INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY AFTER WOMAN SUFFERS GUNSHOT WOUND IN RIPLEY COUNTY
An investigation is underway after a woman suffered a gunshot wound over the weekend.
According to the Ripley County Sheriff’s Office, an adult female was transported by personal vehicle Saturday morning to a Poplar Bluff hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound.
The victim was treated at the hospital for non life threatening injuries.
The victim said she was alone in the driveway of her residence on Ripley 142E-24 when she heard two shots from a wooded area up the hill from her property.
She said that one of the rounds struck her lower thigh.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
MAN ARRESTED ON RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
A man was taken into custody last week in Northeast Arkansas on rape and sexual assault charges.
According to a warrant affidavit, 54 year old Jackie Allred, of Pocahontas, is accused of having inappropriate contact with a juvenile earlier this year.
The affidavit says that additional victims were also identified during the investigation.
Allred has been charged with felony rape, sexual indecency with a child, and sexual assault in the 1st degree.
He is being held in the Randolph County Dentition Center on no bond.
FALL BUFF UP THE BLUFF COMING ON OCTOBER 11TH
The 2025 Fall Buff up the Bluff event is set for next month.
The citywide clean up event has been scheduled for Saturday, October 11th.
Henson’s Transfer Station on the Industrial Park Bypass will be accepting items during the event.
City officials say that full details will be published on the City of Poplar Bluff City Hall Facebook Page.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MOSTLY UNAFFECTED BY NEW MISSOURI CONGRESSIONAL MAP
Southeast Missouri is mostly unaffected by new congressional maps passed over the weekend.
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed a new congressional map into law on Sunday that gives Republicans an improved shot at winning an additional U.S. House seat.
The mid-decade redistricting is part of President Donald Trump’s plan to try to hold on to Republicans’ slim majority in next year’s congressional elections. The revised map targets a district represented by Democratic Representative Emanuel Cleaver by splitting off segments and stretching the remainder of the district into Republican-heavy rural areas.
District 8, which covers most of Southeast and South Central Missouri, and is represented by Jason Smith in the US House, was untouched in the new map.
Opponents are leading a referendum petition to try to force a statewide vote on the new map. Republicans currently hold six of Missouri’s eight U.S. House seats.
U.S. House districts were redrawn across the country after the 2020 census to account for population changes. But Missouri is the third state this year to try to redraw its districts for partisan advantage, a process known as gerrymandering.
DEER MANAGEMENT OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 14TH IN POPLAR BLUFF
Officials with the Missouri Department of Conservation are inviting deer hunters, landowners and managers, wildlife watchers, and others interested in Missouri’s white-tailed deer to an open house next month in Poplar Bluff.
The event has been scheduled for 4 to 8 pm on Tuesday, October 14th at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center in Poplar Bluff. No registration is required.
Attendees can talk with MDC staff about deer management and regulations, impacts of chronic wasting disease and epizootic hemorrhagic disease on deer populations, managing private land for deer, and MDC’s Deer Management Assistance Program.
In addition, MDC staff will share new information on CWD and how MDC is working with hunters, landowners, and other partners to minimize the threat of CWD and keep Missouri deer healthy.
BRIDGE REPAIRS TO FORCE CLOSURE OF STODDARD COUNTY ROAD THIS WEEK
Route F in Stoddard County will be closed this week as contractor crews perform bridge repairs.
The closure will be located between County Road 420 and Route J.
Weather permitting, work will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. both today and tomorrow.
