Stories from Thursday, May 24, 2012

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Missouri Department of Conservation officials lethally removed a wild elk from a rugged area in southern Ripley County Wednesday afternoon after the animal recently roamed away from its restoration zone home. The elk, one of the 36 animals released during last year's restoration effort at the Peck Ranch Conservation Area in northwestern Carter County, had wandered to within a mile of the Arkansas border in Ripley County, according to Joe Jerek, MDC spokesman.. ...

By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer When local fans tune into TLC to watch Extreme Couponing at 8 p.m. Monday, they may be surprised to see one of their own. Erin Sanders of Poplar Bluff, Mo., will be featured on the Season 3 premiere episode. Sanders has been couponing for about a year and a half. ...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Eyewitness information led Butler County authorities to arresting four Arkansans believed responsible for a overnight burglary of a Neelyville convenience store. At about 11 p.m. Wednesday at alarm sounded at JB's Store in the 17200 block of Highway 67 South...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor For nearly four years, members of New Covenant Fellowship knew they would have to move due to the proposed Eight Points Commercial Development, but they did not know where a new church building would be constructed...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Missouri Department of Conservation officials lethally removed a wild elk from a rugged area in southern Ripley County Wednesday afternoon after the animal recently roamed away from its restoration zone home. The elk, one of the 36 animals released during last year's restoration effort at the Peck Ranch Conservation Area in northwestern Carter County, had wandered to within a mile of the Arkansas border in Ripley County, according to Joe Jerek, MDC spokesman.. ...

By CAROLYN SMITH Staff Writer When local fans tune into TLC to watch Extreme Couponing at 8 p.m. Monday, they may be surprised to see one of their own. Erin Sanders of Poplar Bluff, Mo., will be featured on the Season 3 premiere episode. Sanders has been couponing for about a year and a half. ...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Eyewitness information led Butler County authorities to arresting four Arkansans believed responsible for a overnight burglary of a Neelyville convenience store. At about 11 p.m. Wednesday at alarm sounded at JB's Store in the 17200 block of Highway 67 South...

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor For nearly four years, members of New Covenant Fellowship knew they would have to move due to the proposed Eight Points Commercial Development, but they did not know where a new church building would be constructed...

Dr. Laurie Allen offers more than just chiropractic care at Allen Chiropractic Wellness Center as she and her staff focus on the total health and wellness of the patient. With 19 years of practice experience in operation, Allen also offers acupuncture and clinical nutrition. "We focus on total health and wellness...structure is only the starting point."...

Bailey's CARSTAR Auto Body and Glass at 624 S. Westwood Blvd. is owned by Jim Bailey, who has been a Poplar Bluff businessman for 29 years. In 1983, Bailey moved from Chicago, Ill., to Poplar Bluff where he opened Bailey's Auto Body and Glass where Walgreens is now located. He sold his property to the retail chain and moved his business a few blocks south on Westwood Boulevard to where it is located today...

In 2006 the doors to Kissinger & Kirkman Investment Centre, LLC opened to our clients and friends. Sharon Kissinger, AAMS, Financial Consultant and Erick Kirkman, AAMS, CFP, ® Financial Consultant had spent many years dreaming and planning of opening their own investment firm and in November of 2006 that dream and all their plans came to fruition...

The Beardsley family has been in the farm equipment business more than three decades. Their business Poplar Bluff Farm Equipment is located at 208 Ridge Hollow Lane, Poplar Bluff, Mo., which is at the junction of Business 60 East at NN. Staff includes Bill Beardsley, owner/manager/sales, father; Esther Beardsley, owner/manager/bookkeeper, mother; David Beardsley, manager, sales, parts, son; Dawn Gatewood, secretary, sales, parts, daughter, Robert Shepherd, Tom Fisher and Dan Norden, service technicians; and Steve Taylor, parts manager.. ...

Poplar Bluff Monuments Works, LLC, 1969 S. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff, Mo. has been serving clients since 1973. Steve Gillihan, owner, believes, "It is important for clients to be able to touch, feel and see the granite that will become a reminder of their loved ones for generations to come. That and the fact we design, carve and letter monuments right here sets us apart from the Internet chain stores."...

Shooters Shack, 200 S. Westwood Blvd., can take care of all of your firearm and shooting supply needs. Owner Alan Shackleford started as a home based business in 1998. He moved to the current location in January, 2008. Kevin Shackleford is the manager...

