BUTLER COUNTY SCHOOL TO MISS CLASSES FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEK DUE TO ILLNESS
A Butler County school will be closed for the rest of this week.
School officials say that the Twin Rivers R-10 School District will be closed today and tomorrow due to a large amount of staff and students being absent this week because of illness.
Meal service will be provided from 11 am to noon today and tomorrow at each campus. Families can pick up a sack meal which contains breakfast, lunch and dinner.
WINTER WEATHER EVENT COULD BRING MULTIPLE INCHES OF SNOWFALL TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
A winter weather system this weekend could bring multiple inches of snow to some locations in Southeast Missouri.
According to a Hazardous Weather Outlook from the National Weather Service, a winter weather event is forecast Friday night through Saturday night.
The system will likely start out as a rain and snow mix late Friday night before changing over to all snow by Saturday evening.
Officials say that there is significant uncertainty on amounts and locations with this system.
WILDFIRE EXTINGUISHED IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
An almost three acre wildfire was extinguished this week in Southeast Missouri.
The United States Forest Service reports that forest service firefighters responded to and stopped a wildfire Tuesday, approximately three miles south of Winona. Officials say that the wildfire was 2.7 acres in size.
A cause for the fire is under investigation.
MISSOURI HOUSE EXPECTED TO DEBATE CONGRESSIONAL MAP THAT RETAINS CURRENT SPLIT
A Missouri House panel has advanced a plan for redrawing the state's congressional districts that keeps the current political balance in place.
The map endorsed Wednesday by a House panel is projected to result in six Republican members in the U.S. House and two Democrats — the same as what currently exists.
Some Republicans and the state's largest anti-abortion group had urged lawmakers to adopt a map that could make it easier for Republicans to win seven seats. But no attempt was made to do that Wednesday.
The redistricting plan is expected to be debated by the full House next week.
FOUR GRADUATES OF THE MSHP LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY TO REPORT TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
Four graduates of the Missouri State Highway Patrol Law Enforcement Academy will be reporting to Southeast Missouri this month.
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, tells KWOC that a total of 25 troopers graduated from the academy on Wednesday.
The four new Troopers coming to Southeast Missouri are:
Kyle Hogan, of Gainesville, who has been assigned to Zone 4, which covers Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, and Scott Counties.
Nathaniel Bishop, of Willow Springs, will report to Zone 9, which includes New Madrid and Pemiscot Counties. Tyler Reinke, of Lincoln, has been assigned to Zone 10 for Dunklin County.
Richard Wylie, of Wheaton, will be coming to Zone 11 which covers Stoddard County.
The new troopers will report to duty in their assigned troops on Monday, January 31st.
MALDEN SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS TO BEGIN TODAY
Business Route 25 will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction beginning today as contractor crews improve sidewalks in Malden.
This section of roadway to be reduced is located between Route J and West Main Street.
Weather permitting, work will take place from 6 am to 6 pm daily through Tuesday, March 1st.
This project is part of the Missouri Department of Transportation’s initiative to bring roadway facilities into compliance with the current standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
