Poplar Bluff News

Students in Southeast Missouri who don't go to school, could be facing the judge.

The city of Poplar Bluff is giving homeowners with flood damaged property a chance to move away from flood risk areas.

Friends and family of the three teens killed in a deadly crash in Poplar Bluff will get the chance to remember them during a special ceremony.

Hampton and Son Construction of Poplar Bluff is renovating the train depot in downtown Dexter.

Wrapping up a successful year touring off the strength of a Billboard No. 1 country album, Dierks Bentley said he plans to "give it all got" in Poplar Bluff.

The Poplar Bluff School District signed a contract Thursday night hiring the Missouri School Board Association to assist with the district's superintendent search.

When you get pulled over while driving, does the race or gender of the officer matter? The Missouri State Highway Patrol says no, but they do want their troopers to reflect Missouri's diverse population.

Drowning was the cause of death for all three Poplar Bluff High School students who died when a car overturned in a flooded creek at 7:31 a.m. Friday, according to Butler County Coroner Jim Akers.

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt.

Three teenage boys were killed in a crash on Route PP Friday morning in Poplar Bluff.

The Kennett Fire Department has applied for a $61,500 grant to purchase its own smoke trailer that would be able to be used for education and for rehabilitation purposes throughout the community.

Dexter's own Sarah Phillips was crowned Miss Missouri Teen International at the state competition held at the Tinnin Fine Arts Centers in Poplar Bluff on Saturday, Oct.

Three Rivers Community College is looking to expand its Sikeston center -- but first, it needs to find a new, bigger location.

The Kennett City Council approved MACO Development to work with Dunklin County's Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corporation to prepare an application to renovate the apartments located at 1184 Floyd Street in Kennett.

21, 1984 Mrs. Pauline Taylor, who has been a Sunday school teacher at Maple Avenue United Methodist Church for 49 years, even before she joined the church in 1938, has been honored by the congregation as Layperson of the Year.

Students are showing improvement in some academic areas and each campus has plans in place to continue making advances, Poplar Bluff Board of Education learned during its monthly meeting Thursday, the Daily American Republic reported.

A Three Rivers Community College trustee questioned the recent Drury Southwest donation of the Pear Tree Inn and adjacent restaurant building, but found himself in the minority, apart from the college foundation which initially turned down the large gift.

Copper thieves entered a crawl space beneath the home and stole the pipe connecting the gas line to the furnace of a house in Poplar Bluff.

Dr. Devin Stephenson, president of Three Rivers Community College at Poplar Bluff, Mo., speaks at a community reception Tuesday at Jackson City Hall.

When opera singer Neal E. Boyd agreed to perform at Rodgers Theatre, he reportedly was looking for a venue close to home so his mother Esther, whom he says keeps him grounded, could attend.