SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY
We could be seeing higher chances of severe weather tomorrow.
According to the National Weather Service, The Storm Prediction Center has issued an outlook that most of Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas will have a slight risk of severe thunderstorms late Friday afternoon into Friday night.
Officials say that the main concern appears to be damaging winds along with the possibility of tornados.
We could also be seeing locally heavy rain lead to chances of flooding.
Area residents are urged to be weather aware and have multiple ways to receive warning information if one was to be issued.
MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL DEMANDS THAT LOCAL COVID MANDATES END
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is warning school districts and local public health departments that he will take legal action if they do not stop enforcing COVID-19 related health orders such as mask mandates and quarantine rules.
In letters sent earlier this week, Schmitt cited a Cole County judge’s ruling last month that said health orders issued by local authorities under state health regulations were “null and void.”
Schmitt also said his office has advised local public health authorities and school districts to stop enforcing or publicizing any COVID-19 health orders immediately because state law doesn’t give them the authority to issue such orders.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MAN FACING STATUTORY RAPE AND SODOMY CHARGES
A Southeast Missouri man is due to appear in court today on statutory rape charges.
According to Missouri Case Net, a warrant was served Wednesday on 25 year old Daniel Greer, of Morehouse, on five counts of 2nd degree statutory rape and one count of 2nd degree statutory sodomy.
Few details about the incident have been released and Greer is scheduled to appear in a New Madrid Courtroom at 10 am this morning.
PBHS DRAMA CLUB TO PERFORM “ELF: THE MUSICAL” THIS WEEKEND
70 Poplar Bluff students will be taking to the stage at the Kay M. Porter Theater this weekend.
The Poplar Bluff High School Drama Club is presenting “Elf: the Musical,” at 7 pm on December 10th and 11th, along with a 1 pm matinee on December 12th.
Tickets are $5 and doors will open half an hour before the shows begin.
Officials say that a toy drive for the Butler County Children’s Division is being held in conjunction with the show.
CHRISTMAS EVENT SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK AT THE PUXICO LIBRARY
A Christmas event has been scheduled for next week at the Puxico Public Library.
The event, sponsored by the library and Puxico Parents as Teachers, will be held on Monday December 13th, from 5 to 7 pm.
Kids will receive a small present and a candy cane from Santa and can get their pictures taken with Santa as well.
There will also be stories, crafts, and cookies available at the library during the event.
MODOT OFFICIALS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO HELP PICK UP LITTER
December has been a little warmer than usual and state officials are taking the opportunity to ask for help removing litter from the state’s roadways.
Natalie Roark, state highway maintenance director with the Missouri Department of Transportation tells KWOC News that MoDOT has completed the last of their mowing for 2021 and this has the unfortunate effect of making litter more visible along Missouri roads.
Last year, MoDOT spent $6.4 million to remove litter from more than 385,000 acres of roadsides along 34,000 state highway miles.
Roark says the best way to prevent litter on Missouri roads is to not create it in the first place.
Since 1987, Missouri's Adopt-A-Highway program has involved volunteers across the state working together to clean up Missouri.
For more information about how to join the Missouri Adopt-A-Highway program, go to MoDOT.org.
