POPLAR BLUFF WOMAN KILLED IN BUTLER COUNTY WRECKA Poplar Bluff woman died Wednesday afternoon following a two vehicle wreck in Butler County.
Butler County Coroner Andy Moore tells KWOC News that the wreck occurred at 11:05 am, one mile south of Poplar Bluff at Missouri Route 53 and County Road 306.
A vehicle, driven by 39 year old Joseph Hawkins, of Portageville, reportedly turned into the path of another vehicle.
Two people in the second vehicle, 40 year old Kenneth Hughes and 59 year old Leanna Eastwood, both of Poplar Bluff, were injured in the wreck.
Hughes was taken by Air Evac to Regional One Health with serious injuries. Eastwood was taken to Poplar a Poplar Bluff hospital where she died at around 2 pm.
POPLAR BLUFF POLICE SEEKING ASSISTANCE IN FINDING NON COMPLIANT SEX OFFENDER Authorities in Poplar Bluff are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a non-compliant sex offender.
According to the Poplar Bluff Police Department, Dallas Wayne Harris is wanted for failure to register as a sex offender. According to the Missouri Case Net, Harris pled guilty to two counts of 1st degree child molestation in 2006.
Anyone with information on Harris’s whereabouts is asked to contact their local law enforcement agency.
SOME AREA EMERGENCY SYSTEMS AFFECTED BY NATIONWIDE AT&T OUTAGE Some local emergency systems were affected by a nationwide AT&T outage last night.
According to the New Madrid Police Department, the outage affected AT&T mobile devices and kept some AT&T customers from being able to reach emergency services via 911.
Dunklin County Emergency Communications also reported being affected by the outage, which lasted for a few hours.
RIPLEY COUNTY ROAD TO BE CLSOED TODAY FOR PIPE REPLACEMENT Route CC in Ripley County will be temporarily closed as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace two pipes under the roadway.
According to MoDot, Route CC will be closed from 7:45 am to 4 pm today.
The work zone will be located from Route 21 to the end of state maintenance.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNDER MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT Southeast Missouri is in line for another round of showers and possibly thunderstorms today and weather officials say there is a chance for severe weather as well.
The National Weather Service says that the Storm Prediction Center has Southeast Missouri in a slight risk for severe thunderstorms late this afternoon and this evening.
The main concern will be hail and locally damaging winds.
The Paducah office of the NWS also says that a storm damage survey conducted this week concluded that an EF-1 tornado touched down in northern New Madrid County and moved into Mississippi County on March 1st.
The tornado was on the ground for roughly 15 miles and had peak winds of 100 mph.
FOUR ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO BUST OF THEFT RING IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS Four people have been arrested in connection to the bust of a theft ring in Northeast Arkansas.
Greene County Sheriff David Carter tells KWOC News that recently there have been several big item thefts around rural Greene County.
Carter says that most of the items have been recovered and returned to the owners.
Three people were taken into custody on charges of felony theft of property, Michael Schuler, Wesley Schuler, and Christy Lamar. A fourth person, Jason McDaniel, was arrested on a charge of felony theft by receiving.
EIGHT ARRESTED IN WAYNE COUNTY ON DISTRIBUTION WARRANTS Eight people were taken into custody Wednesday in Wayne County on felony distribution of a controlled substance warrants.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the first arrest occurred at 8:45 am, with the last arrest happening at 9:21 pm.
The eight people arrested were:
42 year old Celena Walk, of Piedmont, 40 year old Brandy King, of Wappapello, 34 year old Kimberly Meinhardt, of Piedmont, 44 year old George McMullin, of Piedmont, 45 year old Michelle Miller, of Piedmont, 66 year old Larry Strickland, of Wappapello, 51 year old Cheryl Glass, of Wappapello, and 36 year old Donald Rice, of Piedmont.
CULVERT REPLACEMENT TO CAUSE DELAYS TODAY IN CARTER COUNTY Route H in Carter County will be reduced to one lane today as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert pipe.
The section of Route H affected will be located from County Road 339 to Twin Pond Road.
Weather permitting, work will take place from 8 am to 2 pm.