When you hear the name Rushin Towing does it feel like "hey, those guys have been here forever?" It's because they have. Rushin Towing was started in 1956 by Bill and Virgil Rushin. Those Rushin brothers as they were called were known for being there when someone needed a helping hand. They started out on Ditch Road with a few tow trucks and a garage right next door to the neighborhood grocery. They stood behind their work and for their community...

When Rob Knowles was 16 and working in a flower shop, he dreamed of owning his own business. On Aug. 20, 1988, he and his wife, Debbie, opened Rob's Flowers & Gifts on North Main Street. Aug. 20, 2007, 19 years later, Debbie and Cassie Knowles took their love of scrapbooking to the next level by opening Scrapbooks from the Heart on North Westwood. September 2009, the Knowles--Rob, Debbie, Andy and Cassie moved both businesses to its current location at 1404 W. Vine St...

First Choice Insurance Agency LLC offers all types of insurance from automobile, home and health insurance to commercial and farm insurance. The business was started in 1991 by Steve Phillips, who owns the agency and his wife, Nikki, who keeps the books, said their son, Matt, the marketing manager and account executive for the new commercial accounts...

The past 15 years have been great for Francisco Esquivel, owner of Las Margaritas, 2144 N. Westwood Blvd., in the Poplar Bluff Square Shopping Center. He opened the doors on the Mexican restaurant on March 27, 1997, and the business has continually grown since then. Esquivel thanks everyone for their support and added he is really enjoying being part of such a "great, great town."...

The Bee Hive Natural Food Store was originally opened in the late 70s when a couple who had relocated from California couldn't find natural foods in the area. Within a year, they realized they could not continue and decided to sell the store. That's when Betty Pruitt entered the picture...

One of the first drug stores located in a shopping center in Missouri and the oldest drug store in Butler County, Key Drugs at 910 N. Westwood Blvd., has become a family tradition. "We are currently remodeling so we can continue to bring you fast and accurate service that you deserve and have come to expect at Key Drugs," Marty Michel said...

If you like dining in a really friendly atmosphere where down-home friendly folks serve good old-fashioned home cooking, then Johnny's Restaurant, 4803 West Ave., Poplar Bluff, Mo. is the place for you. This is a family-owned business where Johnny does a lot of the cooking and whatever else needs to be done. Dusty, Johnny's son, helps out sometimes by waiting tables and Granny, Johnny's Mom, doles out recipes as well as advice...

Cutting-edge digital technology along with a dose of old-fashioned tender loving care is what patients will find at Poplar Bluff's Kneibert Clinic. With a commitment to progress and tradition, the Clinic offers state-of-the-art digital technology as well as doctors and nurses who still take time to get to know each patient personally...

The upcoming weekend is a very important one for sportsmen. Saturday is the opening of squirrel season and black bass season in Ozark streams. These two events are set to open on the fourth Saturday in May each year. The stream bass season opening is an event that is eagerly awaited by many fishermen each year. ...

Twelve Southeast Missouri chapters of Ducks Unlimited will host a banquet and auction event June 16 at the Black River Coliseum in celebration of the organization's 75th anniversary. "We'd love to invite the public to enjoy Ducks Unlimited's anniversary celebration," said DU Regional Director Jimbo Robinson...

There was a possible record number of kids at the SEMO Sportsman's annual Kids Fish and Fun Day last Saturday. We try to get everyone to register but some of the kids don't wait to sign in, they just head for the water to fish. We don't keep track of how many fish each year but the lake was lined with kids and parents...

Brooke Smith of Fairdealing, Mo., was one of 225 students to receive degrees from Freed-Hardeman University Saturday, May 12. Chairman of the FHU Board of Trustees Brett Pharr gave the commencement address. Smith graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Smith...

By GEORGE F. WILL BOSTON -- Blond, blue-eyed Elizabeth Warren, the Senate candidate and Harvard professor who cites "family lore" that she is 1/32nd Cherokee, was inducted into Oklahoma's Hall of Fame last year. Her biography on oklahomaheritage.com says she "can track both sides of her family in Oklahoma long before statehood" (1907) and "she proudly tells everyone she encounters that she is 'an Okie to my toes.'" It does not mention any Cherokee great-great-great-grandmother. ...

