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Praise for better test scores
(Local News ~ 08/16/11)
Neelyville R-IV Curriculum Director Jan Davis praised the district's elementary schools for raising test scores enough to no longer be identified as a "school in need of improvement" at Monday night's board meeting. Davis also commended the district as a whole for continuing to raise test scores...
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City OKs PBRMC tax abatement
(Local News ~ 08/16/11)
A resolution granting tax abatements for a new Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center on a 62-acre site along Oak Grove Road was approved by the Poplar Bluff City Council Monday night. Health Management Associates of Naples, Fla., which owns PBRMC, plans to construct a $173 million, seven-story hospital with 250 private beds. Construction is expected to take three years...
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2 PB men among 9 indicted for crack
(Local News ~ 08/16/11)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Two Poplar Bluff, Mo., men were among nine recently indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine. Indicted on one felony count of conspiracy to distribute 280 grams or more of cocaine base were: David Lee Harley and Hinton Gilmer Jr., both of Poplar Bluff; David A. Parker, Lamar Anthony White, Michael Dewayne Caruthers, Jo Devon Maxwell, Clarence Pulliam and Sidney Denham Jr., all of Kennett, Mo., and Randy Earl Caruthers of Blytheville, Ark...
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N'ville recess time explained
(Local News ~ 08/16/11)
Neelyville Elementary Principal Aaron Burton explained the changes to the school's recesses at Monday night's regular monthly board meeting. Board member Steve Womack asked about the matter, explaining parents have come to him concerned students will have less recess time...
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