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City insurance discussed at Council meeting
(Local News ~ 02/21/18)
In January, Mark Gibbins with Ellington Insurance Agency presented the Board ofAldermen with an alternative to their current insurance with MOPERM. EMC provides municipality insurance and appeared to be approximately $15,000.00 less than the policy with MOPERM that the city recently renewed. ...
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Vannasdall elected as State Jaycee President
(Local News ~ 02/21/18)
After being involved with two local area Jaycee clubs since 2-13, one Portageville man has moved up the ladder and has been elected as the new 2018 Jaycee President for the State of Missouri. One of Les Vannasdall's many duties will be to assist with club events and meetings. ...
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Board Approved Make-up Days
(Local News ~ 02/21/18)
The following are the Board of Education approved make-up days for Portageville School District due to January's inclement weather. Day 1 - Monday, February 26 - Students will go half day (AM). Teachers will have half day in service (PM). Day 2 - Monday, March 19 - Students will go half day (AM). Parent/teacher conferences will be from 1-7 PM...
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Land Grant Compact Will Provide Access to Missouri Residents
(State News ~ 02/21/18)
New grants underscore the University of Missouri’s pledge to fulfill its land-grant mission by offering more competitive, affordable education to Missourians
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A piece of Lilbourn history is torn down
(Local News ~ 02/21/18)
(Lilbourn) - Although this local gin company has a big name, it had a big job to go with it. It may not be an active entity as in its hay day, the Nesselrodt-Campbell Gin Company stood as an iconic town marker until the office building was destroyed by fire in 2016...
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FFA Chapter Officer Spotlight
(Local News ~ 02/21/18)
The Portageville FFA chapter is spotlighting Madison Livingston this week. Madison is a senior at Portageville High School and has been a Portageville FFA member for four years. She is serving as Chapter president this year. She is also a member of BETA , Student Council and National Honor Society. ...
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Volleyball All-Academics
(High School Sports ~ 02/21/18)
Members of the Portageville High School volleyball team were recently recognized by the Missouri High School Volleyball Coaches Association Academic All-State for their Excellence in Academics. Varsity Volleyball player were recognized with Outstanding Scholastic Achievement with a team Grade Point Average of 3.75. Congrats to all the players for their achievements on the court and in the classroom...
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Middle School Science Project winners
(Local News ~ 02/21/18)
Winners of the Portageville Junior High Math and Science Club Science Fair are from left,Makenz Hickson, Raigan Fisher, Olivia Walker, Gracie Pardon, Autumn Partin, Jillian Forrester, and Macey Laws. They will move on to the Regional Science Fair in Cape Girardeau on March 6th. -Scott Seal photo...
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Pville JAG at the nursing home
(Local News ~ 02/21/18)
The Portageville JAG Class went to visit the Nursing Home on Tuesday, February 13 to deliver cards that we made for the residents. The JAG students thoroughly enjoyed their visit at the nursing home. There were a lot of smiles to go around for everyone! The nursing home hopes the JAG students to visit again very soon. -submitted photo...
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Hush Game at Portageville
(Local News ~ 02/21/18)
For Valentines Day this year the JAG program suggested a school wide game called "The Hush Game" for both Middle School and High School. Boys were not allowed to talk to girls and girls were not allowed to talk to boys. If they talked to someone of the opposite gender then that person they talked to got their heart...the male winner in high school, female winner in high school, male winner in junior high and female winner in junior high each got a $15 gift card to sonic...
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Future Portageville Cheerleaders
(Local News ~ 02/21/18)
The Pee Wee Cheerleaders performed during halftime of the Charleston and Portageville ballgame on Friday, February 9. They had a little help from the PHS Cheer team. -Scott Seal photo
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Heartlander Abroad: Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas
(Sports Column ~ 02/21/18)
You don’t have to travel far to find yourself at one of the hottest fishing lakes in the crappie, Horseshoe Lake in Northeast Arkansas. Just 30 minutes south of West Memphis, Horseshoe Lake is an oxbow cut off from the Mississippi River when the levy was built. Its name comes from the shape of the lake resembling a horseshoe, with the inside full of ancient cypress trees and the outside laced with homes and elaborate boat docks and piers that stand 3 – 6 feet above the water...
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Portageville girls eliminate defending champion Kennett 46-38 in C3D1 basketball semifinal
(High School Sports ~ 02/21/18)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - It didn’t take long for the top-seeded Portageville Bulldogs varsity girls basketball team to get its inside attack going against the Kennett Indians Monday night. Portageville jumped out to an 11-2 lead by the three-minute mark of the first quarter and led the rest of the way as it secured a 46-38 victory against defending champion Kennett in a Class 3, District 1 semifinal at New Madrid County Central High School. ...
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Legislative Update: Bills Moving to the Senate
(Column ~ 02/21/18)
HB 1415 would allow a teacher to count hours spent in a local business externship as contact hours of professional development. Supporters say the bill is meant to encourage teachers to engage in learning experiences with businesses in the community and bring real world skills back into the classroom. ...
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Ellen Bradley
(Obituary ~ 02/21/18)
Ellen Mae Bradley, 59, of Portageville, departed this life Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at her residence. Ellen was born October 9, 1958, in Hayti, to Mildred (McDonald) Street and Leonard E. Street. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leonard and Mildred Street; and her son Jimmy Wayne Bradley...
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Charlotta Houser
(Obituary ~ 02/21/18)
Charlotta Ruth Houser was born August 25, 1929, in Union Hill, Ark., to Burnice Pollard and Meda Caldwell Pollard. She passed away February 9, 2018, at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, at the age of 88 years, 5 months, and 18 days. Charlotta was a graduate of the University of Central Arkansas, in Conway, Ark., in 1951. ...
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Icie “Ermine” Simpson
(Obituary ~ 02/21/18)
Icie “Ermine” (Keith) Simpson, 93, of Lilbourn, was born August 31, 1924, in Scrub Ridge, Mo., to Bennie Wrather Keith and Albert Robert Keith, and departed this life Thursday, February 8, 2018 at her residence. She was united in marriage to Welton Arnold Simpson August 16, 1971, in Lilbourn, Mo. He preceded her in death in 2008...
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Portageville High School FFA Celebrates National FFA Week, Feb. 17-24
(Local News ~ 02/21/18)
INDIANAPOLIS – The Portageville FFA Chapter in Portageville, Mo. will celebrate National FFA Week, Feb. 17-24, 2018. This FFA Week embraces more than 90 years of FFA traditions while looking forward to the organization’s future. More than 653,000 members will participate in National FFA Week activities at local, state and national levels. These members have a passion for agriculture...
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Mildred McRoy
(Obituary ~ 02/21/18)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. Mildred Louise McRoy, 89, died Feb. 20, 2018, at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter.
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Common thread in mass shootings is mental illness
(Column ~ 02/21/18)
I can add neither perspective nor wisdom to the Florida school shooting issue. I can add only my sincere condolences and extreme sadness at the tragic and life-changing senseless slaughter that unfolded. As you would expect, there is much passion surrounding the issue of gun control in the wake of such tragedies. And those discussions are indeed long overdue. Yet the devil is always in the detail and discussing gun control and actually moving legislation into law are two widely different issues. Those who scoff at the subject of mental illness do a great disservice to this all-important national dialogue. I can't help but think a sane and rational person would never commit such a heinous act. The element of mental illness is critical to the discussion. But no amount of gun control nor improved mental illness screening will remove evil from society.
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