MULES CAFE TO OPEN FOR FINAL TIME AT ITS HOME FOR THE LAST 45 YEARS
Poplar Bluff students will be opening the original location of the Mules Café this week for the final time.
The Mules Café, located in the R-1 Administrative Building on North Westwood Boulevard, is open to the public from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. both today and tomorrow.
This will be the end of the Café’s approximately 45 year run in its current location.
The culinary arts class and Mules Café is moving from the Administrative Building to the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center campus in a new state-of-the-art Culinary Arts Center.
MEETING TO BE HELD TO DISCUSS DONIPHAN SCHOOL DISTRICT 85 CENT TAX LEVY PROPOSAL
A meeting will be held today to discuss a Doniphan R-1 School District tax levy proposal.
Proposition Teach will be on the ballot during the April 2nd general Municipal Election Day. The proposition would authorize the Doniphan Board of Education to increase the operating tax levy by 85 cents per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation.
The ballot language says that the increase is for the purposes of attracting and retaining quality certified and support staff, maintaining facilities, and meeting additional operating expenses.
School officials say that two community meetings will be held to discuss the tax levy. The meetings are scheduled for 6:30 pm today and on March 18th at the Doniphan Elementary Cafeteria.
ONE DEAD FOLLOWING PEMISCOT COUNTY SHOOTING
One man has been reported dead following a shooting in Pemiscot County.
According to authorities, an investigation is underway after 24 year old Myreon Carter, of Caruthersville was found with an apparent gunshot wound Monday night. He was later pronounced dead at an area hospital.
Anyone who has information in connection to the incident is asked to contact the Caruthersville Police Department at 573-333-2121.
THIRD EMPLOYEE AT WAYNE COUNTY BOARDING SCHOOL FACING CHARGES
An employee of a Wayne County boarding school is accused of bloodying a boy's face while boxing — the third person associated with the same school to be charged this month.
22 year old Caleb Sandoval was charged Monday with abuse or neglect of a child. His initial court appearance is scheduled for today.
A probable cause statement said Sandoval is a teacher at ABM Ministries in Piedmont, which operates as Lighthouse Christian Academy.
ABM Ministries owners 57 year old Larry Musgraves Jr., and his wife, 64 year old Carmen Musgraves, were charged over the weekend with first-degree kidnapping for allegedly locking a student in a small room.
The probable cause statement against Sandoval said a 15-year-old student suffered a bloody nose while boxing with him.
Sandoval initially told investigators he was teaching the boy to box in preparation for a Mixed Martial Arts camp. But he later said the sparring took place about a week after the boy made sexual comments about Sandoval and his wife, according to the probable cause statement.
MULTIPLE AREA SCHOOLS CHOSEN FOR PROJECT PROM AND GRADUATION GRANTS
Multiple area schools have been chosen to receive grant money to help keep kids safe this spring.
The Southeast Coalition for Roadway Safety has awarded grant funding for project prom and graduation events at 39 schools across Southeast Missouri. Schools were awarded $200 for the student lock-in events.
Grant winners include Poplar Bluff, Bloomfield, Campbell, Dexter, Doniphan, East Carter, Malden, Naylor, and Twin Rivers High Schools.
SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS TO CAUSE DELAYS THIS MONTH IN PUXICO
Route 51 in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction this month as contractor crews improve sidewalks in Puxico.
The section of roadway being reduced is located between Schumacher Avenue and Industrial Drive.
The project is part of the Missouri Department of Transportation’s initiative to bring roadway facilities into compliance with the current standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Weather permitting, work will take place from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Sunday, March 31st.
