2025 RIVER RADIO LIGHTED CHRISTMAS PARADE SET FOR THIS FRIDAY NIGHT

Parade lights will be shining bright in Downtown Poplar Bluff this Friday for the 2025 River Radio Lighted Christmas Parade.

The parade is scheduled to begin at 6 pm this Friday. Line up will begin at 4:30 at the Sky-High Fun Zone parking lot.

The parade route this year will run from Highway 142 at McDonalds through downtown Poplar Bluff before looping back and ending at the Black River Coliseum.

MELISSA BERGER APPOINTED BUTLER COUNTY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR

A new Public Administrator has been announced for Butler County.

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe tells KWOC News that the deputy public administrator Melissa Berger has been appointed to the role.

Berger is from Qulin and has previously served as city clerk for the City of Qulin and as a title researcher and closer for Heritage Title.

TWO JUVENILES FLOWN FROM THE SCENE OF ATV CRASH IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

Two Portageville juveniles were flown from the scene of an ATV crash over the weekend in Southeast Missouri.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred shortly after 4 pm Sunday on Pemiscot County Road 417 when an ATV travelled off the left side of the roadway and struck a tree before overturning.

UNITED GOSPEL RESCUE MISSION TO HOST ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DINNER

The United Gospel Rescue Mission is providing their annual Thanksgiving Meal this Thursday.

The meal will be held at around noon on Thanksgiving at the Rescue Mission in Poplar Bluff. If you can’t make it to the rescue mission you can also call ahead and have a meal delivered to you.

The Rescue Mission is in need of volunteers to help prepare meals this week leading up to the event. On Thanksgiving, the rescue mission will also need assistance to prepare, serve, and deliver the meals. They are also accepting donations of desserts to be used in the meals.