In a story we posted yesterday we inadvertantly said that the driver was traveling the wrong way in this incident. He was NOT. The script should read : A Poplar Bluff man was killed in a vehicle crash in Butler County on Saturday. The incident took place on US 67, north of Poplar Bluff. 53-year-old […]
Yesterday afternoon, Southern Seven Health Department reported 1 new case of COVID-19 in Massac County. There are 11 new recovered cases. 1 is in Massac County and 10 are in Union County. S7HD reported a total of 495 cases, 299 recoveries, and 18 deaths in the region. The number of individuals confirmed within the Southern […]
Ameren Missouri is taking a huge step in upgrading the Cape Rock Substation, which will help meet the growing energy demands in the area and increase reliability for customers. Construction on the $12.5 million project started in March and yesterday marked a key milestone when Ameren crews hoisted two new, Missouri-made transformers into place. The […]
Governor Parson signed multiple bills yesterday. Alisa Nelson reports.
Governor Parson signed Missouri’s $35.3 billion state budget for the new fiscal year, but he is freezing roughly 448 million in spending. The largest budget withhold is more than 123 million in state aid to K through 12 schools. About 500 state workers’ jobs are getting eliminated. During a press conference yesterday, Parson says COVID-19 […]
A Sikeston man was arrested and charged yesterday with first degree drug trafficking following a joint investigation that resulted in the location of meth valued at $185,000. Members of Sikeston Narcotics Unit and the Drug Enforcement Administration served a search warrant early yesterday at an apartment on N. Stoddard Street in reference trafficking narcotics. Police […]
On Friday, Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Zone 8 officials arrested 3 people for the Concealment of a Homicidal Death. The arrests occurred following the positive identification of human remains found last Tuesday in rural Gallatin County. The remains were identified on Wednesday as 32-year-old Chase Mitchell, of Eldorado, IL. Mitchell […]
There have been efforts to sue and admonish China for its role in the coronavirus spread worldwide. American leaders say China hid the growing virus threat. Missouri Congresswoman Ann Wagner says she is taking an approach that is more realistic in a bill that she filed yesterday to take away Chinese-owned assets in America. Wagner’s […]