CREWS RESPOND TO STRUCTURE FIRE IN PIPLAR BLUFF
Emergency crews were on the scene of a structure fire in Poplar Bluff for several hours on Tuesday.
The fire was located at a house near the intersection of Kinzer and Selma.
The home was fully involved and crews worked for several hours to extinguish the fire.
No information has been released on a possible cause for the fire.
PUXICO BOYS DISTRICT BASKETBALL TO BE CARRIED LIVE TONIGHT ON SHUFFLE 92.9
The Puxico Indians journey to a state basketball championship will begin tonight with the Class 2, District 3 semifinals.
Puxico will face Chaffee at 6 pm tonight in Bloomfield. A win tonight will see the Indians advance to the district finals on Friday, where they will take on either Charleston or Oran.
Audio coverage of every Puxico Indians game during the district tournament will be broadcast live on Shuffle 92.9, shuffle929.com, and the River Radio Youtube page, as well as the Shuffle 92.9 and Today’s Talk KWOC Facebook pages.
Video coverage will be available for a fee at mshsaa.tv.
SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO OVER 10 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE
A registered sex offender has been sentenced to over 10 years in federal prison on a child pornography charge.
Officials with the United States Attorney’s Office tell KWOC News that 43 year old Thomas Stroud Jr., of Wappapello, was found to have been communicating with a subject in Indiana in March of 2024. During the communications, Stroud obtained several images containing child pornography.
Stroud has a prior federal conviction for possessing images
containing child pornography in 2009.
Officials say that on Tuesday, Stroud was sentenced to serve 130 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to the offense of possession of child pornography.
DONIPHAN MAN SENTENCED TO OVER A DECADE IN PRISON ON DOMESTIC ASSAULT CHARGE
A Doniphan man will be spending over a decade in prison following his guilty plea on a domestic assault charge.
Ripley County Prosecuting Attorney Matt Michel tells KWOC News that 34 year old Giovanni Lane pled guilty in December to Domestic Assault in the First Degree.
Lane admitted to causing serious physical injury to the female victim by repeatedly striking her with a closed fist, a stick, and a chair throughout the day on June 18, 2024.
During the sentencing hearing, the judge received statements from the victim as well as video clips of the defendant assaulting her throughout the day. After arguments were concluded, Lane was sentenced to 15 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections.
Michel says that since Domestic Assault in the First Degree is
considered to be a “Dangerous Felony”, Lane will have to serve 85 percent of his sentence.
HUNTERS AND ANGLERS REMINDED THAT ANNUAL PERMITS EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE MONTH
Missouri annual permits for various game and fish will expire at the end of the month.
The Missouri Department of Conservation is reminding Missouri hunters and anglers that related annual permits expire at the end of February, including 2024 permits for small game, fishing, trout fishing, and combination hunting and fishing.
Anyone wanting to purchase a permit can do so at vendors around the state, online at mdc.mo.gov/BuyPermits, or through MDC’s free mobile apps, MO Hunting and MO fishing.
Commercial and lifetime permits can be purchased only through the MDC Permit Services Unit by calling 573-522-0107 for an application.
PAVEMENT REPAIR PROJECT UNDERWAY NEAR CAMPBELL
Route H in Dunklin County will be reduced to one lane this week as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs.
The section of roadway being reduced is located from Route J to Route 53 near Campbell.
Weather permitting, work will take place from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily through Friday.
