Mississippi County Prosecuting Attorney Darren Cann died early Thursday at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was 56-years-old. A post Thursday on the Charleston Department of Public Safety official Facebook page said Cann died from complications associated with COVID-19. Cann served as the prosecuting attorney of Mississippi County since 2004. Cann graduated from Charleston […]
The Standard Democrat reports that the Pemiscot County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a Hayti man who escaped on Monday from a deputy while being escorted from the courthouse to the county jail. Sheriff Tommy Greenwell said 23-year-old Jonathan Stewart escaped from a deputy around 4 p.m. Monday after being sentenced to 120 days in […]
Missouri has extended the operations of six state-contracted monoclonal antibody treatment sites. Ashley Byrd reports.
A Texas man is in custody in connection to a reported rape in Southeast Missouri. Officials with the Miner Police Department report that they received information last week of a rape that allegedly occurred at an area motel. An investigation was conducted that led to the arrest of 39-year-old Shawn Ogletree, of Schertz, Texas, on […]
Missouri is aligning with the rest of the country and creating a statewide prescription drug monitoring program. For nine years, State Senator Holly Rehder sponsored the legislation that will let doctors check for cases of potential drug misuse. Rehder grew up around drugs, abuse, and severe poverty. The other part of her inspiration has been […]
Yesterday, a Chicago, Illinois man pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of heroin before United States District Court Judge John Ross. With his plea, 46-year-old Daryl Wheeler admitted that he and his associates distributed some 538 grams of heroin […]