UNITED STATES SENATOR TO VISIT POPLAR BLUFF BUSINESS 

A United States Senator will be visiting a Poplar Bluff business later this week.  

Senator Roy Blunt will be holding a press conference on Friday beginning at 12:15 pm at Mid-Continent Steel and Wire. 

Mid-Continent Steel and Wire is the nation’s largest nail manufacturer and was recently granted tariff exclusions by the U.S. Department of Commerce.  

POPLAR BLUFF MAN FACING SEX CRIME CHARGE  

An area man is facing a sex crime charge.  

According to Missouri Case Net, a warrant was issued Tuesday for 43 year old Shaun Thompson, of Poplar Bluff, on a felony charge of 1st degree sexual conduct with a nursing facility resident or vulnerable person.  

Thompson was arrested by the Butler County Sheriff’s Office and his bond was set at $25,000, cash or surety.  

He is also not to be on the premises of any school or correctional facility, and can have no contact with the victim.

ONE DEAD, ANOTHER INJURED, FOLLOWING DUNKLIN COUNTY WRECK 

A Southeast Missouri woman has died following a wreck Monday morning in Dunklin County.  

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the wreck occurred when a vehicle crossed the center line of US Highway 412 and struck another vehicle.  

The driver of the second vehicle, identified as 51 year old Sherry Ganus, of Cardwell, was pronounced dead at the scene.  

The driver of the first vehicle suffered minor injuries and was transported to a Paragould hospital.