Yearly Archives: 2022

Photo: Courtesy KMOV CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) — Chain-reaction collisions involving dozens of vehicles on a foggy interstate in southeast Missouri caused at least five deaths and multiple injuries, and part of the highway will likely be closed

Photo: Damien Wolfson. Photo: Courtesy Manteca, California, Police Department EL DORADO, Ark. — A California man was sentenced Thursday to 170 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release on one count of possession with

Photos: Mark and Tara Millman. Photos: Courtesy Greene County Jail SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Merriam Village couple was sentenced in federal court Thursday for sexually assaulting two young children to produce child pornography, and for receiving and

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s Securities Division has issued an order to show cause why restitution, civil penalties and other administrative relief should not be imposed against a company and four individuals

Photo: Pottsville Police Officer Cody Hubbard is shown with the baby whose life he saved. Photo: Courtesy Pottsville Police Department LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas police officer was among those honored Thursday when the U.S. Justice

Photo: Officer Lane Burns was killed in a shootout at a motel in Bonne Terre, Mo. Thursday. Photo: Family of Lane Burns via KAIT BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A police officer and a gunman died following

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — An 82-year-old man who was crossing a Springfield street early Thursday morning was hit and killed by a van, police said. The crash happened around 6:30 a.m., when a southbound transit van hit

CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) — A section of Interstate 57 near Charleston in southeast Missouri was closed in both directions Thursday after multiple chain reaction collisions occurred during thick fog, officials said. Some fatalities and several other injuries

Photo: Seth Adams. Photo: Courtesy sheriff.washingtoncountyar.gov FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A Springdale man was sentenced Monday to 151 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Arkansas State Troopers escort former Lonoke County sheriff’s deputy, Michael Davis, center, into the Cabot Readiness Center in Cabot on Tuesday. A jury was seated Tuesday in the trial of Davis, a former Arkansas deputy charged with

Photo: Former Eastern Ozarks Regional Health System at Cherokee Village LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced a lawsuit Thursday against Eastern Ozarks Regional Health System for failing to protect sensitive patient information, both

Photo: Kenneth Efurd. Photo: Courtesy sheriff.washingtoncountyar.gov FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A Springdale man was sentenced Wednesday to 110 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of possession with the intent to distribute

Photo: Former Lonoke County deputy Michael Davis CABOT, Ark. (AP) — Prosecutors on Wednesday rested their case against an Arkansas deputy charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a white teenager during a traffic stop. The

    EL DORADO, Ark. — A Magnolia man was sentenced Wednesday to 72 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of distribution of methamphetamine. The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey

Investigators place evidence markers at the site of shootout involving police and a lone suspect March 8 near Ninth Street and Connecticut Avenue in Joplin, Mo. (Roger Nomer/The Joplin Globe via AP) JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. — The United States Attorney’s Office announces Keith D. Farr, age 25, of Malden was sentenced to serve 84 months (seven years) in federal prison for the offense of felon in possession of a

Image: Courtesy twitter.com WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — A major arrest operation took place Wednesday morning in West Memphis, when 22 people were arrested as part of an ongoing federal drug investigation. The 22 arrested suspects from the

Photo: A surgical procedure room is photographed on Oct. 2, 2019, in the new Fairview Heights, Ill., Planned Parenthood facility. A Missouri legislative proposal shows that anti-abortion lawmakers in Republican-led states aren’t likely to stop at banning

Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders makes a surprise appearance during a “Make America Great Again” rally with Ivanka Trump on Nov. 1, 2020, at Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center in Rothschild, Wisconsin.  (Tork

Attorney Ben Crump stands next to Hunter Brittain’s casket at the Beebe High School Auditorium before his memorial service in Beebe July 6, 2021. Jury selection was set to begin Tuesday in the trial of a former

Photo: Jessica Harcrow FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A Gentry woman was sentenced Monday to 280 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and one count of money

To kick off Sunshine Week, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed suit against the Missouri School Boards Association for alleged violations of the Sunshine Law.The Missouri Attorney General’s Office previously requested records from the Missouri School Boards

A drug that would help former and recovering addicts fight off relapses would be more available under a bill being considered in the Missouri House. House Bill 2603 would allow pharmacists to sell and distribute naltrexone hydrochloride,

Matthew Shepherd was elected to serve another term as speaker of the Arkansas House as lawmakers formally adjourned this year’s session Tuesday. The majority Republican House elected Shepherd by voice vote as the chamber’s speaker-designate after Republican

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judicial panel in charge of redrawing Missouri’s Senate districts released a tentative plan Monday, giving candidates and voters a look at new boundaries that could be used beginning later this year.

