Stories from Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Poplar Bluff police have released information regarding a sexual assault that occurred Saturday at Holiday Inn. They are asking for help in locating the suspect, a white male. According to reports, a Dexter woman was attacked by a male subject in a restroom while attending an event at the business. The 25-year-old was able to get away from the suspect and alert others to the situation, police said...

A Dexter airplane was stripped of radios and other gear in 1974, for a total of $4,000 in damage.

Mercy and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Missouri, or Anthem, have reached a new multi-year contract agreement providing Anthem health care insurance members with continued access to care at all Mercy hospitals, care centers and physician offices statewide...

Ripley County saw 151 deer harvested during the state’s chronic wasting disease portion of the firearms deer-hunting season, Nov. 27-Dec. 1. The information was released by the Missouri Department of Conservation this week, which said a total of 11,424 deer were harvested statewide in CWD management zone counties. Of those, 3,917 were antlered bucks, 1,052 button bucks and 6,455 does. Ripley County totals included 42 antlered bucks, 13 button bucks and 96 does...

Officers responded Tuesday, Dec. 3, to the 400 block of Victor Street about property damage. The victim came out and discovered someone had cut the tires on her vehicle. _ Officers responded Tuesday, Dec. 3, to 500 Sycamore Street about an assault. Both parties were on the scene and after watching the video charges were sent to the Butler County Prosecutors Office...

Avery Smith, 94, of O’Fallon, Missouri, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. Visitation is at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 5, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral following at 1 p.m., also in the Piedmont Chapel. Burial is in Carson Hill Cemetery, Piedmont, with full military honors...

Sharon Daugherty, 78, of Piedmont, Missouri, died Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. Visitation is at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral following at 1 p.m., also in the Piedmont Chapel. Burial is in Meador-Flatwood Cemetery, Piedmont...