DONIPHAN MAN KILLED IN WRECK SOUTH OF POPLAR BLUFF
A Doniphan man has died from injuries he received in a wreck Monday night.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 69 year old Barry Johnson was driving the wrong direction on US 67, south of Poplar Bluff, when he struck a vehicle head on.
The incident occurred at around 9:30 pm Monday night.
Johnson was transported to a Poplar Bluff hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
The driver of the second vehicle, 40 year old Amy Swofford, of Harviell, suffered serious injuries and was flown to a St. Louis hospital.
LADY RAIDERS SOFTBALL TAKE GAME ONE OF THE NJCAA TOURNAMENT
The Three Rivers College Lady Raiders got their NJCAA Division 1 Softball Championship run off to a good, albeit late start Tuesday night.
Overruns from earlier games caused the Lady Raiders matchup against Yavapai College to be pushed back around an hour and a half from its originally scheduled start time.
The delay didn’t hurt the 10 seed Lady Raiders, who jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning thanks to a RBI single from Brianna Everett. The 7 seed Roughriders tied the game up in the fourth, but the Lady Raiders exploded for six runs in the sixth inning to take a commanding lead.
The final score was 7-4 as the Lady Raiders earned their first win in the double elimination tournament.
Their campaign will continue on Wednesday when they take on 2 seed Butler Community College in the second round. First pitch is scheduled for 6 pm Central Time.
WOMAN ATTEMPTS TO RUN OVER DEPUTY IN WAYNE COUNTY
A woman is in custody in Wayne County after allegedly attempting to hit a police officer with a vehicle.
According to Wayne County Sheriff Dean Finch, deputies arrested Brittany Eads, of Williamsville, last Friday on an active warrant. During the arrest, deputies conducted a search of the vehicle she was in and located methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
She bonded out of jail on Sunday. The next day, deputies made contact with her and conducted a search. During the search, deputies found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
Sheriff Finch says that Eads resisted arrest and attempted to run the deputies over with her vehicle.
She was taken into custody and booked in the Wayne County Jail on a no bond warrant for 2nd degree assault, as well as drug charges.
POPLAR BLUFF MAN ARRESTED FOR FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER
A Poplar Bluff man has been taken into custody in Cape Girardeau County.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 36 year old Kevin Irby was arrested Tuesday morning shortly before 9 am on a felony charge of failure to register as a sex offender.
Irby also reportedly had a warrant out of Cape Girardeau.
Following the arrest, he was transported to the Cape Girardeau Police Department.
POPLAR BLUFF MAN SENTENCED FOR FIREARM CHARGE
A Poplar Bluff man is facing over 8 years in prison following his conviction on a firearm charge.
Officials with the United States Attorney’s Office tell KWOC News that Tyler Scott Wangler was sentenced Tuesday to 102 months in prison on one count of being a felon in possession of firearms. Wangler pled guilty to the charge in February.
A law enforcement officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop of a vehicle Wangler was driving last September when Wangler refused to pull over and led the officer on a high-speed pursuit. During the pursuit, Wangler reached speeds of up to 115 miles per hour before he lost control of the vehicle and crashed.
Wangler then jumped out of the vehicle and fled on foot, but was apprehended a short time later. Two loaded 9mm semi- automatic pistols were recovered from the wrecked vehicle.
CULVERT REPLACEMENT TO FORCE CLOSURE OF STODDARD COUNTY ROAD
Route FF in Stoddard County will be closed today as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert under the roadway.
This section of roadway to be closed is located between Route 60 and County Road 554.
Weather permitting, work will take place today from 7 am to 4 pm.
