Stories from Thursday, November 4, 2021

The Pepsi MidAmerica office outside Poplar Bluff is now the Jarrell Building following a Tuesday ceremony honoring area sales manager Mike Jarrell. Jarrell, who has worked at Pepsi MidAmerica for nearly 35 years, was shocked when he found out about the honor...

P&Z The Poplar Bluff Planning and Zoning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the city council chambers, 301 S. Fifth St. Items on the agenda include a request to vacate an undeveloped portion of Looper Street, running east of 801 Sutton St., for property maintenance. Applicant is Verla Williams...

A U.S. Department of Agriculture grant for $60,000 will get the Poplar Bluff Historic Depot Restoration project on track. Stephanie Knoppe, president of the nonprofit’s board, began working on the grant application in November 202O. With the paperwork being finalized this week, Knoppe said, “the project will start ASAP.”...

Grace Christian Fellowship’s annual Warm Coats from Warm Hearts winter clothing drive is keeping families warm this winter. Pastor Brian Sharp said the coat drive, which began almost 20 years ago with a handful of church members, passed out 375-400 coats to over 100 families Wednesday evening at the Farmer’s Market...

A shipping delay will not stop the Margaret Harwell Art Museum’s much-anticipated Dean Mitchell exhibition. In the meantime, museum fans and Christmas shoppers can visit the museum gift shop’s Christmas Open House. The Mitchell show was originally scheduled for Saturday, said museum director Steve Whitworth, but pickup delays meant the artist’s work is only now leaving Tampa, Florida. Mitchell advised COVID shipping delays could further compound the problem. New show dates are to be determined...