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17-year-old Charged in SE Missouri Shooting
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KMOX)- An alleged drug deal ends with a man being shot in southeast Missouri. Poplar Bluff police say 17-year-old Lonnie Moss, Jr. of Poplar Bluff is charged with first-degree...
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Damage, Power Outages Reported Following Storm
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Some hail and wind damage is being reported across the area, along with power outages. One inch hail was reported in Webster Groves. Three-quarter inch hail was reported in Poplar...
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Missouri Districts to Vie For ‘Race to the Top’ Grants
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - More than a dozen Missouri school districts are among nearly 900 nationwide planning to apply for a slice of nearly $400 million in grants from the U.S. Education Department....
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Mo. Man Threatens Probation Officer on Topix
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KMOX) - Police in southeast Missouri say a Poplar Bluff man is under arrest for allegedly threatening a probation officer in an Internet posting. Twenty-five-year-old Joseph Osborn...
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Man Charged with Rape of 19 Year Old Woman
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KMOX) - Poplar Bluff Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect wanted for kidnapping and rape. 30 year old Stephan “Wayne” Anderson is wanted in the abduction and...
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Missouri School Bus Driver Arrested while Driving Soccer Team
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri school bus driver is facing charges after being arrested while driving a school soccer team to a game. The driver’s name was not released. KFVS-TV reports...
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Coroner: SE Mo. Man Died from Bath Salts
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – Synthetic drugs are blamed in the death of a southeast Missouri man. KFVS-TV reports that Charles Riels of Poplar Bluff died while in police custody in July. Butler County...
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Police Dog Leads Police to Robbery Suspects
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – A police dog in the southeast Missouri town of Poplar Bluff is credited with a key role in the arrest of two armed robbery suspects. KFVS-TV reports that the robbery happened...
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Akin Getting Campaign Help From Reality TV Stars
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin is getting some help from a large Arkansas family that has its own TV reality show. Akin’s campaign says the family of Michelle and Jim...
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UPDATE: Abducted Poplar Bluff Girl Found Alive, Suspect In Custody
POPLAR BLUFF, MO. (KMOX) - Poplar Bluff police confirmed just before 2 p.m. that 5-year-old Abigail Bertholf has been found alive and a suspect, Jeffrey Shelton, is in custody 10 miles southwest of...
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Charges Filed In Abigail Bertholf Abduction
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – A 45-year-old registered sex offender has been charged in the abduction of a 5-year-old southeast Missouri girl. The Butler County prosecutor charged Jeffrey Dean Shelton of...
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Poplar Bluff Police Find Child Porn on Abduction Suspect’s Computer
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Police investigating a man accused of abducting a 5-year-old Missouri girl say they found images on his computer and a video on his cellphone that indicates he sexually assaulted the...
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More Charges For Man Accused Of Abducting Girls
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) - A convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping two southeast Missouri girls is now facing additional charges. Jeffrey Dean Shelton of Poplar Bluff allegedly entered a home in...
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Poplar Bluff Man, Out On Bond, Wanted For Two Sexual Assaults
POPLAR BLUFF (KMOX) - Poplar Bluff Police are looking for a man out on bond who allegedly sexually assaulted a 28-year-old woman and a 14-year-old girl. Both victims say the same man attacked them....
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Three Arrested in Poplar Bluff Gun, Drug Raid
POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KMOX) - Poplar Bluff Police officers and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers chasing a rape suspect quickly got more than they bargained for Thursday. Police received information...
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Search Continues For Poplar Bluff Robber
POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KMOX) - The search continues for the man who robbed a Poplar Bluff gas station yesterday. Just before 4:00 a.m. yesterday, Poplar Bluff Police were dispatched to a reported armed...
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Son Accused of Attacking Parents With Baseball Bat
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) - A southeast Missouri man is facing charges for allegedly attacking his parents with an aluminum baseball bat. KFVS-TV reports that Carl and Vicki Jenkins of Poplar Bluff are...
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$150,000 Worth Of Cocaine Found In Salvaged Door
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) - A southeast Missouri automotive repair shop had an unexpected find with the SUV door it bought from a Texas salvage yard: cocaine hidden inside the door with a street value of...
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Mo. Gov. Nixon Proposes Money For Drug Task Forces
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Gov. Jay Nixon is touting a proposal to increase funding for regional drug task forces in Missouri. The governor’s budget plan for next year would provide $3 million for drug...
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Electric Companies Push For More Power To Raise Rates
JEFFERSON CITY (KMOX) - Officials from three of Missouri’s largest electric companies urged lawmakers to pass a bill which would make it easier for the companies to raise utility bills. The bill would...
