It comes hidden in little balloons or capsules that look like Benadryl, heroin - a drug so addictive it can get you hooked the first time. People in Poplar Bluff say they feel its presence as police say the drug is making a comeback.

Ron Smith tells us he watched two loved ones suffer from heroin addiction.

"I've had two different girlfriends on it," said Smith. "They both had all the reason in the world to try and live right but the drugs just take over and there's no beating it."

He says it's unreal what heroin can do to you.

"They wake up in the morning with one thing on their minds and that's getting high," said Smith.

Meanwhile, parents like Jesse Hicks say they are already concerned about the future if heroin takes hold.

"It just seems like it's hit this community hard," said Hicks.

POPLAR BLUFF (KFVS) - Three Rivers College will offer two workshops to help students with financial aid.

The free workshop, "Navigating the Waters of Financial Aid," will be taught by student loan management specialist Davine Conover. The first will be held at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center on Thursday, November 3rd at 6:00 p.m. A second workshop will be held on November 29th at the Kay Porter Building at Poplar Bluff High School. It begins at 6:00 p.m.

The workshop is intended for college-bound students and their parents. According to Conover, students who take their first two years at Three Rivers College could save anywhere from $4,000 to $17,000.

If you plan on going to school in the spring of 2012 and plan to apply for financial aid, you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

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BUTLER  COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - The Missouri Department of Transportation says Route HH will be reduced to one lane while crews make pavement repairs.

The road will be reduced between Route 53 and Route 142.

Weather permitting, crews will be working Monday, Oct. 31 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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