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  • The most important speech for the future of this country wasn’t the one President Obama gave this past week, a speech which looked back at eight years of failures, but instead will be the speech about our future Donald J Trump will deliver from the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Friday. He will speak about this country in a way which promotes individual liberties, accountability, freedoms and personal choice. It will be a speech not about ‘hope’ and ‘change’, but instead about the concrete actions he will immediately begin taking to help put American’s back to work, bring down the soaring costs of healthcare, reduce the tax burden and get government off the back of farmers, families, and small

  • Senator Doug Libla, District 25

    JEFFERSON CITY—State Sen. Doug Libla, R-Poplar Bluff, is urging citizens to attend one of two open hearings of the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC), regarding an electric rate case filed by Ameren Missouri. The local public hearing schedule: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 – Cape Girardeau - Osage Centre – Room 4AB, 1625 North Kingshighway - NOON Tuesday, January 17, 2017 – Charleston - Charleston High School, Clara Drinkwater Newman Auditorium, 606 S. Thorn St. – 6PM Each hearing will begin with a public information/question and answer session conducted by the PSC Staff, followed by the Commission receiving testimony from the public. On July 1, 2016, Ameren Missouri filed an electric rate case with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking to

  • Poplar Bluff Junior High students concluded their unit on the scientific method with a rocket launch on Thursday, Oct. 27, at Fred M. Morrow Stadium. Rocket Day was founded several years ago by retired science teacher Vic Clark, who still returns for the occasion to help operate his homemade compressed air launcher. Eighth graders later make qualitative and quantitative observations about the data. Prior to the event this year, students watched “October Sky,” which was inspired by Homer Hickam Jr., a NASA engineer, who actually wrote a personal letter to the class after teacher Ashley Woolard connected with him via Twitter. “Best wishes to you and remember, if you never have dreams, they never come true. Aim high,” Hickam

  • The Mules Booster Club named Poplar Bluff High School softball catcher Gracie King and football quarterback Zane Foust the Athletes of the Month for September. The single game and season record holder for yards, Foust, a senior, has completed 162 of his 226 attempts for 2,737 yards, with 33 touchdowns. Meanwhile King, also a senior, ended the softball season with 29 runs batted in and a .469 batting average. According to both of their head coaches, Lisa Boyer and Mark Barousse, King and Foust are leaders both on and off the field.

  • Three Rivers College has announced the hiring of Joseph Kenley as the Director of Three Rivers at Dexter. Kenley has previously worked for Three Rivers as an adjunct instructor at the Dexter location. He will replace Bill Hampton, who retired in June of 2016. “I sought this opportunity because I’d already seen the kind of opportunities the Dexter location provided for community members who wanted to advance their education, improve their careers,” said Kenley. “Three Rivers has a great team in Dexter, and I wanted to be more connected to them and their mission.” Kenley began teaching classes for Three Rivers as an adjunct in January 2016. Prior to accepting the Director position, he has been employed as a guidance