Stories from Tuesday, December 11, 2012

By DAVID SILVERBERG Associate Editor An intergovernmental agreement with the Poplar Bluff Regional Transportation Development District is under consideration by the Butler County Commission. Poplar Bluff City Manager Doug Bagby asked the county to sign the document because two sections of roads to be improved with TDD funds are outside the city limits...

By DONNA FARLEY Staff Writer Ripley County, Mo., officials say storm damage suffered Sunday afternoon may be the result of a weak tornado. A barn and pavilion were destroyed after 3 p.m. in the area of County Road K-6, northeast of Doniphan, Mo., according to Ripley County Emergency Management Agency Director Lance Pigg, who surveyed the damage this morning. No injuries have been reported...

By MICHELLE FRIEDRICH Associate Editor Accused kidnapper and convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Dean Shelton has been charged with sodomizing and sexually exploiting a young Poplar Bluff, Mo., girl he is accused of kidnapping from her home. Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Kevin Barbour filed a second amended complaint with the court Friday adding two unclassified felonies of forcible sodomy and the Class A felony of sexual exploitation of a minor to the case against Shelton, who continues to be held without bond.. ...