrived and checked the welfare of the man...

Poplar Bluff City Council members are expected to vote next week on the first changes to construction permit fees in at least 30 years. Fees are expected to increase between 23-33 percent per $1,000 of estimated construction value. Additional changes are expected in how the value of the construction is calculated...

The song begins with a quiet confidence that crescendos through the dynamic and melodramatic, “FIIIIVE GOLDEN RINGS!” However, the obnoxious Christmas standard always begins falling apart after that. People begin muddling their way through an untold number of dancers that are getting milked by drummers, and the pipers are swimming with leaping goose eggs...

The new year brought a new look for the officers with the Poplar Bluff Police Department as they are sporting what is described as a more comfortable and also cheaper uniform. “Back in 2015, the patrol division decided they wanted a change in uniform,” explained Deputy Police Chief Donnie Trout. “The patrol guys were actually wanting to use a tactical type of vest.”...

OLD GREENVILLE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hopes to be able to set a definitive date to re-open the Old Greenville Campground after asphalt work in two campground loops and some additional finishing work is completed. Below average temperatures in the fall prevented the asphalt overlay of two of the three campground loops, according to information released this week...

Tickets are available for the second annual Farmers Appreciation Luncheon on Friday, Jan. 18, at the Black River Coliseum. Awards will be presented to a young farmer, a farm family, a farm business and a woman in agriculture. The luncheon will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with the Ag Expo opening at 1 p.m...

By DONNA FARLEY Associate Editor DEXTER — Dexter school board members expect to vote later this month to seek an extension of the current debt service tax levy, but want to avoid a tax increase for the projects that now stand at approximately $17.5 million...

A contest for two seats on the Neelyville R-IV School Board has developed following the filing of a third candidate for the April 2 election. Jill McGruder has entered the race challenging incumbents Donna Akers and Jack Stull. Akers has served on the board since 2010 and Stull took his seat in 2013...