POPLAR BLUFF MAN TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY ON CHILD MOLESTATION CHARGES
A Poplar Bluff man is scheduled to appear in court today following his arrest on child molestation charges.
According to a probable cause affidavit, 42 year old Joshua Hensley is accused of having inappropriate contact with a victim who was less than fourteen years of age.
Hensley has been charged with three counts of 1st degree child molestation and a warrant was served for his arrest on Tuesday.
He is scheduled to make his initial appearance in a Butler County Courtroom this morning.
No bond has been set.
OFC SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT TO BE BROADCAST ON KWOC FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE PAGES
The Ozark Foothills Conference softball tournament is scheduled to begin next week.
The tournament, featuring eight area schools, will begin on Monday at 10 am on the campus of Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff.
The championship game will be played on Thursday, May 1st.
All eight games of the tournament will be broadcast live on the Today’s Talk KWOC Facebook page at facebook.com/TodaysTalkKWOC and the River Radio Youtube page at youtube.com/RiverRadioPB.
RIVER RADIO TO HOST ST. JUDE RADIOTHON NEXT WEEK
Next week River Radio will be devoting 24 hours of air time to help the kids at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
The River Radio St. Jude Radiothon will be held on May 1st and 2nd from 6 am to 6 pm each day, on Clear 94, Today’s Talk KWOC, Z95 The Bone, and Shuffle 92.9.
During the radiothon, you can call in to become a partner in hope and help the kids at St. Jude.
On Friday during the Radiothon, PB Realty will be making hotdogs in the River Radio parking lot and accepting donations that will go to St. Jude.
SEVEN YEAR OLD CHILD ONE OF FOUR PEOPLE INJURED IN STODDARD COUNTY CRASH
A young child was seriously injured in a two vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred shortly before 5 pm when a vehicle struck the rear of another vehicle on Highway 25, two miles north of Advance.
A seven year old child in the first vehicle received serious injuries in the crash. The drivers of each vehicle received moderate injuries, and a passenger in the second suffered minor injuries.
All four subjects were transported to an area medical center.
MISSOURI HUNTERS CAN APPLY FOR ELK AND BEAR PERMITS BEGINNING IN MAY
Missouri hunters will be able to apply for bull elk and bear permits in May.
The Missouri Department of Conservation will offer five permits to hunt bull elk in Missouri this fall with at least one permit designated for qualifying landowners that own property in Carter, Reynolds, or Shannon counties and the remaining permits being for qualifying Missouri residents.
MDC has designated the elk archery portion to run from October 18th through October 26th and the elk firearms portion to run from December 13th through December 21st.
The MDC will also offer 600 permits for the taking of a maximum of 40 black bears during the 2025 Missouri black-bear hunting season this fall, from October 18th through October 31st.
Only Missouri residents who will be at least 11 years old by the first day of the hunt for which they are applying are eligible to apply. The application period will be from May 1st to May 31st and all permits will be assigned through a random drawing.
There are multiple ways to apply for each permit including by calling 1-800-392-4115 or by going online to mdc.mo.gov/buypermits.
EAST CARTER COUNTY R-2 STUDENTS WIN MODOT TRASH CAN DECORATING CONTEST
A Carter County school has been chosen as one of the winners of a statewide trash can decorating contest.
East Carter County R-2 won the 6th through 8th grade category as well as the grand prize of the MoDOT “No MOre Trash” contest.
MoDOT sponsors the contest as part of Missouri’s “No MOre Trash!” campaign to raise awareness about and discourage littering. The contest encourages students from kindergarten through 12th grade to join the fight against litter by decorating and displaying a large trash can with the “No MOre Trash!” logo and a litter-prevention message using a variety of creative mediums.
According to Sara Hoefer with East Carter County R-2 school district, the students organized a cleanup effort to collect trash around their campus and along a local creek as a part of their entry “Don’t Get Hooked on Litter.”
The school will receive a check for $200 for the category win as well as $600 and a trophy as the grand prize winner. The project will be on display in the MoDOT Highway Gardens building at this year’s Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, in August.
