DONIPHAN RESIDENTS TO LINE CITY STREETS THIS MORNING FOR SOFTBALL AND CHEER TEAMS
Doniphan residents will be lining the city streets this morning to wish their girls softball team and cheer squad good luck as they depart for state.
The Donettes softball team will be heading to the State Semifinals in Springfield where they will take on the Cassville Lady Cats.
First pitch is scheduled for noon on Friday.
The cheer squad will be participating in a state competition in Columbia.
The teams will leave from the High School at 8:30 am this morning and travel down Summit Street and Walnut Street before circling around the courthouse.
The parade will then go back up Walnut to US Highway 160, before circling back and returning to the High School.
MULTI-AGENCY OPERATION LEADS TO ARREST OF PERSON OF INTEREST IN DOUBLE HOMICIDE
A person of interest in a double homicide has been taken into custody in Northeast Arkansas.
The Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division, Greene County Sheriff's Office SWAT team, Paragould Police Department, and the U.S. Marshals Service apprehended 32 year old Jacob Lowell Smith on Tuesday at an abandoned house trailer in Greene County.
Smith was wanted as a parole absconder and also identified as a person of interest in the deaths of 54 year old Tonya Stallings, and 33 year old Ashley Stallings, both of Ash Flat.
On October 21, deputies with the Fulton County Sheriff's Office responded to a residence in Ash Flat after a report of an unresponsive person. Upon arrival, the two women were found deceased inside the residence. Both victims were transported to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory to determine the manner and cause of death.
Officials say that Smith is currently being held at the Greene County Detention Center on the absconder warrant as the investigation continues.
DEXTER MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN RIPLEY COUNTY CRASH
One person was injured in a Ripley County crash Wednesday morning.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 56 year old Dexter man was driving on Missouri Highway 142 when his vehicle crossed the center of the roadway and struck another vehicle.
The man suffered serious injuries in the crash and was transported to a Poplar Bluff hospital. No other injuries were reported.
MISSOURI GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE AS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CONTINUES
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has announced additional steps his administration is taking to expedite food assistance for at-risk Missourians, given the impending loss of November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits due to the federal government shutdown.
Governor Kehoe has directed a $10.6 million fund transfer from the Senior Services Growth and Development Fund to Missouri Area Agencies on Aging. This funding will go to provide meals to seniors.
Additionally, Governor Kehoe has ordered a $5 million distribution to Missouri food banks using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding. This action takes the place of a regular appropriation typically issued later in the year but is being issued now given an increase in need due the loss of SNAP benefits.
Missourians in need of food assistance or looking to volunteer or donate are directed to Feeding Missouri – a coalition of six Missouri Food Banks working to provide hunger relief to every county in the state.
FAFSA FRENZY EVENT SCHEDULED FOR TODAY AT THREE RIVERS COLLEGE
An event has been scheduled for today in Poplar Bluff to help students and their families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
FAFSA Frenzy is scheduled for 9 am to 6 pm at the testing center in the Westover Administration Building on the campus of Three Rivers College.
The event is open to everyone, whether or not you plan to attend Three Rivers.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MAN CONVICTED ON STATUTORY SODOMY AND CHILD MOLESTATION CHARGES
A southeast Missouri man was convicted Tuesday afternoon of multiple crimes involving a child.
According to Mississippi County Prosecuting Attorney, Claire Poley, August Porter, of Mississippi County was found guilty by a jury on 12 felony counts, including statutory sodomy in the first degree, statutory sodomy in the second degree, child molestation in the third degree, and endangering the welfare of a child.
The jury’s decision came after a two day trial where they heard testimony from two minor victims. Porter remains in custody pending sentencing, which will be scheduled by the Court.
The case was co-tried by Poley and Cape Girardeau County Assistant Prosecutor Stephen Killen. The charges were consolidated from both Mississippi and Cape Girardeau Counties so that all evidence and counts could be heard in a single trial.
CLAY COUNTY BRIDGE TO BE CLOSED BEGINNING NEXT WEEK FOR REPLACEMENT
Crews in Clay County will be closing a bridge beginning next week to begin a replacement project.
According to the Clay County Office of Emergency Management, the bridge on the south end of Clay County Road 461, just north of the intersection of Clay County Road 492, will be closed for demolition and replacement starting Monday.
Officials say the bridge will remain closed until an elevated and reinforced structure is completed by the contractor, which is estimated to be by February 1st.
This project is being funded by a Hazard Mitigation Grant from the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management.