EAST CAMDEN, Ark. — More than 150 employees of aerospace and defense companies gathered at Southern Arkansas Tech University Monday where Gov. Asa Hutchinson thanked them for their part in manufacturing critical components for weapon systems that

Photo: Courtesy Kark.com LITTLE ROCK — A North Little Rock man has been arrested and charged with arson following two fires at Little Rock coffee shops. Trent Tyrone Smith, 48, was charged in a criminal complaint on

ST. LOUIS — Jerrell West, 32, of Forrest City was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison for traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. On Aug. 12, 2021, West was found

The boisterous celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day are expected to return this year. Regardless to what extent the celebrations may trend toward in local communities, drivers who may participate are encouraged to make plans for a safe

LAMAR, Mo. (AP) — A southwestern Missouri woman died over the weekend in a house fire after she ran back into the burning home to try to save a pet, police there said. Police said the fire

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit filed on behalf of Missouri voters by Democratic attorneys is asking a court to intervene in the state’s stalled redistricting process and draw new U.S. House maps that can be

Photo: Brent Renaud. Photo: Courtesy Charles Sykes/Invision/Associated Press Brent Renaud, an acclaimed filmmaker who traveled to some of the darkest and most dangerous corners of the world for documentaries that transported audiences to little-known places of suffering,

Photo: Missouri Rep. Rusty Black. Photo: Courtesy Tim Bommel, Missouri House Communications The  Missouri House has approved the easing of restrictions on visitors in hospitals and nursing homes such as those experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Representatives

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain has announced Arkansas businesses could see another rate decrease in Workers’ Compensation Insurance in 2022. The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) approved an average overall average Workers’ Compensation voluntary

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A south St. Louis County man who sued Ford Motor Co. over his exposure to asbestos has been awarded $20 million. In his lawsuit, William Trokey, 76, alleged that his exposure to asbestos

Photo: Officer Jake Reed. Photo: Courtesy KY3 JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — The body of a Missouri police officer who was shot along with two other officers earlier this week has been transported to a funeral home after

Tractor Supply Company (TSC) announced in January it will soon locate a $100 million distribution center for home goods and equipment for farms and families in Maumelle where four-wheelers once rolled through a rugged wooded parcel north

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Friday that James M. Enloe has been charged with violating the state’s Merchandising Practices Act in Greene County. Enloe is charged by complaint with two Class E felonies of deceptive business

Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens gestures while speaking to reporters in Jefferson City on Tuesday, Feb. 22, after he filed to run in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. Greitens resigned in 2018 a year-and-a-half into his

Photo: HQuality (Shutterstock) Consumers are expressing a renewed interest in buying food directly from the farmer or grower in their local areas. One reason for this consumer change is the new awareness of the importance of fresh

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ state campaign did not violate state campaign finance laws by spending money on his U.S. Senate bid an oversight agency ruled Friday. Washington-based nonprofit campaign finance watchdog group

SEYMOUR, Mo. (AP) – A southwest Missouri man has been charged with second-degree murder after a man was shot to death near Seymour. Gage Bittner, 23, of Hartville, was also charged Thursday with armed criminal action after

Photo: Miles L. Neil. Photo: Courtesy Washington County Detention Center FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A Springdale man was sentenced Friday to 144 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release on one count of possession with

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas are banding together in hopes of becoming one of four “hydrogen hubs” supported by $8 billion in last year’s federal infrastructure bill, their governors announced Thursday. All three

From one-time bonuses to increased funding for safety equipment, the 93rd General Assembly made support for law enforcement a top priority in this fiscal session. Act 224 provides a one-time stipend of $5,000 to full-time certified city

Photo: Roy G. Harris Jr. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Rogersville man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for three separate cases in which he was convicted of child sexual exploitation, a nearly $1 million investment fraud scheme

MULBERRY, Ark. — Compass Cold, a new cold storage company, has announced plans for the construction of a 70,000-square-foot cold storage facility developed by Ti Cold headquartered in Melbourne, Florida. Located near Fort Smith in Mulberry and

This March 4 photo provided by the Joplin Police Department shows Anthony Felix. A Joplin police officer who was shot along with two other officers this week by Felix “will not recover” from his injuries, Police Chief

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An investigation into an armed and violent drug-trafficking organization has led to the arrests of 25 Kansas City area residents this week in an operation that involved more than 200 law enforcement officers

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Planned Parenthood sued Missouri over an attempt to block it from receiving any public funding. At issue is a bill passed by the Republican-led Legislature and signed by GOP Gov. Mike Parson last

Photo: Former Franklin County Sheriff Anthony Boen. Photo: Courtesy KFSM FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Former Franklin County Sheriff Anthony Boen, 51, was sentenced Thursday to 48 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for assaulting

Photo: Cornelius M. Green and Phillip J. Cutler ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a former St. Louis middle school principal and another man, alleging a murder-for-hire plot that resulted in the shooting

Photo: Construction is underway for a new 318,000-square-foot FedEx Ground Facility at 2410 Great Dane Drive, just off Highland Drive, in Jonesboro. The project cost is $29 million. Nena Zimmer / The Sun JONESBORO, Ark. — The

SEYMOUR, Mo. (AP) — A man has been shot to death near Seymour in southwestern Missouri, and two people have been arrested in the case, authorities said. The shooting happened Wednesday afternoon in a rural area east

