Press Release: Three Rivers introduces new cheer and dance coach
A new coach is at the helm of the dance and cheer programs at Three Rivers College. Brad Piercy, formerly a co-ed cheerleading coach with Arkansas State University, joined the Three Rivers staff in December. Piercy has assumed the duties of former coach Deana Douchant, who returned to her home state of Wyoming in late 2011 [...]
Press Release: Missouri meth lab seizures steadily on the rise
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that across Missouri methamphetamine laboratory incident seizures totaled 2,096 during 2011, an increase of more than six percent from 2010. Missouri saw a drop in the number of meth lab seizures in 2006, after anti-meth lab legislation was enacted. However, from 2007 to 2011, the number of meth lab [...]
New CEO hired to carry out $173M hospital replacement
By Tim Krakowiak, Managing Editor Greg Carda led the charge in gaining approval to build a state-of-the-art acute care hospital in Poplar Bluff. Now his successor has been charged with expanding Health Management Associates footprint in Southeast Missouri. Charles Stewart, 58, of Alabama replaced Carda as chief executive office of Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center on [...]
Press Release: Three Rivers receive $1M corporate property donation in Kennett
Emerson has donated property in Kennett valued at over $1 million to Three Rivers College to expand its Kennett-area capabilities, college administrators announced today. During its February meeting, the Three Rivers Board of Trustees accepted the donation of the facility at 500 N. Morrow St. College President Dr. Devin Stephenson announced the community college’s intent to relocate [...]
Press Release: MoDOT to hold meeting about plan to replace Route T
SIKESTON, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Transportation will hold an informational meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. March 5 to discuss a long-term solution for Route T at Lake Wappapello. The briefing will be held at the Bill Emerson Memorial Visitor Center, located at 10992 Route T. During the spring 2011 flood, Route T [...]
$1.5M Rutland Library renovation at Three Rivers to start in spring
By Tim Krakowiak, Managing Editor Three Rivers College administrators are taking on their first brick and mortar project at the main campus, the $1.5 million renovation of Rutland Library, slated for completion by the end of the year. The long-sought facility update was originally announced by Dr. John Cooper’s administration in 2007, when Three Rivers received [...]
Call for entries in third Butler County Family History Book
By Liz Ellis, Reporter “Further down in the years, people will be able to look back at this book and they will see the people that lived here, and remember how they lived,” said Brenda Sheridan, chairwoman for the Butler County History Book Committee. “It has been a while since the last book was published, and [...]
Press Release: VA invites community to ‘salute’ veterans next week
The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center invites the public to participate in open-house activities Sunday to Saturday during the national salute to veteran patients. “The national salute to veteran patients gives us a chance to let those who have given so much to this nation know that they are not forgotten,” said Stan Skorniak, [...]
Press Release: Reynolds County Sheriff Department receives grant funding
SIKESTON, Mo. – The Southeast Coalition for Roadway Safety recently awarded a portable breath tester to the Reynolds County Sheriff Department. Personal breathalyzers estimate the concentration of alcohol in the body by measuring the amount of alcohol exhaled from the lungs. Impaired driving contributes to nearly 30 percent of all Missouri traffic fatalities. “We have seen [...]
Press Release: Red Cross responds to fire near Doniphan
DONIPHAN, Mo. – Late in the evening on Thursday, American Red Cross Disaster Action Team Captain for Ripley County, James Nonnemaker, was dispatched to a single-family fire off of M highway near Doniphan by the American Red Cross regional headquarters in Springfield. Thanks to the generous donations of individual donors and corporations, the Red Cross [...]
Press Release: DNR sponsoring mercury drop-off site in Poplar Bluff
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is launching a statewide roundup to rid homes of mercury, sponsoring nearly 50 mercury drop-off locations throughout the state, including one in Poplar Bluff. The department, working with fire departments and county health offices throughout the state, is providing drop-off locations where private citizens or [...]
More incentives to make Eight Points commercially attractive, sales taxes may go up at select businesses
By Tim Krakowiak, Managing Editor Poplar Bluff City Council is pursuing a sales tax increase for infrastructure, despite coming off a record year in sales tax revenue, and city officials are anticipating another request for tax credits in order to secure commercial growth. Up to a one percent sales tax increase would be imposed at most [...]
Instructor turns Doniphan on to yoga over the last decade
By Liz Ellis, Reporter DONIPHAN, Mo. – Doniphan’s very own yoga gym, Active Kat Yoga, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The gym is located at 106 S. Grand St., the same space it occupied when it opened in 2002. “I started doing yoga because my son went to basic training, and it kept me [...]
Press Release: Poplar Bluff woman claims almost $50,000 jackpot
A Poplar Bluff woman’s dedication to buying a Missouri Lottery Lotto and Show Me Cash ticket once a week has paid off. Anna Amrhein bought one Quick Pick ticket for each game on Jan. 21. Her Show Me Cash ticket matched all five winning numbers that night to give her a share of the $97,000 [...]
Press Release: Nixon applauds Doniphan Senior High for earning A+ designation
DONIPHAN, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon visited Doniphan High School Wednesday to congratulate the school on achieving the state’s A+ Schools designation, and to encourage students there to take advantage of the program, which offers two years of free tuition and academic fees at Missouri’s community colleges. “For graduates to be successful in today’s economy, [...]
