POPLAR BLUFF POLICE ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE NON COMPLIANT SEX OFFENDER
Authorities in Poplar Bluff are attempting to locate a non-compliant sex offender.
According to the Poplar Bluff Police Department, 48 year old John Bryeans, of Poplar Bluff, moved from his residence on April 3rd and did not report his new address to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office.
We have a picture of Bryeans available on the KWOC Facebook page.
If you have information on Bryeans’ whereabouts, you are asked to contact Captain David Sutton at 573-686-8649.
PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT TO DISCUSS ALLOWING TEACHERS TO CONCEAL CARRY AT AREA SCHOOL
Administrators at an area school district will be hearing from citizens tonight about the possibility of allowing teachers to conceal carry.
The public hearing has been scheduled for 7 pm tonight at the Twin Rivers R-X administration office.
The Twin Rivers R-X school board meeting will follow the hearing.
40th ANNUAL BLACKPOWDER RENDEZVOUS TO BE HELD THIS WEEKEND
The 40th Annual Blackpowder Rendezvous has been scheduled for this weekend.
The event, presented by the Crowley’s Ridge Blackpowder Club and the US Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake, will be held from 9 am to dark on Saturday and 8 am to 3 pm on Sunday at the Old Greenville Day Use Area.
There will be multiple events, including demonstrators, along with primitive traders, vendors, and gun and bow shoots.
For more information, call 573-300-9595.
FREE AUTISM CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR EARLY NEXT MONTH
The Butler County Community Resource Council has announced that a free conference on the topic of autism will be held early next month.
The Autism Conference has been scheduled for 10 am to 3 pm on Friday, May 4th at First United Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff.
There will be multiple speakers and sessions during the conference.
For more information, call 573-776-7830.
CHARLESTON MAN FACING METH CHARGE
A Charleston man was taken into custody over the weekend on a felony meth charge.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 52 year old Anthony Blasingain was arrested Sunday night on a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance – methamphetamine.
Blasingain is also facing charges of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY ENCOURAGING MISSOURIANS TO PICK UP LITTER
The Missouri Department of Transportation is encouraging area residents to pick up litter.
Missouri’s 16th annual No MOre Trash! Bash began on Sunday and focuses on “spring cleaning” the outdoors by asking residents to pick up litter throughout the state through May 15th.
Last year, more than 43,000 bags of litter and several truckloads of debris were picked up during the spring No More Trash! Bash.
Missouri Stream Team Program volunteers also removed 547 tons of litter from waterways and dedicated more than $2.3 million worth of volunteer time to litter removal statewide.
