MAN SENTENCED TO 70 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL

A man has been sentenced to seven decades in prison in Northeast Arkansas.

According to Sonia Hagood, State Prosecuting Attorney for the 2nd Judicial District, a Greene County jury has found Cortez Borders guilty of ten counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child.

An investigation in 2023 found that Borders distributed child sexual abuse material and solicited additional images involving minors through social media. He later admitted to possessing such material on his phone.

OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY AT RENOVATED BESS ACTIVITY CENTER AT THREE RIVERS COLLEGE

Poplar Bluff residents will have the opportunity to check out the renovations to the Bess Activity Center today.

The renovated Herschel and Arrietta Bess Activity Center on the Three Rivers College Poplar Bluff Campus is holding a public Open House today from 10 a.m. to noon, and from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Guests can tour the facilities, play basketball and pickleball, enjoy a fitness class demonstration, get a bite to eat at the new and improved Rocky’s café, or play Super Smash Bros. in the Esports arena.

TWO THREE RIVERS COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYERS NAMED NJCAA ALL AMERICANS

Two basketball players for Three Rivers College have been named NJCAA All-Americans.

Sophomore Guard Matt Hampton and Freshman Guard Samyah Jordan were each named Second Team All Americans.

Hampton led the Raiders this season with 16.9 points a game, 43 steals, and 163 assists.

Jordan led the Lady Raiders with 13.2 points a game and 107 assists.

CANDIDATES PLACED ON WRONG WARDS ON FISK BALLOTS

It has been discovered that ballots were misprinted in a Southeast Missouri town for the Tuesday municipal elections.

Butler County Clerk Donna Hillis tells KWOC News that the candidates for the Fisk Ward 1 and Ward 2 Alderperson races were placed in the opposite wards than they were supposed to be.

The Ward 1 candidates, Chris Williams, Janice Hancock, and Kristi Wilkerson were listed under Ward 2. The Ward 2 candidates, Mikayla Hardcastle, Joseph Stievenart, and Mary Dugger were listed under Ward 1.