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The Mules Booster Club has named baseball pitcher Kameron Misner and soccer goalie Shelby Sievers the Poplar Bluff High School athletes of the month for April. Shelby, a freshman, has a 72 save percentage having racked up 125 saves for the month of April alone, with three shut outs. On top of being a soccer star, she is a straight A student. Kameron, a junior, had a record of 4-0 as of Friday, May 1, with 25 strikeouts and an ERA of 1.200 in 23.1 innings pitched. As a batter, he had a .357 average, with 22 RBIs, nine singles, four doubles, four triples and three home runs, with an on-base percentage of .419 in 18 games.

Fourth grade student Ethan Hudlow of Oak Grove solved a 2x2 Rubik’s Cube in less than six seconds, placing 16th out of 40 contestants hailing as far as Brazil during a competitive cubing event on Saturday, April 25, in San Antonio, Texas. The 10-year-old also participated in the 4x4 and the standard cube contest at the World Cube Association-recognized event, which was billed Remember the Alamo. The most advanced category was to solve the algorithm with a blindfold on, after examining the random configuration of the cube for just 15 seconds. Ethan’s father Aaron Hudlow, the culinary arts teacher at the Technical Career Center, said that his son met a lot of like-minded people, and has been inspired to continue to

On Wednesday, May 6 over 250 4th grade students from Qulin, Fisk, Neelyville, Sacred Heart and Malden schools came to Lake Wappapello’s Visitor’s Center for Ecology Day. Students attended 9 sessions learning about the Earth, resources, and the lake. The event was hosted by Stephanie Milner, 4-H Youth Development Specialist, with the University of Missouri Extension Butler County. Presenters came from the US Forest Service, US Army Corps of Engineers, University of Missouri Extension, and the Missouri Department of Conservation      

Angela Pearson is one of those people who unites a community like no one else. As former mayor of Poplar Bluff, she was used to dealing with challenges. But nothing could have prepared her for the challenge she now faces, with a diagnosis of melanoma cancer that has gone to several parts of her body. Yes, admits Angela…this is a life-changing development. But she certainly is not going to flinch in the face of this challenge, no more than she has any challenge in her life. Of course, a battle becomes more easily won with an army. And Angela Pearson has an army of friends who are coming to her aid. “Angels for Angela” is a benefit to be held

It takes a village....A Baseball Village. UPDATE:The Mules defeated #1 ranked Notre Dame for the SEMO Conference Title. Congratulations to Steve Edwards and all of the Mules players and staff. It is a great thing to like your job. It is a far better thing to be passionate about your job. That’s how Steven Edwards feels about his new position as Head Baseball Coach for the Poplar Bluff Mules. “This has been a dream come true for me,” smiled Edwards. “I left a head coaching position in Trumann, Arkansas to come home. Now I feel I truly am home where I belong.” Edwards grew up in Poplar Bluff, and he well remembers the bus rides on baseball game days. “I