Stories from Saturday, February 19, 2022

The city of Poplar Bluff spent nearly $3.5 million over an approximately nine-month period from late 2014 and early 2015 on no bid contracts with a former tech provider, ISI. The contracts were put in place by former city manager Heath Kaplan, who was fired in 2015...

The new updated dietary guidelines from the American Heart Association focus more on your overall eating habits rather than a list of no-no’s. Taking in sufficient nutrients will support your heart health and general well-being over your lifetime. Research on dietary patterns have found 14% to 28% lower cardiovascular disease mortality among U.S. adults with high compared with low adherence to high-quality dietary patterns...

February is Career and Technical Education Month and I wanted to take some time to let our stakeholders know about the many opportunities for Career Education in Poplar Bluff Schools. The Poplar Bluff R-I school system has two different methods of providing Career Education to students...