A 41-year-old Columbia man is charged with manslaughter after a passenger from Tennessee apparently jumped from his truck and died while the truck was going the wrong way on a southeast Missouri interstate. Scott County prosecutors say Myron Lee Tillman was charged Wednesday with first-degree manslaughter. He faces five other counts after he allegedly drove […]
A New Madrid woman is charged with stealing more than $5,000 from a fundraiser for a fire chief battling cancer. 45-year-old Jennifer Newton was charged Thursday with felony theft. Her bond was set at $1,000. Court documents say Newton created a Facebook fundraiser for the New Madrid fire chief Jim Harris to help with medical […]
A disgruntled Spectrum customer broke a glass vial containing an irritant at the cable service office Tuesday morning in Cape Girardeau. Police, firefighters and ambulance personnel responded to the scene on S. Silver Springs Road and blocked off the strip mall. Several people were evacuated and no one was seriously hurt in the incident. The […]
The former deputy collector for a rural eastern Missouri county is facing five counts of felony stealing. Charges against 31-year-old Kelcey Gresham of Fredericktown were announced yesterday by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, whose office is handling the prosecution. Schmitt’s office says the crimes came to light last fall when Madison County residents who had […]
Authorities are looking for 41-year-old Myron Lee Tillman, who they believe caused several accidents and might be connected to a body found near an interstate in southeast Missouri. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Clark Parrott said Tillman drove north in the southbound lanes of I-55 for more than 20 miles yesterday, causing several vehicles to […]
Missouri health officials have signed a contract designed to boost the rate of people vaccinated against hepatitis A as the number of cases of the liver disease increases. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services awarded a no-bid contract to the Missouri Primary Care Association. The agreement will pay the organization $125,000 a year […]
In the market for a bridge? There are two in southeast Missouri, free for the taking. The Missouri Department of Transportation is giving away two old bridges — one at Poplar Bluff and the other near Leeper. They are among eight bridges the department is giving away across the state. The bridges are scheduled for […]
A top Missouri prosecutor says he doesn’t believe women will be charged with felonies for seeking abortions under a new state law. Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys President Tim Lohmar said that it’s clear to prosecutors that charging pregnant women was not lawmakers’ intent when they passed the law. The law is set to kick […]