Stories from Monday, October 12, 2015

Columbus Day will be mostly sunny, with a high near 84 and a south wind 7 to 14 mph becoming west in the afternoon with gusts as high as 20 mph then becoming mostly clear tonight with a low around 50 and a west northwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Sunny on Tuesday with a high near 74 while Tuesday night will be clear, with a low around 43. ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- An accounts-payable clerk at a Poplar Bluff furniture store may face charges after her arrest Thursday morning on suspicion of fraudulently charging nearly $75,000. An accounting manager at Hefner Furniture and Appliance noticed discrepancies in the company's credit-card account, Poplar Bluff Police Capt. David Sutton said...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Controversial wording on a North Westwood Boulevard billboard was taken down less than 48 hours after it went up. Rhino's Gunwork owner Ryan Brooks said while the "guns, ammo & cool sh--!!!" advertisement was protected by free speech, he voluntarily took down that section of the sign after complaints from residents and by officials from Poplar Bluff city hall...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Cape Girardeau Police have a person in custody whom they believe may be linked to the shooting death of a man in Cape Girardeau on Tuesday. In a news release issued Saturday, Cape Girardeau Police Sgt. Adam Glueck said a person of interest has been detained on unrelated charges...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - United States veterans have plenty of reasons to be interested in the country's energy security, state Sen. Wayne Wallingford said Friday during the Cape County Republican Women's Club meeting. His presentation to the group at Dexter Bar-B-Que, 236 Broadview St. in Cape Girardeau, was titled "National Security Through Energy Security."...

KENNETT -- A former Kennett High School student who recently moved to Cape Girardeau is charged with making terroristic threats over social media, according to detective John Higgens of the Kennett Police Department. Deonte Stracener, 17, was arrested in Cape Girardeau and taken to the Dunklin County Justice Center, where he was charged with a felony count of making a terroristic threat. A warrant was issued with a cash-only bond of $100,000...

POPLAR BLUFF -- A Poplar Bluff man was arrested Thursday night in Shannon County on a charge he assaulted another man who was reported missing earlier this summer. Eldrid Leon Smith, 24, of the 2400 block of Route B, was arrested about 9 a.m. in Birch Tree, Missouri, according to Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs...

DEXTER - A Dexter woman can stop dreaming and start planning a trip to paradise after her name was drawn in the Missouri Lottery's second "Escape to Margaritaville*®" promotional drawing. Stephanie Young's name was drawn in the third and final drawing, and she will get to choose from two locations - St. ...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. TURKISH PEACE RALLY BOMB TOLL RISES TO 97 No one has claimed responsibility, but the attack bears similarities to a suicide bombing the government blames on the Islamic State group that killed 33 people at a town bordering Syria in July...