MAN FLOWN TO MEMPHIS HOSPITAL AFTER BEING HIT BY A VEHICLE IN POPLAR BLUFF 

A local man has been flown to an area hospital after he was hit by a vehicle Tuesday in Poplar Bluff.

According to the Poplar Bluff Police Department, 55 year old Darryl Price, of Poplar Bluff, was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Davis and Main Street.  

Price was seriously injured in the incident and flown to a Memphis hospital.

POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING 

This evening, there is the possibility of the first period of winter weather of the season in Southeast Missouri.  

According to the National Weather Service, rain or freezing rain is possible this evening along with a slight chance of snow. Temperatures are also expected to fall to around 25 degrees overnight.  

If you have to get on the roads, remember to check road conditions in your area on the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Traveler Information Map, which is available at modot.org.

MAN IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT 

A Poplar Bluff man has been taken into custody in connection to an alleged sexual assault of a young child.  

KWOC News spoke with Poplar Bluff Police Detective Andy Cleaveland about the arrest. 

ANDY CLEAVELAND: 

On Tuesday November 6, officers of the Poplar Bluff Police Department responded to Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center for a reported sexual assault.  

Further investigation was made regarding the incident. Pursuant to this investigation, the suspects name was determined to be 22 year old Jacob Anthony Mancel, of Poplar Bluff. Officers made contact with Mancel at his residence and he was subsequently taken into custody. Mancel cooperated during the investigation and was later lodged in the Butler County Jail on the charges of Child Molestation 1st degree and Statutory Sodomy 1st degree. This investigation is ongoing. 

Mancel’s bond has been set at $100,000 cash only and he is scheduled to appear in court for arraignment this morning.

UPDATE: TWO INJURED IN BUTLER COUNTY WRECK WERE INVOLVED IN PURSUIT WITH POILCE 

Updating a story we brought to you yesterday, two people who were injured in a wreck in Butler County had allegedly been involved in a pursuit with police.  

KWOC News spoke with Lieutenant Josh Stewart with the Poplar Bluff Police Department about the incident.   

JOSH STEWART: 

On Wednesday afternoon, around 4:45 pm, a suspected theft from Instapawn, located at 64 Highway NN, was reported to the Butler County Sheriff’s Department. As the suspects left the business, the business owner, Curtis Phelps, began following the suspect vehicle. Due to officer’s locations, and the direction in which the suspects were traveling, the Poplar Bluff Police Department was requested to attempt contact. 

A short time later, an Officer of the Poplar Bluff Police Department observed the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop along South Broadway. As the officer approached the vehicle, the driver accelerated in an attempt to flee. The officer gave chase, as the suspect vehicle traveled to Butler County Road 309. While traveling south along County Road 309, the driver of the vehicle, later identified as Frederick Sparks Jr., 42 of Poplar Bluff, lost control of the vehicle.The vehicle, a 2001 Mercury Sable, subsequently left the roadway and overturned multiple times, ejecting both occupants. Both Sparks and his passenger, Sheena Gray, 33 of Poplar Bluff, were airlifted to a Memphis hospital. Sparks and Gray were found to have warrants for their arrest. Additionally, while seeking treatment in Memphis, Sparks was found to possess a quantity of suspected methamphetamine. 

The suspected methamphetamine has been seized by Memphis area law enforcement and will be recovered by Poplar Bluff investigators at a later time.

BALLOT MEASURES TO BE DECIDED IN MISSOURI DURING TOMORROW’S ELECTION 

Here is a quick look at some of the numerous propositions and constitutional amendments voters in Missouri will be deciding on during Tuesday’s election.  

Amendment 1 would change the process and criteria for redrawing state legislative districts during reapportionment, establish a limit on gifts that state legislators, and their employees, can accept from paid lobbyists, and prohibit state legislators, and their employees, from serving as paid lobbyists for a period of time; among other things.  

Amendment 4 would remove language limiting bingo game advertising that a court ruled unenforceable along with altering who is allowed to participate in the management of bingo games.  

Proposition B would increase the state minimum wage to $8.60 per hour with an 85 cents per hour increase each year until 2023, when the state minimum wage would be $12.00 per hour.  

Proposition D would increasing the motor fuel tax by two and one half cents per gallon annually for four years beginning July 1, 2019, exempt Special Olympic, Paralympic, and Olympic prizes from state taxes, and establish the Emergency State Freight Bottleneck Fund.

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS THIS WEEKEND 

The sun will begin rising an hour earlier on Sunday.  

Daylight Saving Time will come to an end at 2 am Sunday morning. Remember to set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed Saturday night.   

Daylight Saving Time will start again on Sunday, March 10th, 2019. 

AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING FATAL SHOOTING IN MARSTON AREA 

Authorities in New Madrid County are investigating a fatal shooting.  

A woman was found dead Wednesday at a rest area off Interstate 55 in the Marston area. The woman’s name has not been released.  

The incident is under investigation and authorities are searching for a possible suspect.

AUTHORITIES IN POPLAR BLUFF ATTEMPTING TO FIND CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER 

Authorities in Poplar Bluff are attempting to find a convicted sex offender.  

According to the Poplar Bluff Police Department, 41 year old Derrick Alexander, of Poplar Bluff, is a Tier 3 convicted sex offender who has moved from his registered address without reporting his new address to the Butler County Sheriff's Office. 

We have a picture of Alexander available on the KWOC Facebook page.  

Anyone who has information on Alexander’s whereabouts is asked to contact Captain David Sutton at 573-686-8649 or your local law enforcement agency.