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Leon Lamb, the former boyfriend of Mischelle Lawless, has been charged with first-degree murder relating to her death, according to a news release issued by Allen Moss, the special prosecutor put in charge of the case. A Scott County grand jury determined that sufficient evidence existed to file the indictment...

KENNETT, Mo. - A city man charged in September with six felonies and two misdemeanors after leading police on a high-speed pursuit is slated for a February hearing. Court records state Allen Isla Miguel Cannon, 22, who listed a Slicer Street address, was charged by Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Nicholas Jain with a myriad of felonies, including four counts of felony second-degree kidnapping; felony aggravated fleeing a stop or detention; felony driving while intoxicated; misdemeanor careless and imprudent driving; and misdemeanor failure to maintain financial responsibility.. ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. - A Butler County judge Tuesday ordered a bond reduction for a Columbia woman charged with a laundry list of felonies at Dunklin County. 36th Judicial District Circuit Court Presiding Judge Kacey L. Proctor, tapped by the Missouri Supreme Court to hear felony cases involving Crystal Renee Umfress, 44, reduced her bond, with stipulations, according to court records...

Editor's note: This is the first installment of a three-part series regarding a Kennett couple's ongoing efforts to educate African students and spread Christian love at Liberia. The second installment publishes in Thursday's edition and the final installment publishes in Saturday's edition...

The First Presbyterian Church choir under the direction of Viretta Sexton invites the community to join in for the 13th annual Hallelujah on the Steps, the annual mass singing of Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” from The Messiah. The event began in 2011 with Hallelujah on the Square, a flash mob of sorts conceived by Sexton, at the Dunklin County Courthouse steps...

A 26-year-old Osceola man who has been missing since Sunday is the victim of an apparent homicide. Aaron Hopewell’s body was discovered by a bystander around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 300 block of East Elizabeth Street in his hometown. According to Captain Wels Skaggs with the Osceola Police Department, Hopewell was found laying in the backyard of the residence...

DEXTER – On an early August morning in 2023, Shawn Hinkle received a call from one of his technicians at Tyson Foods who, through tears, told him the company’s plant in Dexter was shutting down. Hundreds of jobs at the poultry slaughterhouse would be lost and farmers like Hinkle, who contracted with Tyson to raise egg-laying hens, would be out of business...

How a small town's Christmas parade turned into a community triumph “Christmas will always be, as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in hand”-Dr Seuss In Loving memory of Kenneth Dewayne Johnson. With only 1 month of preparation, Senath celebrated a Christmas Season to remember! The Senath Christmas Parade has been going on consecutively since 2004. ...

Two local businesses participated in giveaways along with VFW Post 5443 and American Legion Post 66 in Kennett recently to donate to local National Guard units in Southeast Missouri. “We give turkeys and hams to the 1137th MP Company and the 1221st Transportation Company,” said Kennett VFW and American Legion commander Phillip Greenway. “We’re also giving two bicycles to each one to try and make their Christmas a little bit better.”...

Evelyn Jackson, who was born Dec. 25, 1924, in the United States, will observe her 100th birthday in England, where she has spent most of her life. Jackson has had quite a journey after beginning life on a farm surrounded with oven-warmed bricks as a makeshift incubator, said her only child, Sally Gray of London...

SENATH, Mo. - A downpour that lasted nearly all day Saturday stopped just in time for Senath's annual Christmas Parade. The parade, planned and enjoyed by city residents, began after officials moved the event to 7 p.m. to allow for a timely and festive Christmas spectacle...

The First Presbyterian Church choir under the direction of Viretta Sexton invites the community to join in for the 13th annual Hallelujah on the Steps, the annual mass singing of Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus” from The Messiah. The event began in 2011 with Hallelujah on the Square, a flash mob of sorts conceived by Sexton, at the Dunklin County Courthouse steps...