• Above: Senator Doug Libla Addresses an Audience at the Black River Coliseum Poplar Bluff, Mo - In an effort to help our readers better understand the proposed amendments on the August 5 ballot, we asked state Senator Doug Libla to provide his insights as a legislator.

    Aug 04,
  • This week the House of Representatives authorized a lawsuit against President Obama for his failure to faithfully execute laws passed by Congress. While the President has largely ignored the lawsuit and even called it a “stunt,” this is no joking matter. The lawsuit is needed to preserve the separation of powers clearly outlined in our Constitution. No person, not even the President of the United States, is above the law. This lawsuit is a check on the President’s disregard for laws enacted by Congress. Article I of our Constitution gives the power of legislating to Congress. Article II says the President should “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” No part of the Constitution gives the President the authority

    Aug 01,
  • According to CareerCast.com, and other career analysts, being a newspaper reporter is among the worst jobs. I left this career in 1987, at least for the most part. My bachelor's degree was in Communications. I was editor of my campus newspaper. Then I was hired at a new fledgling newspaper in Cape Girardeau known as the Bulletin Journal, owned by Gary Rust. Gary Rust felt there was a need for another voice in Cape Girardeau other than the Southeast Missourian. And the Bulletin Journal was very successful. Rust ended up buying the Southeast Missourian and opening a chain of newspapers throughout Southeast Missouri. I loved that job. Every day was different. I constantly got to meet new and interesting people.

    Aug 01,
  • Poplar Bluff, Mo - In November 2010, Shelby Road opened and provided a much need thoroughfare from Westwood Blvd to PP Highway. The new road also provided much-needed access to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. But in May of this year, a section of the road from Westwood Blvd to Oak Grove road was completely closed by the developers of Eight Points and Southern Bank’s new bank building. The 3-year old Shelby Road has been completely destroyed from the monster land movers passing across and back; moving dirt from the Eight Points side (east side) of Shelby Road to the Southern Bank side (west side). A City Official told SEMO Times that Shelby Road is currently closed because of the

    Jul 31,
  • Broussards on Main Street in Downtown Cape at night (photo by Ken Steinhoff. © Ken Steinhoff. All Rights Reserved.) See: Jim Stone and Main Street Neon   It doesn't take much coaxing to get me to hop in the car and head to Cape Girardeau. It's such a great town with excellent shopping choices and eateries. Now that the highways out of Poplar Bluff have expanded it doesn't take much time at all to get there either. One trip stands out in my mind. My husband and I had the seemingly rare opportunity to break from our busy schedules to make the trip together. On the drive from Poplar Bluff we narrowed down our many choices of eateries to hit for

    Jul 31,

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