SEMO CON COMING THIS WEEKEND TO BLACK RIVER COLISEUM IN POPLAR BLUFF

Southeast Missouri’s anime, fantasy, science fiction, gaming, and comic convention is returning this weekend to Poplar Bluff.

SEMO Con is scheduled for Friday through Sunday at the Black River Coliseum.

Organizers say there will be cosplay, vendors, attractions and celebrities, such as Jack O’Halloran who was in Superman the Movie and Superman 2.

POPLAR BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SELECTED AS SEMIFINALIST FOR NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP

A senior at Poplar Bluff High School has been selected as a semifinalist for the National Merit Scholarship Program.

According to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, Poplar Bluff’s Claire Funke will get the chance to compete for one of almost 7,000 scholarships.

Over 1.3 million juniors in about 20,000 high schools entered the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants.

ARCHERY DEER AND TURKEY SEASONS BEGIN NEXT WEEK IN MISSOURI

The Archery portion of both deer and turkey seasons begin next week in Missouri and the Missouri Department of Conservation is encouraging hunters to be safe.

The initial archery season will run from September 15th through November 14th for both deer and turkey.

Hunters are reminded that only one antlered deer may be taken before the November Firearms Portion of deer season and only two antlered deer may be taken during the archery and firearms deer hunting seasons combined.