NEELYVILLE CELEBRATES FIRST STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Neelyville is celebrating its first state basketball title.
The Lady Tigers defeated the Mid-Buchanan Lady Dragons 70 to 51 Friday in the Class 2 Girls State Championship game in Springfield.
The Lady Tigers will receive a police escort into town at 5:30 pm tonight followed by a Welcome Back celebration at 6 pm in the Neelyville High School gym. Dinner and state championship shirts will be available for purchase at the event.
Neelyville isn’t the only Southeast Missouri team claiming a state championship, as the Eminence Redwings won the Class 1 Boys State Championship with a 79 to 72 win over Walnut Grove.
Two other Southeast Missouri boys’ teams, Hayti and Charleston, lost in the Class 2 and Class 3 championship games, respectively.
In Class 4, Sikeston has returned to the State Semi-Finals after their 76-50 win over St. Mary’s on Saturday. Sikeston is scheduled to play Grandview this Friday.
OVER FIFTY POUNDS OF METHAMPHETAMINE SEIZED IN KENNETT
Multiple arrests were made last week following the largest single seizure of methamphetamine in the history of the Kennett Police Department.
Kennett police officials tell KWOC News that on Thursday a major covert operation in Kennett successfully concluded with officers seizing approximately fifty-four pounds of methamphetamine and a large amount of U.S. currency.
Multiple arrests were made, however the investigation is still ongoing and more arrests are expected.
Officers with the Kennett Police Department, the Pemiscot County Sheriff’s Department, and the Caruthersville Police Department assisted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and the Drug Enforcement Administration during the investigation.
TWO FLOWN TO AREA HOSPITAL FOLLOWING WRECK IN BUTLER COUNTY
Two Poplar Bluff residents were flown to an area hospital following a wreck early Friday morning in Butler County.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the wreck occurred at the intersection of Henry and Marshall Street at around 1:20 am Friday morning when a vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign and struck an embankment.
Two passengers in the vehicle, 39 year old Roy Lacey and 37 year old Brandi Eads, were seriously injured in the wreck and flown to a Cape Girardeau hospital.
No injuries were listed for the driver of the vehicle.
PIPE REPLACEMENT COULD CAUSE DELAYS TODAY IN BUTLER COUNTY
Route 53 in Butler County will be reduced over two days as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform a pipe replacement.
According to MoDot, work is scheduled to be performed both today and tomorrow from 8:30 am to 3 pm.
The work zone will be located between County Roads 329 and 327.
SUSPECTS AT LARGE IN CONNECTION TO SHOOTING IN SIKESTON
Sikeston police officials say that suspects are being sought in connection to a shooting last week.
Sergeant Jon Broom with the Sikeston Department of Public Safety tells KWOC News that at around 8 pm on Thursday, March 8th, officers responded to a business near the corner of Kingshighway and Center Street in reference to multiple reports of gunfire.
Three vehicles parked near the business had been extensively damaged, and two of those vehicles were occupied when they were hit by the gunfire. Broom says the first car had been struck by no less than three bullets, the second vehicle was hit more than 10 times and the third vehicle was struck about four times.
Witnesses said a white four door car believed to be a Chevrolet Impala stopped and four black males wearing dark clothing and ski masks jumped out and began firing in the direction of the vehicles parked near the business.
Investigators believe this shooting is connected to other shootings that have occurred within the Sikeston, Charleston, and Cape Girardeau communities within the last few weeks.
The suspects remain at large and anyone who has information regarding these incidents is asked to contact the Sikeston DPS at 573-471-4711.
NEW MADRID COUNTY WRECK LEAVES MALDEN WOMAN WITH SERIOUS INJURIES
A wreck in New Madrid County on Sunday resulted in injuries for two Malden residents.
Officials with the Missouri State Highway Patrol tell KWOC News that 69 year old Benjamin Manes was driving on Route D, near Malden, Sunday afternoon when his vehicle ran off the side of the road, struck a ditch, and overturned.
A passenger in the vehicle, 64 year old Brenda Manes, suffered serious injuries and was flown to a Poplar Bluff hospital. The driver received moderate injuries in the wreck.
MAN ARRESTED IN STODDARD COUNTY ON STATUTORY RAPE WARRANT
Authorities in Stoddard County say that a St. Peters man has been taken into custody on a warrant for multiple counts of statutory rape.
According to the Stoddard County Sheriff’s Department, 25 year old Joseph Woodrow Wilson was recently arrested on a warrant for three counts of 2nd degree statutory rape.
Wilson’s bond has been set at $12,500.
EDGE RUT REPAIRS SET TO BEGIN TODAY ON ROUTE 142 IN BUTLER COUNTY
Route 142 in Butler County will be reduced to one lane today and tomorrow as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform edge rut repairs.
The section of roadway to be reduced is located from Cravens Road to Route 158.
Weather permitting, work will performed from 7 am to 4:30 pm each day.
