A Lake Road student won the third grade battle for Butler County, bringing back the spelling championship trophy to the lower elementary school for the first time since 2019.

Megan Miller went out and gained over a decade of principal experience only to return to her hometown of Poplar Bluff to apply it as the leader of one of the district’s Blue Ribbon schools.

“Remember when you’re telling the truth, you gotta sweeten it with love,” Dr. Aaron Cornman advised first graders at Lake Road earlier this month.