Phone lines down in Pemiscot County
PEMISCOT COUNTY, MO - Phone lines are currently down in Pemiscot County. Sheriff Tommy Greenwell says his office cannot take 911 calls as a result of the lines being down.
View ArticleBootheel shelter passes inspection and obtains licese to operate
Today, the Caruthersville Humane Society, now doing business as Pemiscot County Animal Welfare Society, passed the inspection with the Department of Agriculture and received their license to operate.
View ArticleEarthquake shakes up parts of New Madrid and Pemiscot counties
NEW MADRID COUNTY, MO - Did you feel it? A 2.7 earthquake rattled parts of New Madrid and Pemiscot counties Tuesday night.
View ArticleJury finds woman guilty of child endangerment in daughter's death
Joanie Fowler from her arrest in 2009 A jury found a Pemiscot County woman guilty of child endangerment for covering up the deadly beating of her 2-year-old child.
View ArticlePolice look for suspect after road rage incident
PEMISCOT COUNTY, MO - Police are investigating a road rage incident that left one person with minor injuries from glass fragments.
View ArticleShots fired into car on I-55 in southeast Missouri
Police in southeast Missouri are investigating a road rage incident on Interstate 55 that included several shots fired into a car.
View ArticleTeen killed in Pemiscot County wreck
HAYTI, MO - One teen is dead, another seriously hurt following a single-vehicle crash Saturday evening.
View ArticleTrial set for man charged in police officers death
A January trial date looms for a St. Charles County man charged with multiple crimes stemming from a bizarre series of events nearly two years ago.
View ArticleSsoutheast Missouri woman gets 7 years in daughter's death
BENTON, Mo. -- A southeast Missouri woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison in the death of her 2-year-old daughter.
View ArticleSuspect arrested in Pemiscot County armed robbery
According to the Steele Police Department, 32-year-old Lamar Anthony McVay of Steele was arrested in connection with the armed robbery of Flash Market Convenience Store on Walnut Street.
View ArticleSequestration hits Missouri unemployed
The crunch of sequestration is being felt in some Missouri households, just at a time when "paycheck to paycheck" living is no longer possible.
View ArticleFormer Steele Officer wins discrimination suit
A former Steele, Missouri police officer was awarded $345,000 by a jury last week, after she brought a sexual discrimination and harassment suit against the city four years ago.
View ArticlePemiscot Memorial Health Systems begin furloughs
Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems employees began receiving notices of "furlough" today, August 16, 2013, after a heated Board meeting held last night.
View ArticlePMHS employees begin lay-offs
Pemiscot County began to feel the crunch of unemployment today as the first employees furloughed by Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems began their lay-off and began filing unemployment claims.
View ArticleHayti man dead after crash, passenger injured
PEMISCOT COUNTY, MO - A Bootheel man has died and another man was injured after a one vehicle crash on a county road Wednesday evening.
View ArticleTwo board members resign from PMHS
The battle to save Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems took another turn on August 29th as two Hospital Board members submitted their letters of resignation to the Pemiscot County Commission.
View ArticlePemiscot County Commission appoints three new PMHS Board members
The Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems Hospital Board will be back in full force, most likely later this week after the Pemiscot County Commission appointed three new Board members on September 4th.
View ArticlePemiscot County Commission appoints final PMHS Board members
The P emiscot Memorial Health Services Hospital Board has five new members after the Pemiscot County Commission appointed two members September 6th in a special meeting.
View ArticleSteele officer injured during drug suspect pursuit
A Steele, Missouri police officer was injured during the pursuit of a drug suspect on Wednesday.
View ArticleJC woman named to Mo Conservation Commission
Gov. Jay Nixon today appointed Marilynn J. Bradford, of Jefferson City, to the Missouri Conservation Commission.
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