NEW 21 MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY TO BRING 175 JOBS TO POPLAR BLUFF
A Missouri based commercial refrigeration manufacturer is coming to Poplar Bluff, bringing over 150 new jobs to the area.
Poplar Bluff City Manager Matt Winters tells KWOC News that Missouri-based True Manufacturing has announced it will build a new facility in Poplar Bluff, investing $21 million and creating 175 new jobs.
Construction on the new 400,000 square foot facility is planned to begin in spring of 2022.
True Manufacturing produces a wide array of commercial, retail, and residential refrigeration products. The company was established in St. Louis in 1945.
ENDANGERED PERSON ADVISORY ISSUED FOR TWO MISSING RIPLEY COUNTY CHILDREN
An endangered person advisory has been issued for two missing children from the Doniphan area.
According to the Ripley County Sheriff’s Department, the advisory is for 10 year old Hunter Radford and 3 year old Jordan Buse.
The mother of the children, 29 year old Sandra Radford, reportedly took the children after an order had been placed for them to be removed from her custody. They might be in a gold 2003 Hyundai Santa FE bearing a Missouri License Plate of EG2P8V.
Sandra Radford is described as a white female, five feet tall, weighing 140 pounds, with blonde hair, and hazel eyes.
Hunter Radford is a white male, four feet five inches tall, weighing 75 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Jordan Buse is described as a white male, three feet tall, weighing 35 pounds, with blonde hair and brown eyes.
We have pictures of all three available on our Facebook page.
Anyone with information about their whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the Ripley County Sheriff's Department at (573) 996-5555.
MISSOURI GOVERNOR BEGINS PROCESS TO REQUEST FOR FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
Missouri Governor Mike Parson has announced the state has begun the process to obtain federal disaster assistance for Missouri in response to severe storms and deadly tornadoes that swept across the state on December 10th.
Governor Parson is requesting the Federal Emergency Management Agency work with state and local partners to conduct Preliminary Damage Assessments and review documentation from Dunklin, Pemiscot, and Reynolds Counties.
Parson says that requesting joint PDAs is one of the first steps the state must take in order to request the President declare a federal Major Disaster.
A preliminary damage survey from the National Weather Service in Memphis says that an EF-4 tornado travelled from Craighead County, Arkansas through the Missouri Bootheel to Obion, Tennessee. The tornado had estimated peak winds of 170 miles per hour and a maximum width of 1.02 miles.
The State Emergency Management Agency is helping coordinate a Multi-Agency Resource Center on Saturday in Hayti.
The event will be from 1 to 5 pm at the Hayti Community Center. The MARC will assist disaster survivors with unmet needs, including insurance information, food stamp replacement, emergency financial assistance, and legal services.
MAN SENTENCED IN STODDARD COUNTY ON CHILD MOLESTATION CHARGE
A man has been ordered to spend over two decades in prison following his conviction on a child molestation charge.
Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russell Oliver tells KWOC News that David Ryan Troyer, of Advance, was convicted in September to 1st degree child molestation by a Stoddard County Jury.
This week, Troyer was sentenced to 22 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections.
Oliver says that Troyer is statutorily ineligible for parole, meaning he will be required to serve every day of the 22 year sentence.
AREA ORGANIZATION DONATES OVER $10,000 TO LOCAL SCHOOLS
A Poplar Bluff organization has donated over $10,000 dollars to five area schools.
Poplar Bluff Lodge #209 recently distributed $10,500 to five local schools.
According to a post on the Lodge’s Facebook page, a portion of the funds raised at the 2021 Father Daughter Ball was donated to the Creating a Partnership Program and a 2 for 1 match by the Masonic Home of Missouri resulted in 5 local schools receiving $2100 each.
BIRD COUNTING EVENT TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK IN POPLAR BLUFF
Volunteers will be out in Poplar Bluff next week, assisting the National Audubon Society’s 122nd Christmas Bird Count.
According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, the bird count is an early-winter bird census where thousands of volunteers across the U.S., Canada, and many countries in the western hemisphere go out over a 24-hour period on one calendar day to count birds.
The Poplar Bluff count has been scheduled for Monday, December 20th. Anyone who would like to participate is asked to contact Bruce Beck at BeckBugs42@gmail.com.
FISK HOLIDAY PARADE TO BE HELD THIS WEEKEND
The city of Fisk is getting ready for a parade this weekend.
According to officials, the annual Fisk Winter Holiday Parade will begin at 6 pm on Saturday.
The parade route will begin at the Fisk School.
