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Saint Francis Medical Center named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list
(Community News ~ 07/02/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU — Saint Francis Medical Center has been named to the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list. This is the first time Saint Francis has been recognized as one of the top-performing large community hospitals in the US and is the only large community hospital in Missouri to be honored...
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Missouri Highlands Women's Clinic opens in PB (Local News ~ 07/02/20)
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Police reports - July 2
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/02/20)
MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Two Doniphan residents were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 1:41 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, on Highway 142, one mile west of Highway HH, in Butler County. According to the report, Linda D. Howard, 54, was operating a 2014 Nissan Rogue eastbound when it travelled into the path of a westbound 2001 Dodge Durango and struck it head on...
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Fire reports - July 2
(Police/Fire Report ~ 07/02/20)
City firefighters responded at 5:19 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, to an alarm at McAlister’s Deli, 2865 Tucker Road. It was investigation only. _____
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Poplar Bluff, other Missouri Job Centers continue public reopening, virtual services still available
(Community News ~ 07/02/20)
Poplar Bluff’s Missouri Job Center is one of four which reopened this week after their closure in March. The Branson Job Center opened Monday, June 29, and Job Centers in Kennett, Park Hills and Poplar Bluff reopened with Office of Workforce Development (OWD) staff returning to in-person work on Wednesday, July 1...
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AAA reports Missouri gas price average at 16-year low ahead of Fourth of July
(State News ~ 07/02/20)
ST. LOUIS — The statewide gas price average in Missouri is $1.89 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Gas Prices. That price is one cent more than this day last week and is 55 cents less per gallon compared to this day last year...
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Wappapello training site to temporarily close to public
(Community News ~ 07/02/20)
The Missouri Army National Guard has announced it will be conducting live firing drills at its training site at Wappapello from 1-9 p.m. July 8 and again from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. July 9. The area, which is located along County Road 517 at Wappapello, will be closed to all public entry during the training exercise times...
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Railroad museum open Saturday (Local News ~ 07/02/20)
Everyone interested in area railroad history and model train layouts will have two opportunities to visit the Moark Regional Railroad Museum on Saturday. Located in the historic 1928 Frisco Depot in Downtown Poplar Bluff, the museum will be open from 1-4 p.m. and from 6:30-8:30 p.m. for those awaiting the annual fireworks display... -
Admitted Qulin drug dealer faces minimum 10-year sentence (Local News ~ 07/02/20)
CAPE GIRARDEAU — A Butler County man faces a mandatory minimum 10 years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug- and weapons-related crimes. Jestin L. Smith, 34, pleaded guilty to the felonies of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of 50 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Sorrell... -
PB schools invests in virtual instruction (Local News ~ 07/02/20)
Students in the Poplar Bluff R-I district area will have the option next school year to take courses virtually with an R-I teacher, a need that was highlighted by the school cancellations during the pandemic. -
Legislation, COVID part of trigger for curriculum addition (Local News ~ 07/02/20)
Poplar Bluff has purchased an online learning program for district students after a recent change in state legislation. -
Our nation has always been a work in progress
(Editorial ~ 07/02/20)
“Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. ... As new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times.”...
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Stay safe, save money: Attend college close to home (Column ~ 07/02/20)
At the beginning of the 2019-20 school year, I don’t think anyone thought things would be as different as they are today. K-12 school years ended early, college classes went totally online, campuses and dorms closed, and stay-at-home and social distancing orders were enacted. The lives of students across the country were upended by COVID-19.
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