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KENNETT - Perhaps the most crowded parking lot Friday was found at the American Legion Building near First Street and the South Bypass. More than 150 volunteers were on hand at scores of tables and booths to provide services to needy, disabled and homeless people at Project Homeless Connect, said Kansas City's Brian Vollenweider, Missouri Housing and Development Commission public information administrator. "We expect better than 400 people to come through the doors," Vollenweider told SEMO TIMES. The information administrator said the event began "in the 2000s" in San Francisco. "We're here today to provide multiple services," he said. "People can get haircuts, drivers licenses, DMV documentation, flu shots and services that are for them very often, very difficult to

LAKE WAPPAPELLO - 4-H/FFA Farm Safety Day was held at the Lake Wappapello Visitor’s Center on October 6, 2014. In attendance were over 400 students, staff and presenters from Poplar Bluff.  Students learned about the importance of safety in both farming and everyday activities. The event was sponsored by Butler County 4-H with the University of Missouri Extension, Poplar Bluff FFA, Progressive Agriculture and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Each October, America celebrates National Manufacturing Month. This is an opportunity to reflect upon the rich history of American manufacturing and look at where it is headed. Two hundred years ago, immigrants from all over the world moved to America to work in factories during the Industrial Revolution, and today, American manufacturing is still a world leader. According to the Manufacturing Institute, “The U.S. manufacturing sector is so huge that if it were its own country, it would rank as the eighth-largest world economy.” Here in Missouri, manufacturing jobs employ 250,000 people, and make up more than 9 percent of the state’s private sector workforce (not including farming). The impact of American manufacturing is enormous, and every step of the

Poplar Bluff - On 10-10-14 at approximately 3:50 pm, Officers were dispatched to a residence in the 900 block of Lester st Poplar Bluff in reference to a Burglary.  A mother was home alone with her three year old son when a white male entered her residence by cutting a screen in a window on the front of her residence.  She armed herself with a golf club and confronted the intruder.  The intruder flourished a knife, yelled, and jumped back out through the window and fled the scene.   The only item taken during the burglary was a laptop computer. Later that evening, a locating device installed on the computer indicated it had accessed the internet from a residence in the

On 10-11-14 Anthony Robinson was arrested for outstanding warrants.  At the time of his arrest, Robinson was carrying a backpack with contained several video game disks.  Upon further investigation, Officer Robert Reed discovered the games had been stolen from Wal-Mart. Officer Brandon Hopper positively identified Robinson as the subject wanted for the shoplifting incident reported at Dollar General Store on 10-10-14. Anthony Robinson was booked in on Butler County Warrants for Forgery ($15,000.00 bond) and Parole Absconder (no bond), and two additional charges of misdemeanor stealing. A booking photo was attached to this email.  Please let us know if you need anything further.