The Briggs & Stratton Corporation Foundation donated $3,000 to Poplar Bluff Schools on Monday, Dec. 22, as part of the company’s annual outreach to be used wherever there is a need, according to Briggs Plant Manager Mark Melloy. In previous years, the money has gone toward the purchase of playground equipment at Eugene Field Elementary and the Kindergarten Center.
The Poplar Bluff Police Department has recently received several fraud complaints which involve a suspect trying to coerce the victim into paying money for a (nonexistent) bond. In the most recent complaints, the suspect identified himself as “Deputy Jeff Rolland with Butler County”; and threatened to arrest the victims if they did not pay an $800.00 bond using prepaid credit cards. In previous complaints, a suspect posed as a member of the victim’s family; said they had been arrested; and asked the victim to pay their bond using a prepaid credit card. Law Enforcement Agencies do not collect bond money over the phone. Anyone who receives such a call is encouraged to hang up and immediately call their local law
POPLAR BLUFF - I am proud and excited that Mid Continent Nail Corporation, a division of Mid Continent Steel & Wire, has just announced an expansion in the Poplar Bluff Industrial Park. The expansion includes nearly $5 million in new capital investment and the addition of 91 full time jobs. Mid Continent Nail Corporation began business in 1987 under the ownership of David and Doug Libla. Mid Continent Nail is the largest bulk pallet nail manufacturer in the United States and is the largest supplier of nails to the wooden pallet and crating industry with customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. Libla Industries, Inc., dba Mid Continent Nail was purchased by Deacero USA, Inc. in February 2012. I am very
Jennifer Hood, the Administrative Assistant for Three Rivers College’s Career Education and Workforce Development department, has been named as Vice President of the Missouri Association for Customized Training (MACT). Hood, who was elected as Secretary of MACT in 2013, was promoted as part of the regular cycle of officer appointments for the organization. “I’m honored to have this opportunity to represent Three Rivers and Southeast Missouri as an officer,” said Hood, who helps set up and coordinate all of Three Rivers’ workforce training programs. “MACT is an outstanding group of professionals, and their work really helps keep Missouri’s economy growing and driving forward.” Three Rivers has helped to administer and provide training for dozens of state grant funded training programs
The EMS and Paramedic programs at Three Rivers College have been awarded a renewal of their five-year certificate of accreditation from the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services in Jefferson City after a site visit to the college’s facilities. The award completes part of the requirements necessary for the fledgling program to become fully accredited. “We’re very proud of this accomplishment, and what it means for the program,” said Tami Cunningham, EMS Coordinator for the college. “We now have only one step left to complete for full accreditation. It’s been a long process, but we’re finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.” Cunningham has been in the process of completing the accreditation requirements for the Paramedic and EMS
