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The Poplar Bluff R-I school board voted Tuesday to purchase a weapons detection system and security equipment to implement a student cell phone ban.

Hillview Elementary Title One Reading Specialist Lisa Stull told the Neelyville School Board the teaching profession has changed drastically in the aftermath of COVID.

Craft or meet Santa in this week’s MAIN EVENT.

A man was robbed of a small fortune in 1924, and police scoured the area for clues. In 1974, Three Rivers Community College expanded its course offerings to keep up with student demand, serving everyone from teens to senior citizens.

No decisions have been made concerning Poplar Bluff’s open city manager position. City officials announced Tuesday morning the matter will be discussed again at a special closed meeting Dec. 3. Applications received for the city manager’s position were discussed during a closed session Monday...

JEFFERSON CITY — Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows deer hunters in Missouri harvested 68,312 deer during opening weekend of the November portion of firearms deer season Nov. 16 and 17.

Out of more than 5,000 Veterans Affairs law enforcement officers, Lead Officer Paul Hicks of the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center was selected for the national VA Lead Officer of the Year. Only two nationally receive the distinction each year.

The Poplar Bluff City Council announced Poplar Bluff Regional Business Airport Director Gary Pride is retiring from his position after seven years at the helm. His last day will be Dec. 31. The application deadline for the job is this Friday.

Butler County farmers had their share of problems in today’s headlines: cotton snatchers in 1924 and careless hunters in 1949.

The Poplar Bluff R-I school board voted Tuesday to purchases a weapons detection system and security equipment to implement a student cell phone ban. The Opengate system is designed to detect weapons and prevent them being brought onto school facilities and properties, according to information presented at the meeting. The system is portable and battery operated, so it can also be used at sporting events and special events such as prom and graduation...

FISK — A group of enthusiastic young cheerleaders from Twin Rivers Schools are gearing up to take center court at the upcoming Gatorade Game on Tuesday night.

WAYNE COUNTY — Wesley Shatley, 29, of Piedmont, was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 13, on charges of felony first-degree endangering the welfare of a child and felony first-degree harassment.

The appetite for drugs in United States is unlike any other country in the world, and opioid and fentanyl are major players in the war against preventable deaths, Brian Townsend recently told a Poplar Bluff group.

DEXTER — Matt Underhile credits the MERS Goodwill Excel Center with giving him the opportunity to better his life. He recently testified before a congressional committee in Washington, D.C. about his decision to enroll. Underhile received a call from an aide of U.S. ...

Poplar Bluff’s leaders responded to the city’s traffic woes in 1924 after a spate of careless driving accidents. Also in 1924, a disgraced bank director and an accomplice were paroled.

A pedestrian was killed shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday in a one-vehicle accident on Highway 60, two miles west of Fisk. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the 37-year-old Scott City man was walking eastbound when he was struck by a 2012 Freightliner Cascadia. The driver of the Cascadia is from Onley, Illinois...

The Interstate 57 project accomplished new milestones with the groundbreaking of the Corning, Arkansas bypass on Thursday and the unveiling of the new I-57 sign between Little Rock and Walnut Ridge on Nov. 7.

The talent of Neelyville School District’s student body was on display Friday morning with a celebration of veterans through pictures, poems, songs, and art projects. The ceremony featured performances from individual students, the Neelyville High School Choir, and faculty.

If modern drivers irritate you, remember: they could be worse. Poplar Bluff police reported a spate of accidents in 1924 caused by careless driving, speeding, and unlit headlights. The mayor proposed stop signs to help curtail traffic violations.

BROSELEY — The Twin Rivers R-X School District has three different campuses in three different locations, and each building comes with its own list of projects. The question posed by the Twin Rivers School Board is: how do those projects get paid for?

A low hum of multiple voices speaking at a controlled volume filled the air, as approximately 30 extras took their seats in Haffy’s Sports Bar and Grill Sunday afternoon. Everyone awaited hearing the one word that let them know it was time to make a movie: “Action!”

JoJo Schalk and Clayton Moser dreamed of a special wedding and their families came together to make it happen.

This top diversions in this weekend’s MAIN EVENT include a carnival, stargazing and concerts.

The most stunning news item in the past 100 years was published in 1974: Over 200 farmers agreed on something. (The author comes from a farming family and is qualified to make that joke.)

FCC Behavioral Health sponsored lunch for its veteran employees at the Caliber Cafe Wednesday afternoon. Wellness Coordinator Amber Caskey explained the company holds the lunch each year as a measure of gratitude for its workers who were in the armed forces.