With Eugene Field recently honored among the state’s top elementary schools, it should come as no surprise that the building is being led by a regional standout.

Poplar Bluff has had a third elementary school earn the highest honor achievable for an educational institution in America, a National Blue Ribbon, only this time the accolade comes with an asterisk.

Nickey Street has become a busy two-way thoroughfare for both giving and receiving with the new addition of the Blessing Box that is serving the campus community in front of Eugene Field Elementary.