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Sheriff tightens belt Revenue losses equal budget cuts
(Local News ~ 01/08/17)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Losses in revenue sources necessitated Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs cutting more than $130,000 from his proposed 2017 operating budget. In presenting his $3.4 million budget to the Butler County Commission Wednesday morning, Dobbs said, it contained "no big surprises ... no new cars, no new officers. Obviously, we would like to keep who we got...
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Rowland Stollen Bakery & Deli closes Joan's gift lives on in folks' hearts
(Local News ~ 01/08/17)
By CHELSAE CORDIA Staff Writer A shallow white box filled with goodness from Rowland Stollen Bakery & Deli will no longer grace morning meetings or breakfast tables. The iconic business closed Christmas Eve after serving customers for more than 30 years. For Ida Joan Rowland, the woman behind the famous Rowland stollen, her bakery was more than a business, it was a child, and to a woman with seven children, passion and hard work was in her blood...
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2nd degree murder Daughter charged in mom's death
(Local News ~ 01/08/17)
By CHELSAE CORDIA Staff Writer Judy Ann Smothers was arrested Friday on suspicion of second degree murder and second-degree elder abuse in the death of her mother, 87-year-old Theresa Smothers. The younger Smothers pleaded not guilty to the charges and according to Missouri Case Net, no future court date has been scheduled at this time. She was released on bond...
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Baby saved after fatal wreck has brain damage
(Local News ~ 01/08/17)
By BEN KLEINE SEMO News Service The 7-month-old girl who was saved with an emergency cesarean section after her mother died in an accident on Interstate 55 has been diagnosed with brain damage, according to court documents. Maddyson Iler was born after her mother, Sarah Iler, who was originally from Poplar Bluff, was killed in a three-vehicle wreck May 11 on I-55 just south of Cape Girardeau...
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PB R-I's longest employee discusses changes to spec. ed
(Local News ~ 01/08/17)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Jackie Merriman has the tenacity of a mule when it comes to assisting students with special needs. As Poplar Bluff Public Schools longest-serving employee, she has spent 43 years with the district. And for all of those years, in one capacity or another, she has strived to help students in the community who faced a number of mental and physical challenges...
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