Stories from Sunday, October 31, 2021

Greenville Junior High October Students of the Month are seventh grader Gracyn Hill (left) and eighth grader Kylie Neel.

A total of 15 out of 21 music students of Poplar Bluff High School were selected for the All-District Choir on Saturday, Sept. 25, at Cape Central High School. During the audition, students were judged on sight-reading and art songs they had prepared which, according to vocal music director Joshua Allen, are short vocal selections from the fine arts tradition...

For 11 years, The Bluff Church of Poplar Bluff held its worship services in the rented ballroom of the Holiday Inn. That situation changed Oct. 10, 2021, when they held their first service at their new building at 7082 Highway 67 North. The church began in 2010 when Doug Osborn and Dave Elledge had a vision of a church for people who had given up on church or who might have felt nervous about going to a church for the first time. ...

Poplar Bluff’s first woman mayor has passed away. Betty Absheer, 85, lost her battle with health problems Saturday, Oct. 30, according to her nephew, Andy Knowles, who shared the information Sunday. “My Aunt Betty was a strong headed christian, who had proudly been a member First Church of God since she was just a few years old. I have no doubt in my mind that she is rejoicing in heaven this Sunday,” Knowles shared