Recently, the Poplar Bluff Garden Club celebrated 75 years of growing, planting and beautifying Poplar Bluff when 19 members and invited guests met for lunch in the home of the club president, Cindy Boyers. Judy Sheets, president of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, was an honored guest...

PIEDMONT, Mo. -- "CAAW" (The Cultural Arts Alliance, Wayne Ozark Region, Inc.) will be open from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday: and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Memorial Day. St. Francis Winery of Park Hills will be featured on Friday, Saturday and Monday (Memorial Day). People's Choice voting ends on Friday, with ribbons for first, second and third acknowledging Best of Show awards posted on Saturday...

It's time to plant hot peppers. Local gardeners are planting delicious hot peppers. According to the Vegetable Planting Calendar, you will want to plant your pepper plants anytime between May 1 - 25. It will take from 70 to 80 days to harvest this veggie...

Dennis Outdoors is a family owned and operated store since 1968, which established its current store on Business Highway 67 South in Poplar Bluff in 1974. Owners Randy and Vicki Dennis have established a full-line hunting and fishing retail store with Manager Brian Dennis and Assistant Manager Julie Stuever continually generating new and unique ideas to help Dennis Outdoors become what it is today and to continue to prosper and serve all of its customers for many years. ...

On Jan. 7, Poplar Bluff Habitat for Humanity opened a Surplus Sales store located at 415 Vine St. in Poplar Bluff, Mo. "The purpose of the store is to provide the necessary funds to build homes locally through the sale of donated items, our intent is to focus on selling building materials, but we will take about anything we don't have to feed, except clothes, televisions or electronics," said Gary Davis...

People look for the most value and savings in every dollar they spend, and the goal of Knuckles Brothers Garage Doors & Central Vacs, 1722 Cravens Road, Poplar Bluff, Mo., is to help the people in Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas obtain their goals, said Heather Easterday, office manager...

Express Employment Professionals with location in Poplar Bluff, Dexter, Sikeston and Cape Girardeau focuses on helping people find jobs and businesses find the workers they need. "We are focusing on the top challenges businesses are facing in the new economic world we live in today," Tyler Lance said. ...

Poplar Bluff Rehabilitation (PB Rehab) is located at 2981 Kanell Blvd., (PP Highway), in Cripple Creek Plaza. PB Rehab is a family-owned and operated physical therapy establishment whose owners and staff are motivated by patients' satisfaction and results...

Bob Sutton Real Estate & Loans, LLC, located at 301 N. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff, Mo., has been in business since 1951. The current owner, Robert Sutton, Jr., learned well from his father, Robert Sutton, Sr. who started the business in 1951. "Shortly before my father died, we stopped being real estate brokers," Robert Sutton said. ...

Whether you are in the market for a new home or wanting to sell your current home, Mossy Oak Properties Mozark Realty, 1943 N. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff, will work with you. "The real estate business is geared more towards formulating a relationship between agent and client," says owner/broker, Lucas Edington. "Customers need someone who is not only trustworthy, but accessible. Our phones don't stop ringing just because it's 5 p.m."...

Low, affordable prices are My Mobile Store owner Cindy Piroli's formula to keeping her business growing. Piroli opened her first location in Poplar Bluff, Mo., in 2005 and the Piedmont, Mo., location this year. Piroli moved My Mobile Store to its present location at 1034 S. Broadway, Poplar Bluff, Mo. in July 2011. She opened the Piedmont store at 114 Business Highway HH, April 3...

By WALTER E. WILLIAMS Each year, roughly 7,000 blacks are murdered. Ninety-four percent of the time, the murderer is another black person. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, between 1976 and 2011, there were 279,384 black murder victims. ...

To the Editor: Growing up in Perry County, Missouri, amongst parents, relatives and neighbors who were of German descent, I often dreamed of what it would be like to visit the country of my ancestry. Later in life, I married the daughter of a German immigrant. ...

Get educated about shingles It is good to see the information piece about shingles on TV. It seems the medical community needs to be educated about shingles. Recently, I went to Urgent Care and ER and was misdiagnosed and kept in the hospital 24 hours. Went to a doctor who is aware and he told me I had shingles before I even got into the exam room. Should have gone to him first. I found out a lot of information on the street about shingles, and none from the medical personnel...

Dennis Bowman BERNIE, Mo. -- Dennis Alan Bowman, 49, of Bernie, Mo., died Wednesday, May 23, 2012, in St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr. Bowman was born on April 1, 1963, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He had been a farm laborer through his life...

