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POPLAR BLUFF, MO, November 8, 2024 – Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center (PBRMC) is excited to announce the launch of its new Nurse Extern Program, beginning November 8th, 2024. This initiative, led by PBRMC’s Education Department, is designed to equip the next generation of nurses with critical hands-on experience and practical skills in various specialties. Our inaugural class includes 15 nurse externs, all of whom are actively enrolled in a pre-licensure registered nursing program...

A former state Highway Patrol trooper has been indicted for alleged civil rights crimes. A release from Sayler Fleming, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, says a federal grand jury indicted David McKnight, 39, on nine counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, “namely the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure” and one count of destroying records in a federal investigation...

KENNETT, Mo. - An area grocer and a 501(c)3 outreach program joined forces this week to serve veterans and community members. Leonard and Virgie's Place Executive Director Beverly Alford Thomas and Harps Food Stores combined their individual strengths for the good of those who served in the armed forces...

MALDEN, Mo. - In most of our minds, we are certain we attend church for its fellowship, to worship as we please and to share our many blessings received through our faith. A church at Malden that was gasping for air, nearly on its deathbed, was saved by the grace of God, the result of Christian love displayed by one family that reached out, the benevolence of a humble stranger ...and a girl...

HORNERSVILLE, Mo. - Three young ladies who attended American Legion Auxiliary Missouri Girls State (ALA MGS) reported about those activities Tuesday to Hornersville's American Legion Post 362 members at the Hornersville Community Center. The three, Lyvana Reyes, 18, of Senath; Brennan Lane, 17 of Hornersville; and Emma Karnes, 17, of Hornersville, all received Ladies Auxiliary sponsorships to the week-long leadership seminar, this year at Lindenwood University at Saint Charles...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – A Dunklin County woman Wednesday admitted acting as a money mule in the theft of $565,000 from a Bank of America account. According to a US Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri press release, Sheri L. Reeves, 55, of Kennett, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau to one count of aiding and abetting bank fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and one count of wire fraud...

HORNERSVILLE, Mo. - It's cold 800 meters or more beneath the ocean waves. United States Navy submariners attest to that. And to remedy those depths' constant chill, a Hornersville grandmother created a unique afghan for her grandson, who serves the American people as a sailor aboard a vessel of the US Navy's submarine fleet...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Tuesday, Nov. 12 sentenced southeast Missouri man to 179 months in prison for receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material. Justin Wade Welker, 40, was caught after the FBI office in Detroit, Michigan, learned that two people were discussing engaging in sex acts with a minor on the Kik messaging and chat app. ...

MALDEN, Mo. - It was old home day for three childhood friends who reunited Saturday at the Malden Historical Museum. Richard “Dick” Gourley met with old chums David Black and Arden “Bo” Tolleson, where they reminisced about school days and toured the museum together...

The Dunklin County Caring Council continues to support the area with the return of the Heart of Christmas program. The Heart of Christmas program affords the opportunity for community members to adopt a local family in need and purchase their Christmas presents...