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It's been fifty years since Neelyville last passed a bond issue for its school district. According to Neelyville Superintendent Brad Hagood, never has the need for funding been more desperate. Neelyville voters are being asked to pass a $1.5 millon bond issue. If approved, the money would go to such things as building a new safe room and replacing roof. He says the district's buildings are showing their age, with damaged ceiling tiles having been replaced again and again. The money would come in the form of an increase in property tax, an increase of about 33 cents per $100 assessed. The current tax rate is $3.04, the new rate if the bond passes would be $3.37.  Though the amount

There is no way Angela Pearson could have known how her life was going to change with one simple act: running for a seat on the Poplar Bluff City Council. She never imagined that in a relatively brief amount of time, she would be sitting in the Mayor's Office, in the Mayor's Seat. She looks back on this past year and admits that it has been a lot like a roller-coaster ride – at times thrilling, and at times downright scary. But she is happy with the overall results. She's been interviewed by out of town news media. She's gotten hate mail. She's gotten love mail. There is no crown for this office. As matter of fact, there really isn't

Poplar Bluff, Mo. -  A downtown area generally grows by planting seeds of development. That means taking old buildings and making them new again: Useful to the citizens and neighborhoods they occupy. That is exactly what MACO Management Company desired to do with the Vine Street Apartments at the corner of Fifth and Vine Streets. What once was a block of neglected buildings is now modern, convenient, apartments designed with senior citizens in mind. Jennifer Ward, site manager for the apartments, says that the block now houses 42 units, all handicapped accessible. She notes since they opened in 2010, they have nearly always had 100% occupancy and generally have a waiting list. The apartments are designed for seniors age 55

Across America, thousands of people will be traveling this summer. Some of them for vacation, some for business, and some of them for family reunions. My family is one of those families gathering this weekend in Doniphan. But attendance will be down a bit this summer, for a lot of reasons. First, Mitcheners are now scattered across the United States. They will be traveling from the East Coast, from the West Coast, and from many dots on a map in between. Travel is expensive. Almost everyone has a year where their family budget is too tight to allow for such a trip, even if the reunions are held just every other year. And then there is the problem of scheduling,