LAKE WAPPAPELLO - 4-H/FFA Farm Safety Day was held at the Lake Wappapello Visitor’s Center on October 6, 2014. In attendance were over 400 students, staff and presenters from Poplar Bluff. Students learned about the importance of safety in both farming and everyday activities. The event was sponsored by Butler County 4-H with the University of Missouri Extension, Poplar Bluff FFA, Progressive Agriculture and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Each October, America celebrates National Manufacturing Month. This is an opportunity to reflect upon the rich history of American manufacturing and look at where it is headed. Two hundred years ago, immigrants from all over the world moved to America to work in factories during the Industrial Revolution, and today, American manufacturing is still a world leader. According to the Manufacturing Institute, “The U.S. manufacturing sector is so huge that if it were its own country, it would rank as the eighth-largest world economy.” Here in Missouri, manufacturing jobs employ 250,000 people, and make up more than 9 percent of the state’s private sector workforce (not including farming). The impact of American manufacturing is enormous, and every step of the
Poplar Bluff - On 10-10-14 at approximately 3:50 pm, Officers were dispatched to a residence in the 900 block of Lester st Poplar Bluff in reference to a Burglary. A mother was home alone with her three year old son when a white male entered her residence by cutting a screen in a window on the front of her residence. She armed herself with a golf club and confronted the intruder. The intruder flourished a knife, yelled, and jumped back out through the window and fled the scene. The only item taken during the burglary was a laptop computer. Later that evening, a locating device installed on the computer indicated it had accessed the internet from a residence in the
On 10-11-14 Anthony Robinson was arrested for outstanding warrants. At the time of his arrest, Robinson was carrying a backpack with contained several video game disks. Upon further investigation, Officer Robert Reed discovered the games had been stolen from Wal-Mart. Officer Brandon Hopper positively identified Robinson as the subject wanted for the shoplifting incident reported at Dollar General Store on 10-10-14. Anthony Robinson was booked in on Butler County Warrants for Forgery ($15,000.00 bond) and Parole Absconder (no bond), and two additional charges of misdemeanor stealing. A booking photo was attached to this email. Please let us know if you need anything further.
Nothing announces the arrival of autumn like a cheery orange pumpkin. And there is nothing like taking your children out into a pumpkin field and letting them pick out their own. For couples, there is nothing more romantic than cuddling together on a chilly evening beneath a starry sky on a hay wagon. This area is blessed with several pumpkin fields perfect for making a holiday out of any day of the week. One of the most popular is Pumpkin Hollow near Piggott, Ark. Darrell and Ellen Dalton have been farming there since 1969. They turned it into “Pumpkin Hollow” in 1993. This year Pumpkin Hollow has been included in USA Today’s list of “Country’s Coolest Pumpkin Patches” published October
Poplar Bluff - On 10/10 at approximately 4:15 pm the Poplar Bluff Police Department received a shoplifting complaint from an employee at the Dollar General Store located in the 2300 block of Cheshire Blvd Poplar Bluff. According to the report, a white male concealed merchandise valued at $7.85 on his person; then left the store without paying for it. Still images taken from the surveillance video footage were attached to this email. We would appreciate any help your readers/viewers can provide in identifying and/or locating this suspect. Anyone with information regarding the suspect’s identity or whereabouts is asked to contact Officer Brandon Hopper at 573-785-5776.
