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  • How did Poplar Bluff’s Mules finally break into the win column?
  • How a 1975 bridge collapse reshaped Highway 60 near Poplar Bluff
  • How today’s storm risk could affect Poplar Bluff plans

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 59 and low of 27 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 45, low: 33.
  • Saturday: Not as cool, with a high of 57 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Mules capture first victory of season with rout of Saxony Lutheran (darnews.com) — Poplar Bluff’s Mules boys basketball team earned their first win of the season with a dominant performance over Saxony Lutheran, fueled by better pace and inside-out offense. The Mules next play Capital City on Dec. 19 in the Rt. 66 Shootout, then face Northwest (Cedar Hill) on Dec. 20.
   

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• 1975: Bridges rise and fall in Butler County (darnews.com) — Poplar Bluff residents get a look back at a dramatic 1975 moment, when a truck crash collapsed the Highway 60 bridge near Fisk and the injured driver was hospitalized in Poplar Bluff. The piece also recalls construction of Poplar Bluff’s then-new Highway 60 bridge over the Black River, showing how local infrastructure has risen and fallen over time.
   

• Storm chances increasing - KBSI FOX23 News Cape Girardeau News (kbsi23.com) — Poplar Bluff is under a level 1 marginal risk for severe storms today, Thursday, Dec. 18, according to KBSI’s Storm Alert Team. After a mild Wednesday, storms could bring rain and gusty conditions before temperatures briefly cool, then rebound into the 50s for the weekend and early next week.
   

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