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The EMS and Paramedic programs at Three Rivers College have been awarded a renewal of their five-year certificate of accreditation from the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services in Jefferson City after a site visit to the college’s facilities. The award completes part of the requirements necessary for the fledgling program to become fully accredited. “We’re very proud of this accomplishment, and what it means for the program,” said Tami Cunningham, EMS Coordinator for the college. “We now have only one step left to complete for full accreditation. It’s been a long process, but we’re finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.” Cunningham has been in the process of completing the accreditation requirements for the Paramedic and EMS

Butler County Emergency Management Director Jeff Shawan donated 65 weather radios to all the schools in the county, including at least one device for every facility within the Poplar Bluff R-I school system, on Monday, Dec. 8. The donation was made possible with a $1,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation, which was matched by the Butler County Commission. Jim Hager, lead field spotter of the Poplar Bluff Severe Weather Response Team, made the suggestion to Shawan, who wrote the grant proposal. “They’re as valuable as smoke detectors in terms of saving lives,” Hager stated.

A Poplar Bluff High School student will be featured on a popular MTV doc film series for the role she played in a Native American panel discussion that recently took place in Washington, D.C. Accompanied by guidance counselor Tamara Day, Darian Sales—a senior—was one of 36 Native American teen correspondents invited to attend the Tribal Nations Conference on Monday, Dec. 1, at the White House. Sales has distinguished herself with her leadership in Graduate for Mas, which is an academic and college-readiness program sponsored by Get Schooled in partnership with the Taco Bell Foundation for Teens. “My whole team knows that Poplar Bluff has been one of my absolute favorite schools to work with this fall, and it was no

DEXTER - On 12-17-14 at 10:14 PM Dexter PD and the Stoddard County Sheriff's Department responded to Timber Creek Subdivision in reference to a male subject that discharged a firearm inside his residence.  Officer's met with the suspect's family members outside the residence and were told the suspect had fired two shots in a bedroom window.  Officers were told family members had collected all the firearms inside the residence prior to law enforcement arrival and the suspect was still inside the residence. Officers located the suspect inside his bedroom sitting on a bed with a deer rifle laying across his legs.  The suspect pointed the rifle at the Officers and they immediately took cover.  For approximately 6 minutes Officers negotiated

UPDATE FROM DAVID SUTTON of PBPD:  We received several dozen calls on this story, and I believe we have identified the suspect in this surveillance video.​ Please extend our thanks to all of your readers/viewers.  We will keep you posted on the case as it develops. This is impressive. The post (which was only posted on semo.net's web site as far as we can tell). The facebook page was shared & liked over 1000 times and reached over 13,000 people. Over 6,000 of those came to semo.net and read the story. Thank you so much for being such a great online community!   On 12-13-14 at 9:53 pm Officers with the Poplar Bluff Police Department responded to the 800 block of Vine