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Ripley jury finds Green guilty
(Local News ~ 08/03/15)
By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor DONIPHAN, Mo. -- A Ripley County jury deliberated nearly two hours Friday evening in convicting a Poplar Bluff, Mo., man of 13 felonies resulting from a three-day crime spree involving multiple home invasions in February 2013...
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Big changes for PB 2015 school year
(Local News ~ 08/03/15)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer With the first day of school less than two weeks away, Poplar Bluff R-I officials want to inform the public of the many logistical changes at the two campuses seeing the bulk of construction. As the R-I district's massive $50 million construction project is in full swing, the current 5th and 6th Grade Center (site of the future high school) and the current high school (site of the future middle school) will both see changes in traffic flow, drop-off and pick ups, pedestrian traffic and parking effective the first day of classes Aug. ...
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New Behavioral Health Center opens on PBRMC Westwood Campus
(Local News ~ 08/03/15)
POPLAR BLUFF, MO - Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center will celebrate its newest expansion in care with a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony at the newly renovated Behavioral Health Center. In Missouri, more than 34,000 people are admitted each year for behavioral health treatment, and Southeast Missouri has some of the highest patient volumes in the state...
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Garden Lunch N Learn series begins Aug. 6
(Local News ~ 08/03/15)
Butler County University of Missouri Extension Horticulturist Sarah Denkler will again host a series of Garden Lunch N Learn classes on gardening topics that may be of interest to you. Each session will occur on the first Thursday of each month at noon with the first session in August. ...
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Twin Towers activities
(Local News ~ 08/03/15)
Twin Towers activities for the coming week include: Monday, Aug. 3 9 a.m. Pace Exercise Class (Assembly) 11:30 a.m. Ed and Marie Holden (Dining) Tuesday, Aug. 4 8:30 a.m. Grace Foot Care (Kitchen) Wednesday, Aug. 5 8:15 a.m. Grace Foot Care (Kitchen)...
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Greenville Days will be Sept. 19-20
(Local News ~ 08/03/15)
The 24th Annual Old Greenville Days Event will be celebrated on Sept. 19 - 20 at the Greenville Recreation Area just two miles south of Greenville, Mo. on U. S. Highway 67. This annual family-oriented event is done in partnership with the Wayne County Historical Society and several businesses and volunteers...
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3 area schools win first at National Beta Convention
(Local News ~ 08/03/15)
By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor Three area schools had first place winners during the National Beta Convention in Nashville, Tenn., which had students competing from 18 states. Neelyville High School had the top scrapbooking entry at the Senior Beta Convention...
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Will Jewish Democrats sink Iran deal?
(Column ~ 08/03/15)
By MONA CHAREN "Seven Jewish Lawmakers Could Tilt the Scales on Iran Deal," headlines The Times of Israel. The members -- Sen. Charles Schumer, Rep. Steven Israel, Rep. Eliot Engel, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Nita Lowey, Sen. Ben Cardin and Rep. Ted Deutch -- are all Democrats. They must choose between loyalty to their party's president and concern about what the deal portends for Israeli and American security...
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Building Successful Stepfamily meeting Aug. 7-8
(Local News ~ 08/03/15)
Ron Deal, founder and president of Successful Stepfamilies, will speak during the Building A Successful Stepfamily Conference Aug. 7 and 8 at Fellowship General Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff. Interested persons may register by contacting Associate Pastor Keith Woodruff at 573-785-6981, emailing keith@fellowshipgbchurch.com or clicking on fellowshipgbchurch.com...
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Alfreda Fennell
(Obituary ~ 08/03/15)
Alfreda Fennell NEELYVILL, Mo. -- Alfreda Mae Fennell, 79, of New Douglas, Ill., formerly of Qulin, Mo., and Corning, Ark., died at her home Thursday, July 30, 2015. Visitation will begin at noon Sunday at the Fowler Sullivan Memorial Chapel in Neelyville and will continue until the service at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Coon Island Cemetery...
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A newborn appreciation for the boy who ran into adult life
(Column ~ 08/03/15)
By SHARON RANDALL Tribune News Service His card will be late. I forgot to mail it. I forget lots of stuff. But I will always remember the boy. So I called him. "Happy birthday!" I said. "I'm so glad you were born!" He laughed at my "so glad you were born" tradition. I started it when my kids were little. Now they say it to me...
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John Harvey
(Obituary ~ 08/03/15)
John Harvey Kellum, Jr. MALDEN, Mo. -- John Harvey Kellum, Jr., 71, Gaffney, S.C. died Wednesday, July 29, 2015, in Greenville, S.C. Visitation will be held from 6-9 p.m. Sunday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Bradshaw Chapel with the Rev. Charles Stoker officiating. Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo., with military rites...
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Patricia Ann
(Obituary ~ 08/03/15)
Patricia Ann 'Trish' Wallace DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Patricia Ann "Trish" Wallace, 44, of Grandin, Mo., passed away Monday, July 27, 2015, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Ms. Wallace, daughter of Francis P. and Mary B. (Corey) Nealin, was born Jan. 1, 1971, in Del Rio, Texas...
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Robert William
(Obituary ~ 08/03/15)
Robert William Liesenfelder Robert William Liesenfelder, 67, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, July 30, 2015 at his home. Mr. Liesenfelder was born Jan. 10, 1948, in Waukesha, Wis. He was of the Methodist faith. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was a construction worker. He enjoyed gardening and fishing...
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Ron Yarber
(Obituary ~ 08/03/15)
Ron Yarber DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Irven Ronald "Ron" Yarber, 72, of Doniphan, Mo., departed this life Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at Southeast Health Center of Ripley County in Doniphan. Mr. Yarber, son of Irven and Margaret (Jenkins) Yarber, was born April 6, 1943, in Doniphan...
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Remington
(Obituary ~ 08/03/15)
Remington Williamson FISK, Mo. -- Remington Don Guage Williamson, 10 weeks, of Poplar Bluff, died Friday, July 31, 2015. He was born May 22, 2015 at St. Louis, Mo. He is survived by his parents: Casey Michelle Williamson and James Luck of Poplar Bluff; two sisters: Kylie and Kendall Hicks; one brother: Zackery Luck; maternal grandparents: Charles and Kathy Williamson of Broseley; paternal grandparents: James and Bonnie Luck of Poplar Bluff; and great-grandmothers: Dottie Rice of Broseley and Pansy Luck and Betty Bryant, both of Poplar Bluff.. ...
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Angela Donnell
(Obituary ~ 08/03/15)
Angela Donnell DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Angela Gwen Donnell, 47, of Doniphan, Mo., departed this life Thursday, July 30, 2015, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Donnell, daughter of Charles and Ozella (Waller) Goins, was born March 22, 1968, in St. Louis...
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R-I promotes online safety
(Local News ~ 08/03/15)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Poplar Bluff schools will revamp the deployment of laptop computers this year as administrators seek to enhance responsible use of the devices. School staff will meet with parents separately from their children this year, in order to provide relevant information specific to them. Parent sessions will be open, no appointment necessary, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 5-7 and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Aug. 8 at the Junior High...
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TDD, City end ties with Texas firm, await bills
(Local News ~ 08/03/15)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Another Poplar Bluff, Mo., entity broke ties last week with financial advisor First Southwest, but the final bill for the company hired by former city manager Heath Kaplan may yet cost taxpayers several hundred thousand dollars...
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