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The Poplar Bluff Mules Booster Club has named high school softball player Shelby Sievers and football player Steven Haley the October Athletes of the Month. Haley, a senior, is only seven tackles short of the school record with 131. His stats include 21 tackles for loss, two sacks, two forced fumbles and two interceptions. In the classroom, Haley maintains an 11.100 GPA, and scored a 31 on his ACTs. “He’s a great person and player,” said Mules Football coach Mark Barousse, “the kind of teammate you want to have.” Sophomore Sievers holds the record for hits in a single season with 50, runs batted in with 34, and extra base hits with 21. Her batting average is .543 and her

  The Poplar Bluff High School AP physics class is competing regionally in a MoDOT-sponsored model bridge building contest for a potential $10,000 civil engineering scholarship to a heartland university. Students were supplied 15 pieces of balsa wood, a bottle of glue and some string, then given four weeks to create a bridge design of their choosing between 16-20 inches long and 2-9 inches wide, with the ability to hold at least 7 pounds. The resulting projects will be judged based on structural efficiency on Thursday, Nov. 19, in Cape Girardeau. The annual competition, intended for juniors and seniors in the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Southeast District, was established 12 years ago. This marks the second year in a row

The Patrons of the Arts Society will bring the classic R&B sound of the 50’s and 60’s to the Tinnin Fine Arts Center with “Doo Wop, Pop & Soul” on Thursday, November 19 at 7 p.m. “Doo Wop” performs the best-known hits of the 50’s and 60’s R&B genre, including "Come and Go With Me," "Book of Love," and "The Great Pretender.” Led by local-born musician Jon Sousan, whose shows “Take it to the Limit” (Eagles tribute) and “Bad Moon Rising” (CCR tribute) have been performed at the Tinnin Center in the past, “Doo Wop” pays tribute to great groups like “The Platters,” “Four Tops,” “The Temptations,” and more. “R&B in the 50’s and 60’s was one of the most

Center Stage and the Three Rivers College Music Department present the hit Andrew Lloyd Weber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at 7 p.m. Nov. 12-14 and 2 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center on the Three Rivers Campus in Poplar Bluff. Tickets are just $10. They can be purchased in advance at the Poplar Bluff Chamber of Commerce and the Three Rivers Financial Services Office. Tickets also will be sold at the door. Joseph retells the Biblical story of Joseph and his coat of many colors as an energetic, family-friendly musical. Audiences will follow Joseph as he outwits his unethical brothers, journeys from slave to prophet, and eventually attempts to reunite with his long-lost family.