Tuesday, July 8, 2025

PUXICO WOMAN INJURED IN EARLY MORNING SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH

A Puxico woman was injured early Monday morning in a single vehicle crash.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 48 year old woman was driving on Missouri Highway 51, shortly after midnight Monday morning, when her vehicle ran off the side of the roadway and struck a tree.

The woman suffered serious injuries in the crash and was transported to a Poplar Bluff hospital.

FREE STUDENT ATHLETE PHYSICALS SCHEDULED FOR THIS MONTH IN POPLAR BLUFF

Poplar Bluff High School and Junior High student athletes can get a free physical done this month at the High School.

Physicals will be conducted beginning at 5:30 pm on Thursday, July 31st for athletes in the 7th and 8th grades, beginning at 6:30 pm for 9th and 10th grades, and beginning at 7:30 pm for 11th and 12th grades.

For more information, contact Poplar Bluff Athletic Director Joseph Brown at 573-785-5183.

PURSUIT LEADS TO ARREST OF DEXTER MAN IN STODDARD COUNTY

A Dexter man has been taken into custody following a pursuit over the holiday weekend.

According to a Probable Cause Affidavit, early Saturday morning an officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop when the vehicle turned into an alley and sped off at a high rate of speed.

While going through the alley, the vehicle crashed into an electric pole. The vehicle then stopped and the driver exited the vehicle and fled behind a residence.

After a search of the area, the suspect, identified as 51 year old Randell Beck, of Dexter, was apprehended.

Beck is scheduled to appear in court this morning on charges of resisting an arrest, detention or stop, leaving the scene of an accident, operating a vehicle without a valid license, and receiving stolen property.

He was held in the Stoddard County Jail on a bond of $25,000 cash only.

NEW BOOKLETS NOW AVAILABLE FOR HUNTERS IN MISSOURI

Fall will be here before we know it and the Missouri Department of Conservation has made information available for hunters to prepare for hunting season.

Missouri deer, turkey, waterfowl, and dove hunters can get the most current information on upcoming fall hunting from the MDC’s new 2025 Fall Deer and Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet and the Migratory Bird and Waterfowl Hunting Digest.

The 2025 Fall Deer and Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet has detailed information on fall deer and turkey hunting seasons, limits, permits, managed hunts, regulations, conservation areas to hunt, post-harvest instructions, chronic wasting disease updates, and more.

The Migratory Bird and Waterfowl Hunting Digest has detailed information on waterfowl hunting along with hunting doves and several other migratory game birds such as rail, snipe, and woodcock.

Both booklets are available where permits are sold and online at mdc.mo.gov.

ELLSINORE MAN ARRESTED ON FELONY DRUG CHARGE IN STODDARD COUNTY

An area man was arrested Monday morning on a felony drug charge.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 63 year old Wiley Gilkey, of Ellsinore, was taken into custody shortly before 11 am Monday on a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance - methamphetamine.

Gilkey is also facing charges of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, display plates of another, and no insurance.

Following the arrest, he was held at the Stoddard County Jail.

PAVEMENT REPAIR PROJECT UNDERWAY NEAR NEW MADRID

Route U in New Madrid County will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction for the rest of this month as contractor crews perform an asphalt overlay.

The section of roadway affected is located from Route WW to County Road 730 near New Madrid.

Weather permitting, work will take place from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily through Friday, August 1. While work is underway, flaggers will be in place to guide traffic.

PAVEMENT REPAIR PROJECT UNDERWAY NEAR NEW MADRID

Route U in New Madrid County will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction for the rest of this month as contractor crews perform an asphalt overlay.

The section of roadway affected is located from Route WW to County Road 730 near New Madrid.

Weather permitting, work will take place from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily through Friday, August 1. While work is underway, flaggers will be in place to guide traffic.