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BENTON, Mo. — A Sikeston man is in jail after shooting his wife in a domestic assault Sunday evening. According to Scott County Sheriff Wes Drury, Timothy L. Foust, 50, is charged with a Class A felony of domestic assault, first degree; Class A felony of armed criminal action and a Class A felony of unlawful use of a weapon...

SIKESTON — A suspect wanted for his involvement in the August 2018 murder of Marcus De’Andres Price has been arrested. According to Sgt. Jon Broom of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety, Dashauntay Lamar Craig, 19, of Sikeston was arrested at 10:11 p.m. Sunday. Craig was located inside a Sikeston home in the 800 block of Cambridge...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A mentally ill Tennessee man being held in the Mississippi County Jail died in May 2017 after then-Sheriff Cory Hutcheson and a team of law enforcement officers punched and tackled him and pushed “real hard” on the man’s neck, a lawsuit alleges...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A celebration of life service for Neal E. Boyd will be held at 3 p.m. Nov. 18 at Academic Hall Auditorium on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. Boyd, who would have turned 43 on Nov. 18, died June 10 at his home in Sikeston. ...

MINER, Mo. — Police are searching for a Sikeston man wanted in connection with a shooting in Miner. Corvin Dale Turner, 25, is wanted by law enforcement on felony charges of first degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action, according to Miner Police Chief Chris Griggs. Bond is set at $50,000 cash only...

SIKESTON — A boil water advisory has been issued for customers of Scott County Public Water Supply District No. 4. According to the PWSD No. 4’s website, a water outage has occurred north of Morley, along highway 77 near Oran, as well as the Kelso, New Hamburg and Rockview areas. Once water is restored, households are advised to boil any water for human consumption until further notice, the PWSD said just before 10 a.m. Monday...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — A former Dexter High School industrial arts teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with one of her students will not be prosecuted at this time after the state agreed to defer pursuing the charge against her. “Pursuant to the wishes of the victim … we entered a deferred prosecution agreement” with Marti L. Pulliam, “and she has surrendered her teaching license” as part of that agreement, explained Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver...

SIKESTON — A dog died in a Monday morning fire in Sikeston. At 8:54 a.m. Monday, officers with Sikeston Department of Public Safety’s Fire Division responded to New Madrid County Road 806, in reference to a report of multiple mobile homes on fire, according to Capt. Austin Henley, fire division commander for Sikeston DPS...

BLOOMFIELD — An Essex man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he pleaded guilty Wednesday to a child molestation charge in Stoddard County. Chad M. Anderson pleaded guilty to the Class A felony of first-degree child molestation before Presiding Circuit Judge Robert Mayer, according to Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver...

SIKESTON — A Sikeston man wanted for his involvement in two armed robberies is now in police custody. Jamal Brooks, 21, was arrested Wednesday in Cape Girardeau by Cape Girardeau Police, according to Lt. Jon Broom with Sikeston Department of Public Safety...