[From left] Rotarian Sheldon Tyler, PBHS assistant principal; StuCo president Lydia Keller and vice president Trevor Asher; and Rotary Club president-elect Matt Winters. On Thursday, Sept. 11, the Rotary Club of Poplar Bluff funded Voting 4 Schools software for Senior High Student Council to use for elections, including the Mock Election, student body and the homecoming court as well as the senior personality awards. The web-based application will save teachers time and make voting more efficient for students allowing for additional data analysis, according to Poplar Bluff R-I educators. In years past, paper ballots were used which high school staff had to hand count. Leaders from the Rotary Club said underwriting the online software subscription was a “no-brainer,” considering all
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Cutline: Pictured [from left] are sophomores 2nd Lt. Keanu Elliott, 1st Sgt. Caylee Bradley, 1st Sgt. Zachary Cambron, 1st Sgt. Paige Hooper and Command Sgt. Maj. Jonathan Miller. POPLAR BLUFF - On Saturday, Aug. 30, in the Bill Emerson Memorial Visitor Center at Wappapello Lake, several cadets from the Poplar Bluff High School Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps attended the Fallen Soldier Ceremony, during which every name of Missouri’s soldiers who lost their lives in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars were recited.
Sep 13,JEFFERSON CITY – State Sen. Doug Libla, R-Poplar Bluff, strongly supports today’s filing by the Office of Public Counsel (OPC) to the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) for an affordable electric rate for Noranda. The PSC denied their initial request last month, leading to Noranda starting the process of reducing their workforce at the New Madrid aluminum plant by up to 200 jobs over the next six months. “For Noranda to compete in these economic conditions, the PSC must grant this rehearing and approve the consumer-friendly OPC compromise. Without the leadership of the PSC, these 900 family sustaining jobs could be lost and the economy of the Bootheel could be permanently damaged,” stated Sen. Libla. “The viability of Noranda’s plant
Sep 12,WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today released the following statement after a report she requested from the Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General (DHS IG) showed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) failed to follow good business practices and paid at least $4.6 million more than it should have for employee housing in Ajo, Ariz.: This audit shows an extremely troubling and pervasive waste of taxpayer dollars and a failure to effectively manage what should have been a basic project. I'm thankful someone came forward to blow the whistle on this project—whistleblowers are critical in our efforts to guard against this kind of waste and misconduct in government—and I look forward to working with the Department on how we can
Sep 12,WASHINGTON – As Congress returns to session this week, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) is railing against the do-nothing Democrat-controlled Senate during events at home in Missouri, on the U.S. Senate floor, and during a press conference with Republican Senate leadership. "People in Missouri say to me 'you're not getting the work of the country done.' It is clearly right," said Blunt on the U.S. Senate floor today. "Here we're back in Washington, reminded by our friends on the other side, that really we're just here to hold votes that we've already had. With all of the critical challenges we haven't solved, we're talking about changing the Constitution. To suggest that there's a real debate going on in Washington, when this is all exactly what people are
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