Terry Shaw DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Terry Sue Shaw, 60, of rural Doniphan, Mo., died Thursday, May 24, 2012, at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan.

NAYLOR -- The Naylor Eagles knocked on the door once again but just came a few plays short of walking on through to the final four. The Eagles never let Oran out of reach Wednesday afternoon in the MSHSAA Class 1 quarterfinal game but they also couldn't get over the hump...

Dorothy Riddle PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Dorothy "Dot" M. Riddle, 87, of Arnold, Mo., formerly of Piedmont, Mo., died Saturday, May 19, 2012, at the Woodland Manor Nursing Center in Arnold, Mo. Mrs. Riddle was born on March 5, 1925, to the late William Pratte and the late Rinda (Armstrong) Pratte, in Flat River, Mo. She graduated from Esther High School in 1943. Immediately following high school she became employed by the Hager Hinge Company in St. Louis, Mo., where she worked until her retirement...

STE. GENEVIEVE -- An out away from a trip to the state final four, the Twin Rivers Royals saw their season end Wednesday. The Royals were ahead four runs going into the bottom of the seventh and ahead a run with two outs before Valle Catholic rallied for a 7-6 win in the MSHSAA Class 2 quarterfinals...

Marie Hinkle PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Marie Mell-Hinkle, 80, of Piedmont, Mo., died Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at Clark's Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont. She was born July 1, 1931, in Greenville and was a lifelong resident of Wayne County. She was a longtime member of the Piedmont Church of the Nazarene...

John Eastburn John Allen Eastburn, 65, of Chicago, Ill., passed away Sunday, May 20, 2012, with his sister and brother-in-law at his side at the James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (V.A. Hospital) in North Chicago, Ill. He was born Jan. 13, 1947, in Geneseo, Ill., to Rex A. ...

Benjamin Winchester VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Benjamin "Bennie" Winchester, 76, of Van Buren, Mo., died Tuesday, May 22, 2012 in Westwood Hills Care Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mr. Winchester was born May 4, 1936 in Alton, Mo. He had lived in Van Buren since 1968 and was formerly of Bardley, Mo...

Samuel Williams Samuel Alfred Williams, 58, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday May 22, 2012, at Saint Frances Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr. Williams was born on Oct. 23, 1953, in St. Louis, Mo., and was a lifetime resident of Butler County, Mo...

The Beardsley family has been in the farm equipment business more than three decades. Their business Poplar Bluff Farm Equipment is located at 208 Ridge Hollow Lane, Poplar Bluff, Mo., which is at the junction of Business 60 East at NN. Staff includes Bill Beardsley, owner/manager/sales, father; Esther Beardsley, owner/manager/bookkeeper, mother; David Beardsley, manager, sales, parts, son; Dawn Gatewood, secretary, sales, parts, daughter, Robert Shepherd, Tom Fisher and Dan Norden, service technicians; and Steve Taylor, parts manager.. ...

In 2006 the doors to Kissinger & Kirkman Investment Centre, LLC opened to our clients and friends. Sharon Kissinger, AAMS, Financial Consultant and Erick Kirkman, AAMS, CFP, ® Financial Consultant had spent many years dreaming and planning of opening their own investment firm and in November of 2006 that dream and all their plans came to fruition...

When Rob Knowles was 16 and working in a flower shop, he dreamed of owning his own business. On Aug. 20, 1988, he and his wife, Debbie, opened Rob's Flowers & Gifts on North Main Street. Aug. 20, 2007, 19 years later, Debbie and Cassie Knowles took their love of scrapbooking to the next level by opening Scrapbooks from the Heart on North Westwood. September 2009, the Knowles--Rob, Debbie, Andy and Cassie moved both businesses to its current location at 1404 W. Vine St...

When you hear the name Rushin Towing does it feel like "hey, those guys have been here forever?" It's because they have. Rushin Towing was started in 1956 by Bill and Virgil Rushin. Those Rushin brothers as they were called were known for being there when someone needed a helping hand. They started out on Ditch Road with a few tow trucks and a garage right next door to the neighborhood grocery. They stood behind their work and for their community...

If you like dining in a really friendly atmosphere where down-home friendly folks serve good old-fashioned home cooking, then Johnny's Restaurant, 4803 West Ave., Poplar Bluff, Mo. is the place for you. This is a family-owned business where Johnny does a lot of the cooking and whatever else needs to be done. Dusty, Johnny's son, helps out sometimes by waiting tables and Granny, Johnny's Mom, doles out recipes as well as advice...

