WOMAN ARRESTED IN NEW MADRID COUNTY ON STATUTORY RAPE WARRANT
A Southeast Missouri woman has been taken into custody in New Madrid County on a statutory rape warrant.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 25 year old Alyssa Warren, of Howardville, was arrested Tuesday night, shortly before 10 pm.
According to a Probable Cause Affidavit, a juvenile gave an interview in April saying that they had an inappropriate encounter with Warren.
Warren’s arraignment is scheduled for 10 am this morning in New Madrid.
PBHS DRAMA CLUB TO PERFORM MUSICAL BEGINNING NOVEMBER 30TH
The PBHS Drama Club is preparing for their next performance.
The Drama Club will be presenting R.L. Stine’s “Goosebumps The Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium” beginning at 7 pm on Thursday, November 30th.
There are additional performances scheduled for 7 pm on Saturday, December 2nd, and at 2 pm on Sunday, December 3rd.
Tickets for the show at the Kay Porter Theater will be available for $5.
DEER HUNTERS REMINDED OF MANDATORY CWD SAMPLING
With firearm deer season coming up, the Missouri Department of Conservation is reminding deer hunters that it will be holding mandatory chronic wasting disease sampling during the opening weekend.
Hunters who harvest deer in any counties in the CWD Management Zone on November 11th and 12th are required to take their harvested deer or the head on the day of harvest to one of MDC’s numerous CWD mandatory sampling stations located throughout the zone.
Southeast Missouri counties included in the CWD Management Zone include Ripley, Bollinger, and Oregon.
Hunters must present their deer to a CWD mandatory sampling station within the county of harvest, with a few exceptions. Sampling and test results are free.
You can find the sampling locations as well as all counties that are in the CWD Management Zone at mdc.mo.gov/cwd.
POPLAR BLUFF HEROES TO RAISE MONEY FOR ST. JUDE WITH LADIES NIGHT OUT
Ladies can have a fun night out next month and raise money for the kids at St. Jude.
Poplar Bluff Heroes will be presenting Ladies Night Out and Designer Handbag Bingo at the Black River Coliseum on Friday, November 10th. Social Hour will begin at 5 pm, with the event starting at 6 pm.
Organizers say that there will be dinner and prizes in addition to crafts, vendors, music, and more.
Tickets can be purchased online at Eventbrite.com.
All proceeds from the event will go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
SEVERAL SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST ARKANSAS COMMUNITIES CHOSEN TO RECEIVE FUNDING FOR PROJECTS
Several area communities have been chosen to receive funding through the States’ Economic Development Assistance Program.
The Delta Regional Authority is awarding over $17.9 million dollars in investments to 46 projects across eight states, including Missouri and Arkansas. Funding for this program was made available, in part, by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
In Missouri, the Bootheel Technical Training Center project in Poplar Bluff has been awarded more than $683,000 to offer training for construction, linemen, and advanced manufacturing.
The Ellsinore Fire Station Facility project has been awarded more than $274,000 to construct a new firehouse for the Ellsinore Rural Fire Protection District.
In Arkansas, the Workforce Training Expansion – Welding Space Reconfiguration and Renovation project in Pocahontas has been awarded more than $507,000 to renovate Black River Technical College’s welding space on its Pocahontas campus.
The Skills to Launch Program project in Paragould has been awarded more than $394,000 for the 10-week scholarship-based hands-on program designed to provide technical skills and soft skills training for Greene County’s labor force.
CITY OF DEXTER TO CONDUCT ANNUAL FALL FLOWER REMOVAL
Dexter residents are being asked to remove their flowers from the city cemetery.
In preparation for fall, the Dexter Street Department will be conducting their annual Fall Flower Removal from the Dexter Cemetery.
Officials say that anyone who does not want their flowers to be discarded must remove them before November 1st.
