TWO POPLAR BLUFF RESIDENTS CHARGED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING IN STODDARD COUNTY

Two Poplar Bluff residents are in custody in Stoddard County after multiple drugs were found during a traffic stop this week.

Dexter Chief of Police Hank Trout tells KWOC News that on Tuesday an officer found approximately 69.88 grams of methamphetamine, Oxycontin, Alprazolam, drug paraphernalia including smoking pipes and digital scales, and approximately 2.25 pounds of marijuana.

EARLY MORNING PURSUIT LEADS TO ARREST OF FAIRDEALING MAN ON ASSAULT WARRANT

An early morning pursuit in Northeast Arkansas has resulted in the arrest of a Southeast Missouri man.

According to Clay County Sheriff Ronnie Cole, at around 3 am on Wednesday, a deputy observed a vehicle driving erratically on County Road 111. The vehicle then ran a stop sign and sped up as the deputy attempted to make a traffic stop.

Cole says that the vehicle reached speeds of around 100 miles per hour.

WOMAN COLLIDES WITH DEPUTY’S VEHICLE IN CLAY COUNTY

A woman was taken into custody following a pursuit late Monday night in Clay County.

Clay County Sheriff Ronnie Cole tells KWOC News that at around 11 pm, two deputies were conducting a traffic stop when they saw a vehicle go through a red light at a high rate of speed in Corning.

The deputies attempted to stop the vehicle, but it did not yield.

The vehicle jumped a ditch and later swerved and came into contact with a deputy’s vehicle before going into a ditch.

SCHOOL BUS CRASHES INTO A TREE IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

Emergency crews responded to the scene of a school bus crash Monday afternoon in Southeast Missouri.

KWOC News has confirmed that a Greenville R-2 school district bus ran off Route PP near Highway 172 in Wayne County and then struck a tree.

Sergeant Clark Parrott with the Missouri State Highway Patrol tells us that there were 16 students and the driver on the bus at the time of the crash. Some of the students were released to their parents at the scene.