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Mules pitch shutout in tune-up
(High School Sports ~ 08/21/11)
FARMINGTON -- Facing the same Farmington football team that dropped 70 points on them last year, the Poplar Bluff Mules had their backs against the goal line Friday night in the preseason jamboree. However the Knights, who were inside the 10-yard line just five plays into the scrimmage, came up empty and Poplar Bluff's defense also pitched a shutout against Jackson and Cape Central...
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Mules pitch shutout in tune-up
(High School Sports ~ 08/21/11)
FARMINGTON -- Facing the same Farmington football team that dropped 70 points on them last year, the Poplar Bluff Mules had their backs against the goal line Friday night in the preseason jamboree. However the Knights, who were inside the 10-yard line just five plays into the scrimmage, came up empty and Poplar Bluff's defense also pitched a shutout against Jackson and Cape Central...
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'All or none' for one Mule
(High School Sports ~ 08/21/11)
A year ago it looked as if Lorenzo Dailey might never play football again. Friday night in Farmington, the Poplar Bluff senior was making big hits and scoring for the Mules. "It was just great having that feeling again running into the end zone," Dailey said of his 18-yard touchdown run during the preseason jamboree. "Like, 'yes, I did it.'"...
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SEMO Drug Task Force Commander will retire
(Local News ~ 08/21/11)
As the state's most senior narcotics investigator, Sgt. Kevin Glaser has seen a lot of changes in how law enforcement has battled against illegal drugs during his 28-year career with the Missouri State Highway Patrol. For 22 years, Glaser has been on the front lines of that battle through his involvement with the SEMO Drug Task Force, an organization he has commanded for about 17 of those years...
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Corning, Piggott brace for layoffs at Darling plants
(Local News ~ 08/21/11)
Due to lower demand for store fixtures, L.A. Darling Company LLC has announced approximately 300 workers will be laid off or have temporary layoffs extended indefinitely between its Corning, Ark., and Piggott, Ark., plants. Darling produces wood and metal store fixtures for retailers across the country, but as fewer stores have been built in recent years, demand has decreased...
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Hwy. 67 celebration Friday City to honor Lawson
(Local News ~ 08/21/11)
Tom Lawson, who was born in 1932 on a farm two and one-half miles southeast of Neelyville, Mo., remembers when U.S. 67 was "a narrow, crooked road" during his childhood. He had no idea he would be one of the leaders in the effort to get 50 miles of Highway 67 four-laned north of Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was instrumental in the campaign to convince Poplar Bluff residents to approve a half cent sales tax for Highway 67 on April 5, 2005. The vote was 1,787 to 827, a 68-32 percent margin...
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Feds indict former Carter officers
(Local News ~ 08/21/11)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A federal grand jury handed down a seven-count indictment Thursday against former Carter County Sheriff Tommy Adams and one of his former deputies accusing them of illegally possessing and selling firearms, some of which were taken from the department's evidence locker...
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Joint venture to speed up retail development for Eight Points
(Local News ~ 08/21/11)
Ryan Kiser announces that K2 Commercial Group has joint ventured with THF Realty to develop Eight Points and attract major retail interest to the Eight Points development site. "THF Realty is the perfect partner for K2 not only for their deep relationship and history with the retail community but because we share a common desire to have a positive, long term impact on the community as a whole. ...
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