NEELYVILLE TO TRIAL FOUR DAY SCHOOL WEEK NEXT YEAR
Neelyville will be the latest area school to move to a four day school week.
The Neelyville R-4 School Board voted Tuesday night 5-1 to move to a four day school week beginning with the 2024-25 school year.
Officials say that next year will be a trial period to assess the shortened week, which will see students no longer having classes on Monday.
BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS TO RETURN FRIDAY NIGHT
A brief warming will be short lived as below zero wind chills are expected to return to the area this weekend.
According to the National Weather Service in Paducah, wind chills from 0 to -16 degrees are forecast across the area Friday night and Saturday morning.
A winter weather advisory has also been issued for portions of Southeast Missouri for today and tomorrow morning. The advisory covers the bootheel, including Dunklin, New Madrid, and Pemiscot Counties.
A wintry mix of light freezing rain and snow is expected late this morning into this afternoon, eventually ending as a short period of freezing drizzle this evening. A glaze of ice and minor snow accumulation will be possible for the Bootheel.
DEXTER MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED ENTICEMENT OF A CHILD
A Dexter man has been charged with attempting to meet what he thought was a child for sexual conduct.
According to Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Sawyer Smith, Joseph Craig, of Dexter, has been charged with felony attempted enticement of a child and age misrepresentation with intent to solicit a minor.
According to a complaint filed in Stoddard County, Craig is accused of planning a meeting with a presumed female child at the Bernie Public School.
Craig is alleged to have done this for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct.
He is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday morning in a Stoddard County courtroom. His bond has been set at $50,000.
WATCH FOR BLACK ICE DURING YOUR COMMUTE
Temperatures warmed up a bit on Wednesday, which might result in black ice having formed overnight from melted snow.
MoDOT officials say that bridges and elevated surfaces are the first to ice over and should always be approached with caution, but even roads that might look clear can hide slippery conditions.
Drivers should reduce speeds and anticipate slick road conditions both where you are and where you are going.
You can also check current Missouri road conditions on the Traveler Information Map at modot.org, or through MoDOT’s smartphone app, available for iPhone and Android phones.
DEER HUNTERS SET RECORD HARVEST NUMBERS IN 2023
Deer hunters set a record harvest number last year in Missouri.
According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri's 2023-2024 deer-hunting season ended January 15th with a preliminary record-setting total deer harvest for the season of 326,026.
This year’s new harvest record surpasses the one set in 2006 of 325,457.
Of the deer harvested, 147,705 were antlered bucks, 29,060 were button bucks, and 149,261 were does. Top harvest counties for the overall deer season were Franklin with 7,395, Howell with 6,346, and Texas with 6,181.
Hunters harvested 299,719 deer during the 2022-2023 deer hunting season.
FEED AND SEED EVENT SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
New Day Ministry in Poplar Bluff will be hosting a feed and seed event today.
The event is from 3 to 5 pm and is first come, first serve, with packs limited to one per household.
New Day Ministry is located at 703 Franklin Street in Poplar Bluff. For more information, call 573-718-4578.
