• What Were They Thinking?

    POPLAR BLUFF - Councilman Degaris made a motion on Monday at the council meeting to transfer $4.4M from the City Cable sale fund to Municipal Utilities. Absheer seconded the motion. The discussion followed: We should wait for the five-year plan from our consultants This type of request should come from the advisory board up rather than council down Moving that amount of money on a whim is not wise Transferring this amount of money when the city is looking at $1.8M loss in our insurance fund and $1.2M loss at the coliseum is not wise. Transferring money at this point could even bankrupt the city Increasing the utilities reserves doesn't help guarantee we won't need a rate increase Several council

    Dec 05,
    - by Brian Becker

  • Like Us On Facebook For Chance of $25 Gift Card

    We are giving away a $25 gift card to WalMart or Simply Swirled or Applebees or Dexter BBQ - your pick. All you have to do is click the "LIKE" button and we'll contact you via Facebook if you are the winner when we draw on December 22. Come on...LIKE US! You know ya wanna.             https://www.facebook.com/www.semo.net

    Dec 04,
    - by Brian Becker

  • Parents Invited To Read To Students

    Parents joined their first graders on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at Oak Grove to participate in DEAR Day, which stands for drop everything and read. Personnel from Poplar Bluff Realty, the elementary school sponsor, also visited classrooms to read books to students.    

    Dec 04,
    - by Poplar Bluff School District

  • SEMO.net – A New Look

    It's a new look for SEMO.net. Some will love it...others will not. But we will all get used to it and when that happens...we'll probably change it again! <grin> Don't forget to "Like" our new Facebook page.  

    Nov 20,
    - by Brian Becker

  • Special Veterans Edition

    Our latest edition of the SEMO TIMES is dedicated to our veterans. Thank you for your service! Pg 2 - From the Publisher's Desk - Brian Becker Pg 5 - The Echos of "Taps" - Tammy Hilderbrand Pg 6 - John J. Pershing VA Medical Center Pg 7 - Sergeant Shepard, Army National Guard at Kuwait Pg 8-9 - Centerfold of Veterans Day Ceremony at Missouri Veterans Cemetery Pg 12-13 - The Vietnam Vets Reminisce Pg 14 - Wisdom from the Woods Pg 15 - Book Review of Blackdeath 23 http://issuu.com/semo.times/docs/20141113_-_veterans

    Nov 15,
    - by Staff Writer
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