POPLAR BLUFF CHOIR STUDENTS EARN HIGH RATINGS AT STATE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Ten Poplar Bluff High School choir students were recognized following their recent performance at the Missouri State Music Festival in Columbia.
According to school officials, Brent Hanley, Emma Harris, Christian Redding, Isaac Reid, Lexy Rowland, Ella Skillman, Emma Tinsley and Dawson Vaughan received a gold rating in double quartet; Hanley, Reid and Vaughan also received gold in trio; while both Harris and Redding received gold in solo performance.
Reid, Kerrigan Conley-Halliburton, and Bralin Duckett earned silver rating in the solo category.
Officials say that the Missouri State High School Activities Association defines a silver rating as artistic and outstanding in many aspects with the performer demonstrating a high level of preparation, poise and confidence.
A gold rating performance is considered musically artistic and exemplary in all aspects, and worthy of the distinction of being recognized among the very best.
TEENAGER FLOWN FROM THE SCENE OF A WRECK IN WAYNE COUNTY
A teenager was flown from the scene of a wreck Monday morning in Wayne County.
According to officials, 18 year old Aleeha Pedigo, of Zalma, was driving on Highway P, near McGee, when her vehicle ran off the roadway, struck a tree, and overturned.
Pedigo suffered serious injuries in the wreck and was flown to a St. Louis hospital.
OVER 36,000 BIRDS HARVESTED DURING MISSOURI TURKEY SEASON
Over 36,000 birds were harvested this spring during turkey season.
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that turkey hunters checked 33,355 birds during Missouri’s 2022 regular spring turkey season which ran from April 18th through May 8th.
Young turkey hunters also harvested 2,896 birds over the youth weekend on April 9th and 10th, bringing the overall 2022 spring turkey harvest to 36,251.
The 2022 spring turkey harvest was up about 5 percent from the 2021 spring turkey harvest but is still about 7 percent lower than the average spring turkey harvest during the last 5 years.
THREE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO BURGLARY AND NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION
Three people have been taken into custody in connection to a week-long burglary and narcotics investigation.
Scott County Sheriff Wes Drury tells KWOC News that during an investigation into a burglary in Haywood City, deputies found that 42 year old Geoffery Shaffar, and 33 year old Tyler Hinton, both of Sikeston, had stolen numerous items from Big Red Salvage.
Drury says that during the execution of a search warrant in Sikeston as a part of the investigation, detectives found three stolen vehicles, numerous power and hand tools, and 33 grams of methamphetamine.
While officials were processing the scene, Olivia Freeman of Sikeston, drove onto the property in a vehicle that had been reported stolen by the Mississippi County Sheriff’s Office.
Freeman was also in possession of numerous stolen items.
Both Shaffar and Hinton have been charged with delivery of a controlled substance, burglary 2nd, stealing over $750, and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
Freeman was charged with trafficking of a controlled substance 2nd, stealing over $750, and tampering with a motor vehicle.
PAVEMENT REPAIRS TO CAUSE DELAYS OVER THE NEXT MONTH IN WAYNE COUNTY
Route Z in Wayne County will be reduced to one lane with an 11-foot width restriction over the next month so contractor crews can perform asphalt overlay and surface leveling.
According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, the work zone is located between Route D and Route P.
Weather permitting, work will take place from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Monday, June 20th.
BRIDGE MAINTENANCE PROJECT SCHEDULED FOR TODAY NEAR BLOOMFIELD
Route AA in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane today as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform bridge maintenance.
The section of roadway to be reduced is located from Route AC to Depot Road near Bloomfield.
Weather permitting, work is scheduled for today from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
