VOTERS TO DECIDE IN POPLAR BLUFF ON A USE TAX
Voters in Poplar Bluff will be voting on a use tax issue during today’s election.
The local use tax, if passed, will be collected by major out of state mail order and internet companies which do business in Missouri for all mail order and internet purchases from Poplar Bluff.
The use tax would be the same rate as the local sales tax, 2.25 percent for Poplar Bluff.
The measure also says that a use tax return shall not be required to be filed by anyone whose purchases from out-of- state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year. The proposal has been before voters previously, coming as close as being just 12 votes shy in 2017.
Other communities in the area, including Doniphan, Naylor, and Piedmont, have already approved the tax.
OVER 18,000 DEER HARVESTED DURING EARLY YOUTH PORTION OF DEER HUNTING SEASON
Young hunters in Missouri harvested over 18,000 deer last weekend.
According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, preliminary data shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 18,158 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2019 deer hunting season, which ran on November 2nd and 3rd.
Osage was the top county in the state with 382 deer checked, followed by Bollinger, Franklin, and Ripley counties.
The late youth portion of firearms deer season has been scheduled for November 29th through December 1st. You can find more information online at mdc.mo.gov.
POPLAR BLUFF LION’S CLUB CHILI DAY TO BE HELD TODAY
The Poplar Bluff Lion’s Club will be hosting their annual Chili Day today.
The event will be held from 11 am to 1:30 pm and 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm at First United Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff.
You can also call 573-609-4683 for carry-out orders.
100 percent of the proceeds from the event will go to support the Lion’s Club vision program for needy children and adults.
STREET CLOSING IN POPLAR BLUFF AREA TOMORROW
There will be a road closing in Poplar Bluff on Wednesday.
The Poplar Bluff Street Department states that Harper Street will be closed from Mill Street to 10th Street in order to remove a large dead tree.
An estimate on when the work will be completed has not been stated.
WARNING ISSUED ON COUNTERFEIT FENTANYL PILLS
The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning on counterfeit fentanyl pills that have led to some deaths.
The DEA states that Mexican drug cartels are manufacturing counterfeit prescription pills which contain fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is lethal at, and over, two milligrams.
A number of tablets seized between January and March of 2019 were found to have potentially lethal doses of fentanyl.
A list of the sampling and testing, as well as a full fentanyl signature profiling program report, is available at DEA.Gov.
NEW MADRID HISTORIC SITE HOSTING VICTORIAN MOURING PRACTICES PROGRAM
A Historic Site in New Madrid County will be hosting a Victorian mourning practices program this weekend.
The Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site will be holding the program from 1:30 to 2:30 pm, and will include description of the practices, formal parlors, and post mortem photographs.
The site is located on 312 Dawson Road.
For more information about the event, call the Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site at 573-748-5340.