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UPDATE: Three Jail Escapees Back in Custody
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities have captured two murder suspects and a third inmate who escaped from a southeast Missouri jail overnight. Missouri Highway Patrol Trooper Clark Parrott says the three men...
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NORDYNE Moving Poplar Bluff Plant To Mexico
POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KFVS) - NORDYNE announced Thursday that it will gradually relocate its split system and furnace manufacturing lines to a new manufacturing site in Saltillo, Mexico. According to the...
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State Rep. Says ‘Don’t Get Sick’ Bill Would Break Poverty Cycle
JEFFERSON CITY (KMOX) - A Republican in the Missouri state Capitol said Thursday that he wants to “break the state’s poverty cycle” by requiring the children of welfare recipients across the state to...
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Lawmakers to Review Missouri Education Issues
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri lawmakers are taking a close look this fall at a range of education issues, including student transfers, teacher evaluations and school safety. An interim House...
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Store Employee Hurt During Strong Arm Robbery
POPLAR BLUFF, MO. (KMOX) - A WalMart employee who tried to stop an alleged shoplifter suffered injuries to his head and a foot. Police have released a surveillance camera photo of the man who was...
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Poplar Bluff Deputy Shoots, Kills Suspect
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating after a southeast Missouri man was shot and killed by a Butler County sheriff’s deputy. The shooting happened at 12:50 a.m....
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Suspect Assaults a Man Then Uses His Debit Card
POPLAR BLUFF, MO. (KMOX) – Poplar Bluff Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly assaulted a man, stole his wallet, and later used his debit card at an ATM. That suspect has a real problem....
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Sexual Predator on the Run
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KMOX) – Police in the Poplar Bluff area are looking for a man they say is a sexual predator with violent tendencies. John L. Squires, 55, cut off his electronic ankle monitor and...
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Heart Monitor Ties Man to Poplar Bluff Burglary
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) Authorities have arrested a man whose heart monitor was found inside a burglarized auto parts store in southeast Missouri. The Daily American Republic reports that the NAPA Auto...
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Earthquakes Rattle Southeast Missouri
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – A pair of earthquakes hit southeast Missouri, but there were no reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said a 3.4-magnitude earthquake, followed 24 minutes...
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Police: Suspect Blames ‘Bad Dope’ for Fatal Shooting
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – Poplar Bluff police say a man accused in a fatal shooting blames what he calls “bad dope” for the crime. Joseph Wade Wisdom of Poplar Bluff is charged with second-degree murder...
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Child Tortured; Found in Cockroach-Infested Dark Room
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KMOX) – A Poplar Bluff couple is in jail accused of severely abusing, even torturing their 12-year-old son. A Family Services check led to the arrests. The boy was found in...
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OSHA: Heat Blamed in Landscaper’s Death in Poplar Bluff
POPLAR BLUFF (AP/KMOX) — Federal workplace safety officials blame heat exposure in last weekend’s death of a 23-year-old landscaper in Poplar Bluff. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...
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OSHA: Heat Blamed in Landscaper’s Death in Missouri
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – Federal workplace safety officials blame heat exposure in last weekend’s death of a 23-year-old landscaper in southeastern Missouri’s Poplar Bluff. The U.S. Department of...
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Flooding Threatens Levee at Poplar Bluff
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Emergency crews in southeast Missouri were monitoring a levee at Poplar Bluff Wednesday after torrential rains caused significant flooding in farmland along the Black River. Butler...
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Crews Search for Missing Arkansas Woman in Flooded Poplar Bluff
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are searching for an Arkansas woman near Poplar Bluff after she called 911 to report that she was trapped in a flooding car. KFVS-TV reports that the call cut out...
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UPDATED: Poplar Bluff Police Make Arrest in Homicide Case
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP/KMOX) – (Updated: 5:17 a.m.) The Poplar Bluff Police Department have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a 79-year-old woman Thursday afternoon. Police say Marion...
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Car Strikes, Kills Pedestrian on Southeast Missouri Highway
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a pedestrian has been killed while crossing a highway in southeast Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a car struck 26-year-old Charles R. Colbert...
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Senator: VA Retaliating Against Missouri Whistleblower
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Wisconsin senator has accused the Department of Veterans of Affairs of firing a doctor for speaking out about alleged shortcomings at a Missouri VA hospital and then thwarting...
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Three Teens Killed In Accident
POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KMOX)-Three Poplar Bluff teenagers were killed another seriously injured in a Saturday night accident near their hometown. 14-year-old Cody Logan and 16-year-old’s Camille McCain and...
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