🌱 How Poplar Bluff fought to bring its VA hospital to town
Poplar Bluff, Missouri Patch AM: a 3 min readGood day Poplar Bluff! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Poplar Bluff fought to bring its VA hospital to town
- Meet the Poplar Bluff nurses honored for extraordinary compassion this year
Today's riddle: Why are frogs poor conversationists? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.
- Sunday: Periods of sun; breezy, hot, temps: high: 91, low: 71. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Windy, with a high of 83 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• John J. Pershing VA Medical Center celebrates 75 years of se... (darnews.com) — Poplar Bluff’s John J. Pershing VA Medical Center just marked 75 years of serving local veterans, highlighting the town’s long commitment to their care. Speakers traced how community leaders in the 1940s lobbied Washington to land the hospital here, celebrating the foresight that made Poplar Bluff Southeast Missouri’s veterans’ care hub. 
• PBRMC recognizes DAISY Award winners during Nurses Week (wsiltv.com) — Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center has honored several caregivers with DAISY Awards during National Nurses Week, spotlighting exceptional compassion and teamwork in local patient care. Nurse leader Kelly Boxx, nursing student Ryanna Martin, and the 6th Floor nursing team were all recognized for going above and beyond. Their work strengthens the quality and humanity of care available to Poplar Bluff families.
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Thursday May 21
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🗞 Nearby News
Doniphan
- Doniphan's Willcut earns selection to Missouri All-Star Game (dexterstatesman.com)
- Bridge work will close Ripley County highway (kait8.com)
Dexter
- Free Narcan boxes installed in Dexter's East Park as county ... (dexterstatesman.com)
- Sepulvado pursuing basketball and music career at Trevecca Nazarene (kfvs12.com)
- Criminal, municipal and traffic court filings - May 3-8 (dexterstatesman.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They jump to conclusions. (Thank you Rita S. for sending it in!)
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