Grammy Award Winning artist Suzy Bogguss is coming to Poplar Bluff’s Historic Rodgers Theatre on Saturday, April 25 at 7 p.m., and already the tickets are selling well. TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE HERE “Right now we’ve just got a few of the VIP tickets left,” said event organizer Brent Davis. VIP Tickets include a chance to meet the recording artist, and are $35. Reserved tickets are $25 each, and general admission is $15. Balcony seating is available for $10 per ticket. Bogguss is a country music performer, and songwriter, who began her career in the 1980’s as a solo artist. In the 1990’s, she released one platinum and three gold albums, and charted six top ten singles. She won the

Spring has finally arrived officially and in reality. I stayed outside for a while just as it was getting dark last night and listened to the sounds of spring’s arrival. The frogs were croaking and chirping and some of the late moving birds were singing and even a few bats were out trying to find insects. Also the hummers are back. Fishing for a while will be a big blah as the lakes are high with more rainfall predicted so they will remain above where the Corps of Engineers desire for this time of year. The rivers, Black River for an example is more than half-bank full at Poplar Bluff and fishing on that stream will be bad for quite

More than 50 employers will be taking applications at a Spring Job Fair to be held from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Thursday, April 9, in the Bess Activity Center at Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff. The event is open to the public, and admission is free. The Spring College Transfer and Job Fair is sponsored by the Parents Working Committee of the Community Resource Council and Three Rivers College. “The Parents Working Committee holds a job fair each August, and we had employers suggest we also hold one in the spring,” said Teresa Johnson, chair of the Parents Working Committee and Director of Communications at Three Rivers. “Three Rivers for years has organized a spring college transfer and

An area soybean and rice farmer with family ties at Lake Road chose to direct a $2,500 donation to the elementary school toward the expansion of technology to students. Rick Duncan of Butler County was among over 1,000 people across the U.S. selected to receive a monetary award through America’s Farmers Grow Communities, a philanthropic program under Monsanto, a sustainable agriculture company. He selected Lake Road Elementary School as the benefactor since his daughter-in-law, Valerie Duncan, works as a guidance counselor there, and his granddaughter, Cori Duncan, attends the third grade. “I would like to personally thank Mr. Rick Duncan for entering the America’s Farmers Grow Communities contest and choosing Lake Road Elementary to receive the $2,500 donation,” Principal Erica