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Student ambassadors consisting of nearly 60 upperclassman led Freshman Orientation on Thursday, Aug. 7, at Poplar Bluff High School, holding competitions in E.T. Peters Gym to serve as an icebreaker, and then breaking up the 318 new students in attendance into smaller groups to play games, get questions answered and tour campus. “I can’t begin to tell you how incredibly proud I am of the ambassadors,” said PBHS math teacher Hope Conover, Student Council sponsor. “They were phenomenal representatives of our school and did a fabulous job of being true leaders.” An idea that StuCo came up with this year, ambassadors plan on checking in with their group of freshmen once a month during advisory, helping to establish a seamless

On 08-19-14 at approximately 1:50 am, Officers with the Poplar Bluff Police Department received information that Christopher Gainwell, a subject with several outstanding felony warrants (including charges stemming from a shooting incident reported August 10th), was hiding at a residence in the 1200 block of Bradley st. Officers responded to the residence, and knocked at the front door.  As they did, Gainwell attempted to flee the residence through the back door.  Doing so, Gainwell encountered an Officer stationed at the rear of the residence; and he tried to retreat back into the residence.  Gainwell was taken to the ground and, after a brief struggle, taken into custody. Christopher Gainwell was booked in on a charge of resisting arrest (felony), and

University of Missouri Extensions’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute delivers courses designed to complement the interests, concerns and lifestyles of the over-50 adult. New programs for Fall 2014 include Researching Your Family History which will run weekly from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays starting on September 9 and ending October 28. Also offered is Travels with Sharon which will run weekly from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Thursdays starting on September 11 and ending on October 30. These classes are presented using interactive television (ITV) and will be held at the Poplar Bluff Municipal Library. The cost for each course is $90 which includes 8 sessions and handout materials. For more information on the classes or to register

Dr. Wesley Payne (left), Interim President of Three Rivers College, explains the system of tutoring and student support services at Three Rivers to Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster during Koster’s visit to Three Rivers’ Poplar Bluff campus in May. There’s less than two weeks left before fall classes start up in earnest at Three Rivers College, but the man who’s suddenly found himself in charge of an entire college doesn't seem worried at all. In fact, Dr. Wesley Payne is downright cheerful, cracking jokes and telling tales in his native Mississippi drawl in between serious discussions of Three Rivers’ future. “I don’t believe in getting stressed out about it. It’s a less-than-ideal situation, but this is a strong institution with

Bud Pinner, Groundskeeper at Three Rivers College and this year’s Missouri “Outstanding Older Worker of the Year” award winner for Region 7, trims back an overgrown tree on the college’s Poplar Bluff campus.   Bud Pinner, Groundskeeper at Three Rivers College, has won the Missouri “Outstanding Older Worker of the Year” award for Region 7, for being an exemplary model of service and dedication in senior workers. Pinner was chosen for the award after being nominated by Three Rivers to a pool of candidates drawn from across Southeast Missouri. “This award is really an honor and a pleasure,” said Pinner. “I’m grateful to my boss, Rob Tomlinson, and to Dr. Wesley Payne for nominating me, and to all of the