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Vernon Parker to speak at Cross Street Church Sunday
(01/27/21)
Brother Vernon Parker will be the special speaker at 2 p.m. Sunday at Cross Street Pentecostal Church, 2110 Cross St. Everyone is invited to hear the southern gospel preaching.
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Input needed on Poplar Bluff community garden effort (Local News ~ 01/27/21)
The Butler County Community Resource Council wants help in deciding if Poplar Bluff could use a third community garden and where it might be located. Anyone completing a gardening survey before 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, will be entered in a drawing for a second $50 gift card... -
Poplar Bluff graduation rate is highest in 9 yrs (Local News ~ 01/27/21)
The graduation rate for the Poplar Bluff R-I High School was slightly higher in 2020 than the previous year, despite the challenges faced. -
Roy Hall (Obituary ~ 01/27/21)
Roy Hall, age 80, of Poplar Bluff, died Monday, January 18, 2021 at Valley Baptist Medical Center, in Harlingen, Texas. Mr. Hall was born November 4, 1940 in Fisk, son of the late Everett and Ossie Hall. He had retired from General Motors. He also owned and operated Hall’s Refrigeration for several years... -
Roy McGowen (Obituary ~ 01/27/21)
Roy G. McGowen, 92, of Poplar Bluff passed away Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 at Cedargate Care Center, where he had been a resident for one day. He was born Jan. 31, 1928, to the late Artie Lloyd and Bertha Pennington McGowen. Roy was a veteran of the U. S. Navy having served a tour of duty from 1946-1947. He was assigned to the destroyer, USS Goodrich, which was involved in patrol duty off the coast of Japan... -
Area vaccine efforts praised (Local News ~ 01/27/21)
Missouri’s first mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic, held Friday in Poplar Bluff, allowed 2,000 people to be vaccinated and a secondary event Saturday provided over 400 more vaccinations. The success of the program was a community effort, agreed Butler County Health Department Director Emily Goodin and Butler County Emergency Management Director Robbie Myers, during a weekly briefing Wednesday... -
Gov. Parson’s budget funds Missouri Medicaid expansion without cuts to other needs (Local News ~ 01/27/21)
Medicaid expansion will add $1.9 billion to the state budget in the coming fiscal year, with most of it paid for with federal funds and the rest from anticipated savings from a cut in state costs for the current program. The budget Gov. Mike Parson delivered to lawmakers Wednesday anticipates that approximately 275,000 low-income adults will enroll for medical coverage. ... -
Baby Reagan Grace Provance
(Obituary ~ 01/27/21)
Baby Reagan Grace Provance, was born Wednesday, January 20, 2021 and passed away Thursday, January 21, 2021, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held at 5 p.m., Friday, January 29 at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral service will be held at noon, Saturday, January 30 in the Piedmont Chapel. Burial will follow in Murphy Cemetery, Piedmont...
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Residents should expect more jury duty in 2021, as courts play catch up from pandemic (Local News ~ 01/27/21)
Area residents may be called on for jury duty more often in 2021, as Missouri courts try to catch up on a backlog of cases postponed due to COVID-19 precautions. “I’ve got trials scheduled now through January (2022),” Presiding Circuit Judge Michael Pritchett said Wednesday morning, before a video hearing that would involve attorneys in Kansas City and St. ...
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