MID CONTINENT STEEL AND WIRE DONATES SUPPLIES AND FUNDS TO HELP AREA TORNADO VICTIMS

A Poplar Bluff area business is donating supplies and funds to help victims of the recent tornados and severe weather.

Dave Creg with Mid Continent Steel and Wire tells KWOC News that the company is donating two truckloads of supplies, including 360 rolls of various fencing items and 1600 boxes of nails.

Creg added that Mid Continent Steel and Wire employees also contributed to a go fund me account which the company matched, resulting in $10,750 going to tornado victims.

FORMER RIPLEY COUNTY CHIEF DEPUTY ARRESTED FOR STEALING FIREARMS

A former Ripley County law enforcement office has been taken into custody and charged with multiple counts of stealing.

On April 3rd, the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Crime Control investigative unit was requested to investigate the alleged possession of stolen property by a former Ripley County Sheriff’s Office employee.

QULIN MAN SENTENCED ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES

A Qulin man will be spending two decades behind bars for his part in a fatal motorcycle crash from 2023.

According to Missouri Case Net, Travis Vincent, of Qulin, pleaded guilty in February to two counts of 1st degree involuntary manslaughter as well as single counts of driving while intoxicated resulting in the death of two or more people and operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner involving an accident.