SUSPECT IN STABBING INCIDENT SHOOTS HIMSELF ON POPLAR BLUFF OVERPASS
A male subject reportedly shot himself following a stabbing incident Monday in Poplar Bluff.
Lieutenant Josh Stewart with the Poplar Bluff Police Department tells KWOC News that at around 10 am Monday morning, officers responded to a location on Roxie Drive regarding a stabbing.
At the scene, the officers found a 31-year-old woman who was suffering from multiple stab wounds. Officers were told that the suspect had fled from the scene. The woman was transported to an area hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
A short time later, officers were dispatched to the Highway 67 clover leaf, just north of Highway W, regarding a male subject sitting on the edge of the overpass. While heading to the scene, officers learned that the subject was possibly armed with a handgun and could be the suspect from the stabbing.
Upon arriving, officers observed 28-year-old Jeffery Carter Jr., of Poplar Bluff, turn a weapon on himself. Officials say that Carter passed away as a result of this self-inflicted gunshot wound and was also confirmed as being the suspect in the stabbing.
The Poplar Bluff Police Department, Butler County Sheriff’s Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Poplar Bluff Fire Department, and Butler County EMS are all involved in the investigation.
OFC SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT TO BEGIN TODAY
The Ozark Foothills Conference softball tournament is scheduled to begin today.
The tournament, featuring seven area schools, will start today with five games at Three Rivers College.
Today’s action will start with Twin Rivers taking on Doniphan at 11 a.m., followed by Naylor vs. Neelyville at 1 pm. The final game of the quarterfinals will be a matchup between Greenville and Clearwater at 3 pm.
The top seed East Carter received a bye to the Semi-finals where they will play the Twin Rivers-Doniphan winner at 5 pm. The final game today at 7 pm will be the second Semi-final matchup between the winners of the Naylor-Neelyville and Greenville-Clearwater games.
Every game of the tournament will be broadcast live on the Today’s Talk KWOC Facebook page at facebook.com/TodaysTalkKWOC and the River Radio Youtube page at youtube.com/RiverRadioPB.
ONE DEAD, ANOTHER INJURED, FOLLOWING HEAD ON COLLISION IN MISSOURI BOOTHEEL
An Arkansas man has died following a head on collision in the Missouri bootheel.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 31 year old Derek Waddell, of Paragould, was driving on Interstate 155, one mile south of Caruthersville, when his vehicle crossed the median and struck another vehicle head on.
The wreck occurred shortly before 9 am Monday morning.
Waddell was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The driver of the second vehicle suffered minor injuries.
GRANT AWARDED TO SEMO FOOD BANK TO CONTINUE VETERAN HEALTHY FOOD PROGRAM
The Southeast Missouri Food Bank has been awarded a grant to continue a program for feeding veterans healthy food.
The Food Bank was awarded $46,500 through the Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust to continue the Veterans Healthy Food Surplus Program.
The food bank began providing boxes of healthy food to veterans in 2019 through a continuing partnership with the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. The program expanded in 2021, serving 75 veterans each month.
Eighty-eight percent of the 58 veterans in the program who completed both a pre- and post-survey reported improved health with access to the healthier foods.
The boxes are distributed through the VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, with veterans receiving 35 to 40 pounds of food, including lean protein and fresh fruit and vegetables, each month.
PRELIMINARY SURVEY INDICATES TORNADO CROSSED INTO DUNKLIN COUNTY LAST WEEK
A preliminary survey indicates that a weak tornado crossed from Mississippi County, Arkansas to Dunklin County, Missouri during last Wednesday’s storms.
According to the National Weather Service in Memphis, an EF-0 tornado started at 2:50 pm Wednesday, approximately five miles south of Hornersville and continued to the northeast for almost 8 miles.
The tornado had a maximum width of 100 yards and an estimated peak wind of 85 miles per hour.
The tornado damaged a mobile home unit as well as an outbuilding in southern Dunklin County.
PEMISCOT COUNTY ROAD TO BE CLOSED TODAY FOR CULVERT REPLACEMENT
Route H in Pemiscot County will be closed today as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a culvert under the roadway.
The section of roadway to be closed is located between Pemiscot County Roads 536 and 538.
Weather permitting, work will take place today from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
