Stories from Monday, July 4, 2022

“If you’re active in your community, you love what you do, you have a voice and have a story. They want to hear from you. They want real, down-to-earth people, people with kids, people who are messy, people who are 25 and still going to college. They love real life,” said Breandrea Hampton, who has been named Miss Missouri for the Miss America Strong pageant...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The MFA Oil Foundation has awarded a grant to the Poplar Bluff Trails Coalition to assist with purchasing trail kiosks, signs and tools. MFA Oil Senior Director of Employee Engagement and Culture Tom May described the MFA Oil Foundation as “a program that allows our company to give support back to the rural communities that are the foundation of our business. ...

The Poplar Bluff girls basketball program got the junior high and high school teams together last week as they work this summer, coach John David Pattillo said. The high school Mules have played in a pair of Rib City Shootouts with another set for later this month and played in another team camp in Nettleton, Arkansas. The team also made a trip to the Poplar Bluff Museum to learn the history of the program...