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Students and faculty at Three Rivers College are going to “Shake It Out” next Thursday, Oct. 16. No, it’s not a new dance craze. It’s part of a statewide effort to prepare the campus and the rest of the state for an earthquake. Jack Armor, Fire Training Coordinator for TRC says scientists can say with certainty that there is an earthquake in our future in Southeast Missouri. The question is only “when” and “how big will it be?” Armor said Three Rivers has participated in the event in the past, but he considers this year’s event an important one for gauging the college’s earthquake readiness. “Everyone on this campus will participate, and everyone on each of the satellite campuses will

If Tammy Marler were to choose a favorite superhero, it would surely be “Underdog.” That’s because she realizes that is basically her position as a write-in candidate for the office of Butler County Collector on November 4. Her story is not one of a blue blood Republican dynasty. Her story is one of a woman who has worked her whole life to overcome odds. “I was born and raised in Butler County living at Lake Wappapello. I was one of nine children living in a home with just three bedrooms and one bathroom. I shared a bedroom with two of my sisters, one of them my twin sister,” recalls Marler. She came from a single income family, with her father

Nothing announces the arrival of autumn like a cheery orange pumpkin. And there is nothing like taking your children out into a pumpkin field and letting them pick out their own. For couples, there is nothing more romantic than cuddling together on a chilly evening beneath a starry sky on a hay wagon. This area is blessed with several pumpkin fields perfect for making a holiday out of any day of the week. One of the most popular is Pumpkin Hollow near Piggott, Ark. Darrell and Ellen Dalton have been farming there since 1969.  They turned it into “Pumpkin Hollow” in 1993. This year Pumpkin Hollow has been included in USA Today’s list of “Country’s Coolest Pumpkin Patches” published October

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon today voted as a member of the Board of Public Buildings to begin the process of issuing $38.5 million in bonds to finance the renovation of Lafferre Hall at the University of Missouri-Columbia’s College of Engineering. In addition to making needed repairs to outdated and deteriorating portions of the facility, the project will also provide additional state-of-the-art classroom and lab space to keep up with enrollment growth and prepare more Missourians for high-paying jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. “Today, three-quarters of the fastest-growing occupations require some training in math or science,” Gov. Nixon said. “We can’t prepare our students for the jobs of the next century in facilities designed in

Kennett -  Three Rivers College will hold an Information Night for its Licensed Practical Nursing program at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6 at its Center at Kennett, located at 1002 Great West Drive. The Information Night will give prospective students the chance to apply for the college’s LPN program in Kennett, and cover the requirements for entry into the program and financial aid opportunities. “The medical profession is one of the fastest-growing career fields out there, even in a challenging economy. The state of Missouri alone will need an additional 7,800 Licensed Practical Nurses by the year 2018,” said Paulette Alexander, Interim Department Chair of Nursing and Allied Health program. “We consistently have graduates from our LPN program get hired