Photo: Marvin Remster. Photo: Courtesy Dent County Jail VAN BUREN, Mo. — On March 1, a federal grand jury for the Eastern District of Missouri in Cape Girardeau returned an Indictment against Marvin “Mark” Remster in connection

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Republican congressional candidate from suburban St. Louis is challenging Missouri’s U.S. House districts in court as state lawmakers remain at loggerheads over how to redraw the districts in advance of this

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s GOP-led House on Wednesday passed a bill that would allow guns in churches and on public transportation.The House voted 101-40 in favor of the measure, which now goes before the Republican-led

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — GOP infighting in the Missouri Senate boiled over Wednesday as one senator called out a faction of fellow Republicans for torpedoing bipartisan bills to help new mothers and sexual assault survivors by

Photo: Courtesy Arkansas Times LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) —  Jay Barth, a longtime Arkansas political science professor, was named Wednesday as the new director of Bill Clinton’s presidential library. Barth has been appointed director of the Clinton

FORT SMITH, Ark. — A Fort Smith woman was sentenced Wednesday to 188 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release on one count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge

FORT SMITH, Ark. — Two Arkansas men have been sentenced to federal prison for the distribution of methamphetamine. The Honorable Judge P.K. Holmes III, presided over the sentencing hearings in the United States District Court in Fort

Jefferson City, MO — The Department of Social Services is accepting applications for the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP), a new program that may be able to help with a one-time payment for water and/or wastewater

PHOTO: Courtesy Poplar Bluff Police Department CAPE GIRARDEAU,  Mo. — The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Carlos Wallace, age 33, of Poplar Bluff has been sentenced to 228 months in federal prison for the offenses of

Photo: Courtesy KMBC KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for illegally possessing the firearm he accidentally fired in a fatal shooting at the Kansas City Zoo. Anthony R. Meneses,

Investigators place evidence markers at the site of shootout involving police and a lone suspect Tuesday near Ninth Street and Connecticut Avenue in Joplin. (Roger Nomer/The Joplin Globe via AP) JOPLIN, Mo. (AP)– In the wake of

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — One Joplin police officer and a suspect have died after a shooting Tuesday in the southwest Missouri city, police said. Two other Joplin officers remain hospitalized, one in critical condition and the other

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday tried again to require photo identification to vote, a longstanding goal that’s been thwarted by the courts. The GOP-led House advanced a bill to change state law

Photo: Jody Douglas Davis. Photo: Courtesy Arkansas Democrat-Gazette FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Two Arkansas men were sentenced Tuesday to federal prison for wire fraud, aiding and abetting wire fraud, money laundering and aiding and abetting money laundering in

Photo: Deborah Lundstrom  SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A southwestern Missouri child care provider faces multiple charges after an infant died when she allegedly left him and eight other young children home alone. Springfield officers were called to

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. — The FBI and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas have announced their increased focus on prosecuting violent crime in Helena-West Helena. United States Attorney Jonathan D. Ross announced

The 93rd General Assembly has completed its work for the 2022 Fiscal Session.On Tuesday, the House passed SB107 which will provide funding to hire an additional 45 deputy prosecutors this fiscal year.The House passed SB110 which will

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Sherwood woman was sentenced Tuesday for bank fraud and theft of government funds. Kelli Hogue, formerly known as Kelli Cashion, 59, was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison by United States

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and the first lady are planning a trade mission to the United Kingdom and Ireland this week, the couple announced Tuesday. The two will be overseas for a

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed into law legislation Tuesday giving one-time payments to law enforcement officers and raising state troopers’ pay as lawmakers wrapped up this year’s session. Hutchinson signed legislation that

LENEXA, Kan. — Hostess Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWNK), a leading sweet snacks company, has announced it will convert an idled factory in Arkadelphia into a state-of-the-art bakery. The bakery is expected to be operational in the second

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal lawsuit was filed Monday challenging Arkansas’ new U.S. House district lines, claiming the new boundaries violate Black voters’ rights and weaken their influence by splitting the Little Rock area among

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Water, milk or fruit juice would be the default choice on St. Louis restaurant kids’ menus under a bill endorsed by the Board of Aldermen. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the board

A 17-year-old Lincoln County juvenile is being held in connection with a homicide that occurred Sunday. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department authorities have requested the Criminal Investigation Division of the state police to handle the case. Timothy Foster,

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Sebastian County Justice of the Peace Rebekah Schwartz and husband Stephen Schwartz have been concited for Social Security fraud. Rebekah and Stephen pleaded guilty in the Western District of Arkansas to federal felony

MARSHFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A southwestern Missouri school district that struggles to fill teacher vacancies plans to go to a four-day week starting next fall. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the Marshfield district is among at least

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers gave initial approval Monday to a $6 billion state budget for the coming year, moving closer toward wrapping up this year’s session. The majority-Republican House and Senate approved identical versions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The number of Arkansas residents hospitalized due to the coronavirus has dropped to levels not seen since late November, when the omicron variant began to surge, according to the state health department.