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Soldier charged in Ft Leonard Wood service woman’s death
FT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (News First) - A soldier has been charged with murder in the death of a fellow service member at Fort Leonard Wood in Pulaski County. The Army says the 21-year-old specialist was charged Wednesday with murder and obstructing justice in the death of 23-year-old Sergeant Sarah...
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NEWS
Mineral Area Marines helping with Toys for Tots
FARMINGTON, Mo. (News First) - On Black Friday, November 29th, the Toys for Tots drive will officially kick off in the Parkland in First State Community Bank’s parking lot at 775 Maple Valley Drive...
Help the Hungry Bake Sale and Auction is just ahead
FARMINGTON, Mo. (News First) - The Help the Hungry Bake Sale and Auction coming up soon. The bake sale and auction will be on Saturday, November 23rd at 9 am at the St. Joe Catholic School Gym in...
Farmington Christmas Parade is coming
FARMINGTON, Mo. (News First) - It’s almost time for the Farmington Regional Chamber of Commerce's Christmas Parade on December 6th. The lineup on Friday evening will begin at 5 at West Liberty and...
Bollinger County man sentenced for child porn
BOLLINGER COUNTY, Mo. (News First) - U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. on Tuesday sentenced a Bollinger County man to 179 months in prison for receiving and possessing child sexual abuse...
EPA updates public on health concerns with Critical Mineral Recovery fire
FREDERICKTOWN, Mo. (News First) - The Environmental Protection Agency continues to release information on its website concerning the fire at the lithium battery recycling plant in Fredericktown....
Perryville man airlifted to STL hospital after striking deer
PERRY COUNTY, Mo. (News First) - A man from Perryville had to be flown to Barnes Hospital in St. Louis after striking a deer with their vehicle Sunday evening in Perry County. According to the...
Arnold woman dies in Jefferson County
PARKDALE, Mo. (News First) - A woman from Arnold is dead after being struck by a pickup truck Sunday evening in Jefferson County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it happened at 2312 Gravois...
Farmington woman dies in Leadington crash
LEADINGTON, Mo. (News First) - A woman from Farmington is dead after being struck by a vehicle early Monday morning in St. Francois County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, it took...
Local teacher indicted in child molestation case
ST FRANCOIS COUNTY, Mo. (News First) - A Festus R-6 School District music teacher has been charged with one count of child molestation and four counts of attempted child molestation in St. Francois...
Leadwood man minorly injured in Jefferson Co accident
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. (News First) - A 19-year-old Leadwood man received minor injuries after an overnight crash in Jefferson County on Sunday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident...
NEWS FROM AROUND MISSOURI
SB I-55 in New Madrid County Reduced for Pavement Repairs
SIKESTON— Southbound Interstate 55 in New Madrid County will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform pavement repairs. This section of roadway is located from mile marker 66 to mile marker 58 near Matthews,...
Traffic Advisory: Speed Reduction Work Taking Place on Ohio River ‘Cairo’ Bridge
Expect lane closures Monday, Oct. 7 PADUCAH, Ky. (Oct. 6, 2024) – For the safety of motorists crossing the Ohio River into Illinois, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will be making changes to reduce speeds on the Ohio River "Cairo" Bridge, which carries...
MO Congressman Jason Smith shares support for Trump
WASHINGTON, DC (News First) - Congressman Jason Smith, representing Missouri's Eighth Congressional District, is vowing support to Donald Trump's second presidential campaign. In a news release on Friday (Oct 4th), Smith discusses the tension in the Middle East and...
Dorena-Hickman Ferry is Open
The Dorena-Hickman Ferry is returned to operating on it's normal schedule.
Southeast Missouri Felon Caught Twice with Guns, Drugs Sentenced to 110 Months in Prison
CAPE GIRARDEAU – U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel on Thursday sentenced a convicted felon who was caught twice with guns and drugs to 110 months in prison. Joshua Allen Morris, 39, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau in June to one count of...
Remnants of Hurricane Helene spiral into our region.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson The remnants of Hurricane Helene are moving through Georgia and the Carolinas. It will spiral into our region today and tonight. You can see it on the National Hurricane Center's track forecast map. It will be a tropical depression...
Widespread rain is on the way.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson The remnants of Hurricane Helene will move into our region tonight and continue into the weekend. Here is the latest track forecast. The D over our region means tropical depression. I am forecasting widespread rain to arrive tonight...
A widespread rain event will develop Thursday night into Saturday.
Posted by Meteorologist Beau Dodson The remnants of Hurricane Helene will move into our region later this week. You can see that on this National Hurricane Center storm track map. The D stands for tropical depression. A widespread rain event will move into our region...
Missouri executes a man for the 1998 killing of a woman despite her family’s calls to spare his life
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim’s family and the prosecutor, who wanted the death sentence commuted to life in prison. Marcellus...
NATIONAL NEWS
Helene’s flooding swept away 11 workers at a Tennessee factory. Now the state is investigating
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state authorities said Wednesday they were investigating the...
The final day for the Oakland Athletics arrives ahead of next season’s move away from the Bay
By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — When manager Mark Kotsay removed his Oakland jersey...
AP Top 25 Takeaways: Georgia-Alabama play a thrilling classic, undiminished by expanded CFP
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer No. 2 Georgia and No. 4 Alabama played a classic...
Kris Kristofferson was ‘a walking contradiction,’ a renegade and pilgrim surrounded by friends
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — If Kris Kristofferson's life were...
Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83By
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose, baseball's career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his...
Earth to receive mini moon for two months
WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth will have a temporary “mini-moon” for two months. The mini-moon is...