SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR SUBJECT IN CONNECTION TO WAYNE COUNTY SHOOTING
A search is underway for a subject in connection to an assault in Wayne County.
Sheriff Dean Finch tells KWOC News that on Wednesday afternoon, at around 1 pm, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office received a call of an assault involving firearms in the area of County Roads 524 and 509 near Lowndes.
An investigation resulted in Eric “Quinn” Moore being identified as a person of interest.
He is reported to be driving a 1999 white Ford dually that is equipped with stainless steel exhaust stacks.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of the vehicle or Moore, is asked to contact the Wayne County Sheriff's Office at 573-224-3219 or call 911.
WOMAN KILLED IN POPLAR BLUFF AREA CRASH WAS ALLEGEDLY DRIVING A STOLEN VEHICLE
A woman who was killed in a two vehicle crash Tuesday night in the Poplar Bluff area was allegedly driving a stolen vehicle.
According to the Poplar Bluff Police Department, at approximately 9:15 pm on Tuesday, dispatch received a call from an individual who had recently reported that their vehicle was stolen.
Officers were dispatched to the area where the vehicle was last seen and met the vehicle on Highway 53 as it was going in the opposite direction at a high rate of speed with its headlights off.
Officers turned around and discovered that the vehicle was involved in an accident at the intersection of Highways 53 and 142.
The driver of the stolen vehicle, 38 year old Shanea Brown, of Poplar Bluff, was pronounced dead at an area hospital. The driver of the other vehicle suffered moderate injuries.
NEW ORGANIZATION SOUGHT TO KEEP OLD GREENVILLE BLACK POWDER RENDEZVOUS GOING
Officials with the US Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake say that help is needed to keep the Old Greenville Black Powder Rendezvous going next year.
The corps is looking for a new not for profit group or organization to run the event, which is the longest consecutive Rendezvous in the state of Missouri. The previous organizers were unable to continue running the event next year.
The event occurs on the 3rd weekend in April unless that weekend falls on Easter Sunday, in which case it will be held on the 4th weekend in April.
Any interested group should contact Park Ranger Andrew Jefferson at the Wappapello Lake project office by calling 573-222-8562.
OVER 26 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT AWARDED TO CONSTRUCT OUTER ROADS AND LANES FOR ROUTE 67 IN BUTLER COUNTY
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has awarded contracts for various road projects in Southeast Missouri.
According to officials, an over 26 million dollar contract was awarded to H.R. Quadri Contractors, LLC, for the addition of outer roads and lanes to upgrade Route 67 to freeway standards in Butler County.
The new roads will be located from County Road 338 south to County Road 352 and from County Road 360 to County Road 338.
An over 840 thousand dollar contract was also awarded to Joe’s Bridge and Grading for a bridge replacement on Route B over Drainage Ditch 1 in Butler County.
Additional information about the projects, including a timeline and what impacts there will be to traffic, will be released prior to the start of construction.
TWO POPLAR BLUFF RESIDENTS ARRESTED FOR ABUSE OR NEGLECT OF A CHILD
Two Poplar Bluff residents have been taken into custody after a juvenile was found unattended at an area business multiple times.
According to the Poplar Bluff Police Department, on Tuesday officers responded to a business on pine street in reference to an unattended juvenile.
Officials say that a juvenile, who is of an age that requires constant adult supervision, had arrived at the store unattended, then exited the store, and was later picked up by an adult who walked the juvenile to a nearby residence.
Officers made contact with the juvenile and their parents which revealed that the juvenile had wandered off during outdoor activities with their parents and there was a history of similar incidents.
Officers later responded back to the same business for the same juvenile who had returned to the business unattended again. It was determined that the juvenile had left the residence without the parents being aware.
Officials say that 35 year old Jesse Schaeding and 33 year old Jamie Hardesty were arrested for abuse or neglect of a child.
The juveniles in the residence were left in the care of a family member.
PAVEMENT REPAIRS TO CAUSE DELAYS TODAY IN NEW MADRID COUNTY
Route F in New Madrid County will be reduced to one lane today as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs.
The work zone is located between County Road 314 and County Road 344.
Work is scheduled to take place today from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
