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EdExpo opens doors for PBJH students
(Local News ~ 05/29/18)
Summer vacation began on Friday for Poplar Bluff Schools, but earlier in the week students at the Junior High merged with the community to explore a variety of topics not typically discussed in the classroom. The Second Annual EdExpo may don a new name, but its principles remained unchanged, according to District Instructional Coach Keri Jameson...
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Gold Star family speaks of loss at Memorial Day ceremony
(Local News ~ 05/29/18)
On a cold, December evening in 1951, a train carrying the body of Pvt. Billie Gene Kanell arrived in Poplar Bluff. The 20-year-old had been killed in Korea after sacrificing his body to protect nearby soldiers. Nine months later, Kanell was posthumously awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor...
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Mary Lee Newcomb
(Obituary ~ 05/29/18)
NEELYVILLE, Mo. - Mary Lee Newcomb, born Jan. 6, 1918, departed this life May 25, 2018. She married the love of her life, Jakie E. Newcomb. They were married 67 years before his passing in 1998. They were farmers at Wardell and Neelyville. Left behind to celebrate her life are four sons; Doyle Newcomb of Neelyville, Ronald Newcomb of Michie, Tennessee, Bob (Rose Ann) Newcomb and Jim Newcomb of Harviell, Mo. ...
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William Atnip
(Obituary ~ 05/29/18)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - William Henry Atnip, 87, of Springfield, formerly of Patterson, MO, died Saturday, May 26, 2018. Arrangements are under the care of Greenlawn Funeral Home East Springfield. For service information go to greenlawnfuneralhome.com
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Ready, set, grill: 6 recipes to perk up summer dining
(Features ~ 05/29/18)
Over the past few weeks, the occasional fragrance of grilled meat, wafting through my windows from enterprising neighbors, reminds me, in a not so subtle way, that it's time to clean the grill -- and that I'm really hungry. Yes, indeed, with Memorial Day as the unofficial opener of the grilling season, we are ready once again to get serious about the practice of dinner _ and maybe breakfast, lunch or happy hour _ spent in the great and glorious outdoors, either dining alfresco or cooking that way.. ...
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Going viral: The good, the bad, and food for thought
(Column ~ 05/29/18)
More than 25 million. That's how many people saw my joke on Twitter. "I once taught an 8 a.m. college class. So many grandparents died that semester. I then moved my class to 3 p.m. No more deaths. And that, my friends, is how I save lives." I expected a few likes from fellow professors on my sleepy Twitter account with barely 60 followers. ...
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Mary "Brown" Clark
(Obituary ~ 05/29/18)
FISK, Mo. - Mary L. "Brown" Clark, age 83, of Fisk, MO, died Friday, May 25, 2018 at her residence in Fisk. Mrs. Clark was born April 08, 1935 in Portageville, MO, daughter of the late John Gilbert and Leona Bell Ford. She is survived by: three sons; Denzil Brown of Dudley, Gene Brown and John Brown both of Fisk; two daughters: Frances Maxwell of Joshua, TX and Maggie Brown of Fisk; three sisters: Wilma Edwards of Bonita Springs, FL, Wanda Krus of Florissant, MO and Maggie Brown of Festus, MO; 14 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. ...
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Danita Lynn Ross
(Obituary ~ 05/29/18)
PIEDMONT, Mo. - Danita Lynn Ross, 47, of Piedmont, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at her residence. She was born January 1, 1971, in Hayti to Leonard Douglas and Lucy Belle Kathleen (Pollard) Fowler. Danita re-dedicated her life to Christ in 1997 and was a strong and devoted Christian and an inspiration to all who knew her. ...
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Naomi "Kitty" Braschler Studt Burger
(Obituary ~ 05/29/18)
DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Naomi "Kitty" Braschler Studt Burger, 91, of Fairdealing died Sunday morning May 27. Mrs. Burger was born February 10, 1927 in Pratt, Missouri. Her parents Frona Patterson Gibson Braschler and "Big" Weaver Braschler; two brothers, J R "Jack" Gibson and Eugene Braschler; a sister Ruth Braschler Janke, and two husbands Melvin Studt and Edward Burger preceded her in death...
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Former PB resident gets role on "S.W.A.T."
(Local News ~ 05/29/18)
Imagine going on 538 job interviews and it will offer a glimpse of the road that led a former Poplar Bluff resident to a speaking role on the popular CBS drama "S.W.A.T." Sheila Thiele jokes her ability to spit may have helped clinch her place as angry hockey fan Stella on the episode "Imposters."...
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