BERNIE RESIDENT WINS FIRST PLACE IN MISSOURI DNR PHOTO CONTEST

A Bernie resident has taken home first place in a statewide photo contest.

On Tuesday, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced the winners for the 2025 MoDNR Photo Contest.

Bernie’s Lyndsey Neely won 1st place in the People Enjoying Missouri’s Outdoors Category.

The photo featured a young child playing in the mud in the first Bernie cotton field.

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MAN TO BE EXECUTED THIS WEEK FOR 2005 DEATH OF MSHP TROOPER

A southeast Missouri man is set to be executed this week for the murder of a Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper.

Lance Shockley, of West Plains, was convicted in 2009 for the March 2005 shooting death of Sergeant Carl Graham Jr., who was investigating a fatal crash that involved Shockley.

Shockley was unanimously convicted of first-degree murder along with three aggravating factors. His case was reviewed and upheld by the Missouri Supreme Court, the federal district court, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

2025 OFC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY

The 2025 OFC Baseball Tournament, featuring eight area schools, begins today.

East Carter captured the top seed for the tournament and will play number 8 seed Clearwater at 4 pm today.

The other three first round matchups will see Puxico taking on Greenville at 10 am, Neelyville challenging Twin Rivers at noon, and Naylor facing Doniphan at 2 pm.