🌱 How a new mobile clinic could change maternal care around Poplar Bluff
Poplar Bluff, Missouri Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Poplar Bluff! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a new mobile clinic could change maternal care around Poplar Bluff
- How a new VA service could spare veterans long trips for care
- Poplar Bluff’s Kameron Misner just got the call to the Royals
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Clouds and sun; less humid, with a high of 88 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A shower and t-storm; humid, temps: high: 86, low: 71.
- Sunday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Care Connect mobile unit launches to tackle maternal health ... (darnews.com) — A new Care Connect mobile health unit based in Poplar Bluff will bring primary, prenatal, maternal, and behavioral care to underserved southeast Missouri communities, with strong support from the city’s mayor. Launched June 9 after a ribbon-cutting at Missouri Highlands’ Physician Park campus, the $720,000 project aims to ease transportation barriers and improve women’s health access across the region. 
2. Pershing Medical Center to offer cochlear implant program and services (kfvs12.com) — Veterans in Poplar Bluff with severe hearing loss will soon have local cochlear implant evaluations, programming, and follow-up care at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center starting June 17. Instead of repeated trips to St. Louis or other cities, most visits can now happen close to home, making it easier to qualify, adjust devices, and stick with long-term care.
3. Royals call up Kameron Misner, Kyle Isbel to Injured List (royalsreview.com) — Poplar Bluff native Kameron Misner has been called up to the Kansas City Royals, giving local baseball fans a hometown player to watch in the big leagues. The 28-year-old outfielder earned the promotion with strong power, speed, and improved plate discipline at Triple-A Omaha after previous MLB experience with Tampa Bay.
4. Dash to the Past: Masked marvels, medical miracles and myste... (darnews.com) — Poplar Bluff once hosted a daredevil known as “The Masked Marvel,” who planned to drive blindfolded through downtown streets while inspected by the mayor and cheered by crowds. This nostalgic column revisits that 1926 spectacle and other dramatic regional headlines from decades past.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Postpartum Support Group at PBRMC →
Poplar Bluff Reg'l Medical Ctr, 3100 Oak Grove Rd, Poplar Bluff
5:00 pm
Thursday June 18
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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