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Man dies after heart attack behind wheel
By SAMANTHA TUCKER Assistant Editor
A Harviell man died of a heart attack while driving near Poplar Bluff on Saturday night, according to the Poplar Bluff Police Department. Rodney Ray was driving a gray Dodge Durango westbound on Business 60 near Highway B when he evidently suffered a heart attack and lost consciousness, according to reports. His vehicle crossed the centerline and...
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    Efforts being made to locate next of kin for a 72 year old woman found deceased Monday
    Efforts are being made to locate the next of kin of a 72-year-old woman found dead Monday in downtown Poplar Bluff. Butler County Coroner Jim Akers explained the woman was homeless and appears to...
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    Recycling Grace opens Ruth House on Thursday
    After years of work and pandemic delays, Recycling Grace Women’s Center is finally opening its newest campus. The public is invited to tour the Ruth House at 708 Kinzer St. at an open house from 11...
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    The Twin Rivers School District has five candidates vying for three available board seats which will be decided April 4. Candidates in the running are returning incumbent Josh Johnson and new...
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    Four area House Republicans are on record supporting Senate Bill 49 — the Missouri Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act, which passed Thursday, March 23, by a strict party line vote, 24-8, in...
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    "Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him...
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    Larry Samuel Silverberg, beloved brother, uncle, friend, passed from this earthly life March 18,...
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    Jean Anne Douglas, 91, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away March 25, 2023 at her home in Poplar...
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    Priscilla J. Pitchie, 92, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Friday, March 24, 2023. Arrangements...
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    Off-season is first step to return to top for Twin Rivers hoops
    Tom Davis
    Four of the top female basketball players at Twin Rivers High School are currently immersed in the Royals’ softball season, however, for three of those athletes, the basketball off-season can’t drift too far out of their minds. Twin Rivers has made a habit over the past decade-plus of not just competing for MSHSAA District basketball championships, but winning them.
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  • Doniphan introduces new football coach
    Doniphan High School is looking toward an experienced leader to grow its football program as the school introduced Jameson Allen as the Dons’ new head football coach Monday morning. Stepping into his 33rd year of coaching, Allen has high expectations to take the Doniphan Dons to the next level...
  • Raiders take series at Metropolitan
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Three Rivers College baseball team outscored the Metropolitan Wolves 45-22 to take three games of a four-game set over the weekend. The Raiders (15-14) took both games at Metropolitan on Saturday, winning the opener 11-1 and taking the nightcap 15-7. The two schools then split a twin bill on Sunday, with the Wolves winning the opener 10-6 and TRC taking the nightcap 13-4...
  • Lady Raiders win three of four at North Central
    TRENTON, Mo. — The Three Rivers College softball team overcame a loss Friday to win three in a row and take a four-game series over the weekend at North Central Missouri College. After dropping the first game of a doubleheader last Friday 5-3, the Lady Raiders bounced back and won the nightcap 16-7 in five innings. TRC followed that up the next day by sweeping a twin bill from the host Lady Pirates, taking the opener 5-1 and the second game 10-4...
  • Mules plan to lean on experience this spring (3/25/23)
    Poplar Bluff boys tennis coach Michael Sowatzke plans to rely on key returners as the Mules head into a new season. While the Mules have maintained success throughout the years, it’s time to hit the reset button after losing eight key players from last season...
  • Gulf Coast State ends Lady Raiders’ season (3/24/23)
    LUBBOCK, Texas — Thursday’s first-round NJCAA women’s basketball tournament game between Three Rivers College and the Gulf Coast State College Commodores might have been decided by a couple of runs. First, Gulf Coast State scored 14 consecutive points to take the lead for good early in the second quarter, then used another big run over the third and fourth quarters to pull away and take a 71-47 win over the Lady Raiders at the Rip Griffin Center...
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