The Bee Hive Natural Food Store was originally opened in the late 70s when a couple who had relocated from California couldn't find natural foods in the area. Within a year, they realized they could not continue and decided to sell the store. That's when Betty Pruitt entered the picture...

The upcoming weekend is a very important one for sportsmen. Saturday is the opening of squirrel season and black bass season in Ozark streams. These two events are set to open on the fourth Saturday in May each year. The stream bass season opening is an event that is eagerly awaited by many fishermen each year. ...

One of the first drug stores located in a shopping center in Missouri and the oldest drug store in Butler County, Key Drugs at 910 N. Westwood Blvd., has become a family tradition. "We are currently remodeling so we can continue to bring you fast and accurate service that you deserve and have come to expect at Key Drugs," Marty Michel said...

Twelve Southeast Missouri chapters of Ducks Unlimited will host a banquet and auction event June 16 at the Black River Coliseum in celebration of the organization's 75th anniversary. "We'd love to invite the public to enjoy Ducks Unlimited's anniversary celebration," said DU Regional Director Jimbo Robinson...

By GEORGE F. WILL BOSTON -- Blond, blue-eyed Elizabeth Warren, the Senate candidate and Harvard professor who cites "family lore" that she is 1/32nd Cherokee, was inducted into Oklahoma's Hall of Fame last year. Her biography on oklahomaheritage.com says she "can track both sides of her family in Oklahoma long before statehood" (1907) and "she proudly tells everyone she encounters that she is 'an Okie to my toes.'" It does not mention any Cherokee great-great-great-grandmother. ...

Brooke Smith of Fairdealing, Mo., was one of 225 students to receive degrees from Freed-Hardeman University Saturday, May 12. Chairman of the FHU Board of Trustees Brett Pharr gave the commencement address. Smith graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Smith...

There was a possible record number of kids at the SEMO Sportsman's annual Kids Fish and Fun Day last Saturday. We try to get everyone to register but some of the kids don't wait to sign in, they just head for the water to fish. We don't keep track of how many fish each year but the lake was lined with kids and parents...

PIEDMONT, Mo. -- "CAAW" (The Cultural Arts Alliance, Wayne Ozark Region, Inc.) will be open from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday: and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Memorial Day. St. Francis Winery of Park Hills will be featured on Friday, Saturday and Monday (Memorial Day). People's Choice voting ends on Friday, with ribbons for first, second and third acknowledging Best of Show awards posted on Saturday...

It's time to plant hot peppers. Local gardeners are planting delicious hot peppers. According to the Vegetable Planting Calendar, you will want to plant your pepper plants anytime between May 1 - 25. It will take from 70 to 80 days to harvest this veggie...

On Jan. 7, Poplar Bluff Habitat for Humanity opened a Surplus Sales store located at 415 Vine St. in Poplar Bluff, Mo. "The purpose of the store is to provide the necessary funds to build homes locally through the sale of donated items, our intent is to focus on selling building materials, but we will take about anything we don't have to feed, except clothes, televisions or electronics," said Gary Davis...

Dennis Outdoors is a family owned and operated store since 1968, which established its current store on Business Highway 67 South in Poplar Bluff in 1974. Owners Randy and Vicki Dennis have established a full-line hunting and fishing retail store with Manager Brian Dennis and Assistant Manager Julie Stuever continually generating new and unique ideas to help Dennis Outdoors become what it is today and to continue to prosper and serve all of its customers for many years. ...

Poplar Bluff Rehabilitation (PB Rehab) is located at 2981 Kanell Blvd., (PP Highway), in Cripple Creek Plaza. PB Rehab is a family-owned and operated physical therapy establishment whose owners and staff are motivated by patients' satisfaction and results...

People look for the most value and savings in every dollar they spend, and the goal of Knuckles Brothers Garage Doors & Central Vacs, 1722 Cravens Road, Poplar Bluff, Mo., is to help the people in Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas obtain their goals, said Heather Easterday, office manager...

Low, affordable prices are My Mobile Store owner Cindy Piroli's formula to keeping her business growing. Piroli opened her first location in Poplar Bluff, Mo., in 2005 and the Piedmont, Mo., location this year. Piroli moved My Mobile Store to its present location at 1034 S. Broadway, Poplar Bluff, Mo. in July 2011. She opened the Piedmont store at 114 Business Highway HH, April 3...

