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Christmas open house is Friday in Charleston
(Local News ~ 11/28/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- In an effort to enjoy the spirit of the Christmas season, the Mississippi County Historical Society will once again host its annual Christmas Open House Friday at the Moore home, located on Historic North Main Street following Charleston's Christmas Parade...
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Mississippi County residents face drug charges after arrest in East Prairie
(Local News ~ 11/28/17)
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Two Mississippi County residents face drug charges following their arrest Saturday in East Prairie. Timothy Lee Wasson of Bertrand and Victoria Best of East Prairie are each charged with felony possession of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana/synthetic cannabinoid and misdemeanor unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia...
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Patrol: 15 fatalities over 2017 Thanksgiving holiday
(Local News ~ 11/28/17)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 15 people died during this year's Thanksgiving holiday counting period -- from 6 p.m. Nov. 22 through 11:59 p.m. Sunday. Throughout the counting period, the troopers investigated 400 traffic crashes with 116 injuries and 15 fatalities, the Patrol said. There were 127 driving while intoxicated arrests and 117 drug arrests...
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Stoddard County man held in murder from 13 years ago
(Local News ~ 11/28/17)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- After being found permanently incompetent and spending more than 10 years in a mental health facility, a Stoddard County man was arrested Monday night on charges stemming from 2004 stabbing death of his stepbrother. Justen Lee Patterson, 35, of Bloomfield was "picked up at Farmington at a hospital last night," said Stoddard County Chief Deputy Andy Holden. "He had been in the hospital for quite some time...
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Centralized dispatching saves time, money, lives in New Madrid County
(Local News ~ 11/28/17)
NEW MADRID, Mo. - A southbound driver on I-55 pulls over after becoming dizzy and calls 911 but is too disoriented to give a location. A police officer is in pursuit of a burglary suspect who is traveling out of the city limits at a high rate of speed...
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Billy Francis
(Obituary ~ 11/28/17)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Billy Don Francis, 80, died Nov. 28, 2017, at his home in Charleston. Born Aug.17, 1937, at in Mississippi County, to the late John Jefferson Francis and Gladys Allene Skinner Francis, he had lived most of his life in Charleston where he worked had worked on the boat and as a millwright and building contractor until his retirement. He was of the Baptist Belief...
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Jay Sams
(Obituary ~ 11/28/17)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Jay D. Sams, 53, formerly of Charleston, Mo., died Nov. 28, 2017, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Arrangements are incomplete at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston.
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