DATE ANNOUNCED FOR 8TH ANNUAL ST. JUDE VIP BANQUET
The date has been announced for the 8th Annual St. Jude VIP Banquet in Poplar Bluff.
The event, put on annually by Poplar Bluff Heroes, is scheduled for Friday, August 11th at the Black River Coliseum.
Officials say that doors will open at 5 pm for social hour, with dinner beginning at 6:30 pm.
In addition to dinner, there will also be Live and Silent Auctions, Games, Raffles, a St. Jude Guest Family, and more.
Tickets can be purchased for $50 each or $575 to reserve a table for 10 people.
To purchase a ticket, call 573-718-2875 or go to eventbrite.com.
ONE DEAD AFTER VEHICLE RUNS STOP SIGN IN PARAGOULD
A Northeast Arkansas man has died following a collision in Paragould.
According to the Arkansas State Police, the crash occurred Monday afternoon at the intersection of Cedar Lane and Bard Road when a vehicle ran a stop sign and collided with another vehicle.
The driver of the second vehicle, identified as 36 year old Thomas Keck Jr, of Marmaduke, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A passenger in the first vehicle was injured and transported to an area hospital.
POPLAR BLUFF STUDENTS CONVERT USED TRUCK TO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Students at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center have completed a multi-year project to convert an old vehicle to electric.
According to school officials, the automotive technology class at the PBTCC recently completed the electric vehicle conversion of a five-speed truck, a campus-wide project a couple of years in the works.
TCC Teacher Steven Layman acquired the conversion kit via a $7,500 Vocational-Technical Education Enhancement grant along with a $3,500 match from the district during the 2020/21 school year.
Because of shipment delays created by the global pandemic, it took until around Christmas break of this school year for the Chevrolet S-10 to be drivable, complete with seatbelts and license plates. Layman hopes to display the vehicle in car shows beginning this summer, as a way to promote the TCC.
CANADIAN MAN KILLED IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS MOTORCYCLE WRECK
A Canadian man died Monday from injuries he received in a motorcycle wreck.
Officials with the Arkansas State Police tell KWOC News that 41 year old Nathaniel Hunter, of Toronto, Canada, was driving the motorcycle on US Highway 67 in rural Lawrence County when the vehicle ran off the roadway and struck a cable barrier.
Officials say that Hunter was killed in the crash.
BUTLER COUNTY ROAD CLOSED FOR TODAY DUE TO CULVERT REPLACEMENT
Crews with the Missouri Department of Transportation will be working in Butler County today on Route UU.
According to MoDOT, Route UU will be closed from 7 am to 4 pm while crews work to replace a culvert under the roadway.
Officials say that the work zone will be located between Route 53 and County Road 320 near Poplar Bluff.
SIGNAGE REPAIRS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN TODAY IN STODDARD COUNTY
A section of southbound Route 25 in Stoddard County will be closed both today and tomorrow as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform signage repairs.
The section of roadway to be closed is located from Frontage Road to Old Highway 25 near Dexter.
Weather permitting, work will take place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
