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The Poplar Bluff City Council was forced into making a decision at Tuesday night’s council meeting on the issue of rezoning the property at the corner of Northwood Drive and Westmoore Drive. Jared Beaird, owner of the property had requested the rezoning to allow him to use the building as a dental practice. It was zoned residential, and the request was to rezone it as O-1, which would have allowed professional use of the property. Some on the Council had hoped to table the issue, allowing time for more study and more dialogue with both the property owners of the neighborhood and Beaird. But John Scott, attorney for property owner Darlene Hutchison, related to the council members that the residents

POPLAR BLUFF – Area dignitaries and excited shoppers gathered Wednesday for the grand opening of the new Harp’s grocery store in Poplar Bluff. Harps Foods of Springdale, Ark., purchased the five-acre lot in the Cripple Creek Development and constructed a new 30,000 square foot grocery store, located between Shelby Road and the Kindergarten Center. About 80 employees have been hired at the new store. The store chain currently has about 74 stores in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Other Harp’s stores in the Southeast Missouri area include Doniphan, Dexter, Malden, and Kennett, with more stores planned for the future. Michael Lack, manager of the new store, said he and his staff are looking forward to serving Poplar Bluff. “We are very

POPLAR BLUFF –Thursday marks the 27th year for Poplar Bluff’s Women Aware Conference being held at the Black River Coliseum. Rozette Little, one of the organizers of the event, says Women Aware is designed to help both women and men network with other area business people, sharing ideas and helping to build the local economy through the things they learn from one another. Featured speaker this year is Jeanne Robertson of North Carolina, who is a highly sought speaker because of her use of humor in her messages. In addition, there will be many breakout sessions for attendees to learn more about specific areas of interest. The cost for the event is $40, and includes a continental breakfast, and a

On the cover of his new album, "The Fall," Jesse Charles Hammock II is pictured in a building that looks to have been hit by a tornado. Debris is all around – bits of fallen ceiling and fallen wall. Jesse is in the center of it, with a shell-shocked look on his face. "That's not far from the truth," said Hammock. Last August, a bizarre accident seemed to foreshadow coming trouble in Hammock's life. He was driving home late one night and "out of nowhere" a horse appeared in the middle of the road. "The horse hit me, and both of us saw our lives flash before us," recalled Hammock. The accident left Hammock shaken. A couple of days later,

Dustin and Whitney McCutcheon being presented their check by Brick's owner Scott Brickell in front of Dirty Hooker, the first truck to ever make it through "The Slough" in the six years of the Mud Truck Challenge   What do you do when you win $10,000 in Brick’s Mud Truck Challenge and win the title “Slough Terminator”? You come back and try to win it again! That’s exactly what Dustin McCutcheon of Marquand, Mo., intends to do September 26-28 when he brings his truck back to Brick’s Offroad Park for their Mud Truck Challenge. Named “Dirty Hooker,” he has become the crowd favorite having become the first truck to ever make it through Brick’s world famous mud slough. Last year,