Stories from Sunday, May 2, 2021

Mark Twain Caring Center is offering churches and individuals the opportunity to spread faith, joy, and hope to their residents through outreach events. The call is to bring a variety of religious activities, such as singing and music, Bible studies, devotional discussions, or worship services to residents at their Poplar Bluff facility...

Erin Inman and Abbey Hester looked back on their high school years with slightly different perspectives as they spoke to their Twin Rivers High School classmates at Sunday’s commencement. Inman, the TRHS valedictorian, compared her high school years to the assembling of a collage or a puzzle, while salutatorian Hester used analogies that touched on history and the pop group One Direction...

Nearly 13 years of building the Twin Rivers High School class of 2021 came to fruition on Sunday afternoon at the Black River Coliseum as 55 seniors in that class received their diplomas. That is how valedictorian Erin Inman described her experiences at TRHS when she spoke to her classmates and those in attendance...