POPLAR BLUFF CITY COUNCIL VOTES 6-1 TO ENTER MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH ICE

The Poplar Bluff City Council voted 6-1 to approve a Memorandum of Understanding with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement related to the 287(g) program.

City officials say the agreement is needed in order for the Poplar Bluff Police Department to apply for related grant funding.

Poplar Bluff Police Chief JR Keirsey says that being a part of the ICE program is a prerequisite for the Bridging Immigration-Related Deficits Experienced Nationwide grant program.

Keirsey says that the Department is applying for grants through the program to replace the department’s tasers, to acquire two drones, and join Axon Era, which would allow their newest body-worn cameras the ability to translate languages while on scene with a citizen, and a report writing program.

POPLAR BLUFF CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER ENTERING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH ICE DURING MONDAY MEETING

The Poplar Bluff City Council will be voting on a proposed agreement concerning ICE during its regular meeting on Monday.

The official agenda for the Monday regular meeting says that the council will consider entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement relative to the 287(g) Program.

According to the ICE website, the program allows ICE enforcement and Removal Operations to partner with state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to identify and remove criminal aliens who are amenable to removal from the United States.

POPLAR BLUFF MULES GATORADE GAME SET FOR THIS WEEKEND

The Poplar Bluff Mules football team will be kicking off the fall season this week with the annual maroon/white scrimmage.

The Mules Football Gatorade Game will be held Saturday at 7 pm at Poplar Bluff High School. Officials say that they will be taking sports drink donations at the door for admission.

Today’s Talk KWOC will be covering the scrimmage live Saturday beginning at 6:45 pm on the KWOC Facebook and River Radio Youtube pages.

BONESTOCK RETURNS THIS OCTOBER TO POPLAR BLUFF

A Southeast Missouri music tradition is returning this fall.

Bonestock 2026 is scheduled for Saturday, October 3rd at Ray Clinton Park in Poplar Bluff.

The full lineup of bands that will be performing at this year’s Bonestock will be announced at a special event starting at 5 pm tonight at Haffy’s in Downtown Poplar Bluff.

A portion of proceeds from this year’s Bonestock will go to benefit the Animal Welfare Alliance.

POPLAR BLUFF MAN KILLED IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS CRASH

One person has died, while another was injured, in connection to a single vehicle crash from earlier this week.

According to the Arkansas State Police, U’riel Aranza, of Poplar Bluff, was driving on US Highway 67 in Clay County Monday night when his vehicle ran off the road, struck a ditch embankment and a tree, before coming to rest on its side in a creek bed.

Officials say that Aranza died from injuries he received in the crash.

WAYNE COUNTY MAN ADMITS TO PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL

A 23 year old Wayne County man will be sentenced in November after admitting to distributing child sexual abuse material that he produced as a minor.

According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Tanner Stevens pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of receiving child pornography.

Officials say that Stevens took pictures of two minors when he was also a minor and uploaded them to social media when he was 21.

POPLAR BLUFF MULES GATORADE GAME SET FOR THIS WEEKEND

The Poplar Bluff Mules football team will be kicking off the fall season this week with the annual maroon/white scrimmage.

The Mules Football Gatorade Game will be held Saturday at 7 pm at Poplar Bluff High School.

Officials say that they will be taking sports drink donations at the door for admission.

TWO PEDESTRIANS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE NEAR FAGUS, ONE PRONOUNCED DEAD

Two pedestrians were struck by a vehicle over the weekend in the Fagus area.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the incident occurred at around 7:41 pm Saturday on County Road 228, four miles east of Fagus.

The vehicle struck two 62 year old Dexter residents, a man and a woman, on the edge of the roadway.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene by Butler County Coroner Jim Akers, while the woman was flown to a Memphis hospital with serious injuries.