Stories from Thursday, September 7, 2017

"Rollin' On The River" is this year's theme for Portageville's 70th Annual National Soybean Festival. Let the float building begin if you have not already! Parade changes- The Kiddie Parade will be on Tuesday, September 26. Free entry - up to age 12 categories: Walking Characters, Wheels Pets, and Motorized...

On Friday, August 25, 32 JAG students from Portageville High School participated in a Job Fair held at the Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff. Students went around to the different booths asking questions about what they need to be doing to prepare for the job market. ...

Poplar Bluff, Mo - The University of Missouri Extension in Butler County is offering a Boost Your Brain & Memory: Brain Fitness Class. Just as you can control and improve your general physical health with good habits, so too can you improve the health of your...

Smith met with local cooperative to discuss the impact of tax reform and the Farm Bill

This week I want to consider this question, “Is Jesus enough when suffering surrounds you?” In Job 1:1-3, 6-12 (HCSB) we read, “There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of perfect integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil. ...

MALDEN - Was there ever any doubt how the Green Wave would respond after their three-year regular season winning streak ended last week. On the way to beating Portageville 42-14 Friday at The Swamp, Tray Stevenson ran for a career best 218 yards and four touchdowns on 20 carries. ...

Hayti continues to hold steady at No. 6 in the latest Missouri Media State Football poll. The Indians are 3-0 after taking down previously undefeated Chaffee 49-9 last Friday. Class 1 Hayti will play another undefeated team this week on the road at East Prairie (3-0)...

Our tax system is rigged, designed to help only the most powerful people who can afford the most expensive tax lawyers to find their way through tricky tax loop holes. This week, I joined President Donald Trump in Springfield to talk about our complicated and unfair tax code, the work we must do to fix it, and how we are going to give hardworking Americans a pay raise in the process...