Bob Sutton Real Estate & Loans, LLC, located at 301 N. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff, Mo., has been in business since 1951. The current owner, Robert Sutton, Jr., learned well from his father, Robert Sutton, Sr. who started the business in 1951. "Shortly before my father died, we stopped being real estate brokers," Robert Sutton said. ...

By WALTER E. WILLIAMS Each year, roughly 7,000 blacks are murdered. Ninety-four percent of the time, the murderer is another black person. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, between 1976 and 2011, there were 279,384 black murder victims. ...

Whether you are in the market for a new home or wanting to sell your current home, Mossy Oak Properties Mozark Realty, 1943 N. Westwood Blvd., Poplar Bluff, will work with you. "The real estate business is geared more towards formulating a relationship between agent and client," says owner/broker, Lucas Edington. "Customers need someone who is not only trustworthy, but accessible. Our phones don't stop ringing just because it's 5 p.m."...

To the Editor: Growing up in Perry County, Missouri, amongst parents, relatives and neighbors who were of German descent, I often dreamed of what it would be like to visit the country of my ancestry. Later in life, I married the daughter of a German immigrant. ...

Get educated about shingles It is good to see the information piece about shingles on TV. It seems the medical community needs to be educated about shingles. Recently, I went to Urgent Care and ER and was misdiagnosed and kept in the hospital 24 hours. Went to a doctor who is aware and he told me I had shingles before I even got into the exam room. Should have gone to him first. I found out a lot of information on the street about shingles, and none from the medical personnel...

NAYLOR -- The Naylor Eagles knocked on the door once again but just came a few plays short of walking on through to the final four. The Eagles never let Oran out of reach Wednesday afternoon in the MSHSAA Class 1 quarterfinal game but they also couldn't get over the hump...

Recently, the Poplar Bluff Garden Club celebrated 75 years of growing, planting and beautifying Poplar Bluff when 19 members and invited guests met for lunch in the home of the club president, Cindy Boyers. Judy Sheets, president of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, was an honored guest...

Express Employment Professionals with location in Poplar Bluff, Dexter, Sikeston and Cape Girardeau focuses on helping people find jobs and businesses find the workers they need. "We are focusing on the top challenges businesses are facing in the new economic world we live in today," Tyler Lance said. ...

STE. GENEVIEVE -- An out away from a trip to the state final four, the Twin Rivers Royals saw their season end Wednesday. The Royals were ahead four runs going into the bottom of the seventh and ahead a run with two outs before Valle Catholic rallied for a 7-6 win in the MSHSAA Class 2 quarterfinals...

In 2006 the doors to Kissinger & Kirkman Investment Centre, LLC opened to our clients and friends. Sharon Kissinger, AAMS, Financial Consultant and Erick Kirkman, AAMS, CFP, ® Financial Consultant had spent many years dreaming and planning of opening their own investment firm and in November of 2006 that dream and all their plans came to fruition...

The Beardsley family has been in the farm equipment business more than three decades. Their business Poplar Bluff Farm Equipment is located at 208 Ridge Hollow Lane, Poplar Bluff, Mo., which is at the junction of Business 60 East at NN. Staff includes Bill Beardsley, owner/manager/sales, father; Esther Beardsley, owner/manager/bookkeeper, mother; David Beardsley, manager, sales, parts, son; Dawn Gatewood, secretary, sales, parts, daughter, Robert Shepherd, Tom Fisher and Dan Norden, service technicians; and Steve Taylor, parts manager.. ...

When Rob Knowles was 16 and working in a flower shop, he dreamed of owning his own business. On Aug. 20, 1988, he and his wife, Debbie, opened Rob's Flowers & Gifts on North Main Street. Aug. 20, 2007, 19 years later, Debbie and Cassie Knowles took their love of scrapbooking to the next level by opening Scrapbooks from the Heart on North Westwood. September 2009, the Knowles--Rob, Debbie, Andy and Cassie moved both businesses to its current location at 1404 W. Vine St...

Cutting-edge digital technology along with a dose of old-fashioned tender loving care is what patients will find at Poplar Bluff's Kneibert Clinic. With a commitment to progress and tradition, the Clinic offers state-of-the-art digital technology as well as doctors and nurses who still take time to get to know each patient personally...