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Schools will get bulk of co. tax money
(Local News ~ 08/17/16)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Butler County taxpayers will contribute less than 4 percent of their property tax bills to the general revenue and road and bridge funds, following a vote Monday to set the rate for 2016. The majority of property tax money, more than 90 percent, will fund secondary schools and Three Rivers College...
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City to research candidate issue
(Local News ~ 08/17/16)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Political candidates may not be a protected class, but they shouldn't be discriminated against -- at least according to discussion Monday at a Poplar Bluff City Council meeting. The Butler County Fair Board has asked council members to reconsider a policy that would prevent the candidates from renting booth space at the annual fair...
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Twin Rivers hires resource officer
(Local News ~ 08/17/16)
By CHELSAE CORDIA Staff Writer Twin Rivers is getting a school resource officer. The decision was made during a special meeting Monday. Twin Rivers R-X Board of Education officials unanimously approved an agreement with Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs to station an officer in the district...
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Back to School Fair Thursday
(Local News ~ 08/17/16)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer South Central Missouri Community Action Agency (SCMCAA) will host its annual Back To School Fair for Butler County students from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at Black River Coliseum. The event assists residents currently facing economic barriers by providing a number of education-related goods and services free of charge. Attendees must meet income guidelines of 120-percent of the federal poverty level - currently $24,000 annually for a family of four...
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Wappapello expected to see record level for August Flood warning REMAINS in effect
(Local News ~ 08/17/16)
By PAT PRATT Staff Writer Butler County first responders have been on full alert this week as continuous rains pelted the area, causing flooding along Black and St. Francis rivers and other area streams. A flood warning remains in effect for Black River at Poplar Bluff until 8 p.m. Thursday. Another flood warning is in effect until Wednesday evening for areas near the St. Francis River at Patterson...
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Relocating city hall OK'd
(Local News ~ 08/17/16)
By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer The Poplar Bluff city hall and city court workers will relocate temporarily after a 5-2 vote Monday of the city council. The move likely will occur at the end of September or early October, said city manager Mark Massingham. Plans have not been finalized on how the move will occur or where council, committee and city court meetings will be held, Massingham said...
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Medical reasons cited REA replaces Emerson as CEO
(Business ~ 08/17/16)
By BRIDGET BROWN SEMO News Service The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), a not-for-profit organization that represents the interests of rural electric cooperatives and public power districts, announced a new chief executive officer...
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Fighting Zika
(Column ~ 08/17/16)
This August much of the country is experiencing an uncomfortable heat wave, but in southeast and south central Missouri it is just something we expect every year. And, while the temperature and humidity make it uncomfortable to be outside it is also an important time of our growing season. ...
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The infrastructure illusion
(Column ~ 08/17/16)
By STEPHEN MOORE Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump don't agree on much of anything, but there is one area where they have a meeting of the minds: they both want to spend way more on public works programs. Hillary ?Clinton says that her primary jobs stimulus will be a massive $275 billion-plus infrastructure spending binge...
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Is free trade causing job loss?
(Column ~ 08/17/16)
International trade figures heavily in the presidential race. Presidential candidate Donald Trump said, "Hillary Clinton unleashed a trade war against the American worker when she supported one terrible trade deal after another - from NAFTA to China to South Korea." And adding, "A Trump Administration will end that war by getting a fair deal for the American people. ...
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New test for Mo. student teachers
(Local News ~ 08/17/16)
By LINDSAY JONES SEMO News Service Beginning this fall, student teachers will be expected to achieve a minimum score of 37 on the recently adopted Missouri Pre-Service Teachers Assessment, or MoPTA, to receive their teaching certifications. The maximum attainable score on the exam is 60...
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Janet Lee Cooper
(Obituary ~ 08/17/16)
Janet Lee Cooper CORNING, Ark. -- Janet Lee Cooper, 67, of Poplar Bluff passed away Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Cooper was born in St. Louis, Oct. 13, 1948. She was a homemaker who enjoyed spending time sewing and quilt making. She was a member the House of Prayer in Corning...
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Sandra Ann
(Obituary ~ 08/17/16)
Sandra Ann (Sandy) Zimmer VAN BUREN, Mo. - Sandra Ann (Sandy) Zimmer, age 64 of Van Buren, Mo., departed her earthly life unexpectedly on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016 at her home in Springfield, Mo. She was born on April 13, 1952 in Coffeyville, Kan. Her father Robert Wayne Cranor was an aerospace machinist who built rocket components sending men to the moon in the late 1960s. ...
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Rod Bowling
(Obituary ~ 08/17/16)
Rod Bowling PUXICO, Mo. - Rod Bowling, 64, of Sturdivant, died Friday, Aug. 12, 2016at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be at 6 p.m., Tues., Aug. 16 at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Puxico. The funeral will be at 11 a.m., Wed., Aug. ...
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Benjamin Wade Ramos
(Births ~ 08/17/16)
Eric Ramos and Alyssa Basler of Cape Girardeau have chosen the name Benjamin Wade Ramos for their 8-pound, 9-ounce son born at 5:48 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 at Ste. Genevieve. Benjamin was 21 1/2" long. Grandparents are Shannon and Lee Ponder of Poplar Bluff, Doug Petry of Texas and Rod and Greta Basler of Ste. Genevieve. Great-grandparents are Benny Ramos of Poplar Bluff and the late Janet Francisco, Lynn Rose Terry, John and Pat Buatte and Joe and Linda Basler of Ste. Genevieve...
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Raiders add trio to roster
(High School Sports ~ 08/17/16)
One of the Raiders' new shooting guards knows how to win at the highest levels while Three Rivers added another player from the Atlanta area with a forward from France. Aiden Saunders, out of Miller Grove High School near Atlanta, Ga., won two state championships at two different schools, including the 5A state title his senior year...
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Football returns to Doniphan
(High School Sports ~ 08/17/16)
Since 1979, something has been missing in Doniphan. It's been more than 30 years since the school district cancelled the football program, but to some, this fall will feel like a holiday as creative fundraising and years of planning have finally allowed junior high students to don helmets and pads and return to the gridiron in Ripley County...
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Rod Bowling
(Obituary ~ 08/17/16)
Rod Bowling PUXICO, Mo. - Rod Bowling, 64, of Sturdivant, died Friday, Aug. 12, 2016at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 16 at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Puxico. The funeral will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 17 at the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Puxico with Rev. Jim Clark of Puxico officiating. Burial will follow in the Rock Hill Cemetery near Puxico with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Puxico in charge of arrangements...
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