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Senator to visit Pershing VA Medical Center and VA West Plains Community-Based Outpatient Clinic to hear directly from veterans, announce expansion of Veterans Customer Satisfaction Program survey POPLAR BLUFF/WEST PLAINS – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill will visit John J. Pershing Medical Center and the VA’s West Plains Community-Based Outpatient Clinic on Tuesday to meet with area veterans and VA administrators, and announce the expansion of her veterans customer satisfaction survey to the southeast Missouri region. In Poplar Bluff, McCaskill will hold a media availability following her visit with executives at Pershing VA Medical Center at 10:45 a.m. CT on Tuesday, August 26.  In West Plains, McCaskill will hold a media availability following her tour of the VA West Plains Outpatient Clinic at 12:45 p.m. CT

[From left] R-I Superintendent Chris Hon, Sheryl Talkington, Tamara Lewis, Mike Morrow, Caleb Morrow, Jay Dowd and Heath Willis receive a standing ovation during a special recognition prior the opening game against Fox. POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - Poplar Bluff High School sophomore Caleb Morrow and his first responders received a standing ovation from the crowd during the Mules Football opener of the varsity season on Friday, Aug. 22, at Fred M. Morrow Stadium. “Ladies and gentlemen, please give Caleb, his mother Tamara Lewis and father Mike Morrow, and these fine Samaritans a big welcoming round of applause,” announced Jim Carrier over the PA system. Caleb was able to return to school last week after the 15-year-old collapsed at the start

Malden, Mo. - At Monday's city council meeting, Councilwoman Donna Prenger challenged the residents and other members regarding the Malden Dog Pound. Acoording to Prenger, the pound is old and in a state of disrepair. "The water [at the pound] is sandy," she said and can't be used to disinfect the animals nor is it good for providing them water. Pranger said "The ASPCA [American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals] said they could get the money (for upgrades and renovations) here at no cost to us." Pranger believes that there are people "who would volunteer to go out there" and work, she told the council. The pound is currently closed and the city has no humane officer on staff. Pranger

Agriculture is the number one industry in Missouri. Our Eighth Congressional District is home to a great variety of agricultural interests. Our district is one of the most diverse agriculture districts in the country growing everything except sugar and citrus fruits. In the fertile Missouri Bootheel we grow cotton, rice, corn, soybeans, wheat, peanuts and even raise catfish. In stark contrast to the Bootheel stand the Ozark Foothills where we have cattle, dairy and timber producers. This week and next, I am traveling our district and listening to the challenges farm families are facing on my two week Farm Tour. Although each farm is unique and each crop or animal raised is different, the message from each visit is the

Dexter, Mo. – Missouri law requires all children under the age of eight to be in an appropriate child safety seat or booster seat unless they are 80 lbs or 4’9”. Dexter Police Department announced today they are joining with law enforcement September 14-20 for an aggressive Child Passenger Safety Week Law Enforcement Campaign to crack down on Missouri’s child safety seat law violators and to reduce highway fatalities and injuries to children. Car crashes are the number one killer of kids. Nearly 73 percent of all child restraints are not used correctly. Is your child safe? Chief Sammy Stone said regular child safety seat and safety belt use is the single most effective way to protect people and reduce