Stories from Wednesday, July 10, 2024

PUXICO — A suspected arsonist from rural Puxico has been arrested, accused of setting multiple fires across Stoddard and Bollinger counties. Allen Eugene Wilson, 58, faces six felony charges related to arson and property damage. He is being held in Stoddard County jail with no bond...

Troy Mool, a general manager of Olive Garden by profession, has carved himself a unique niche in the world of competitive Frisbee dog sports...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A Charleston woman was injured in a hit-and-run crash Tuesday, July 9 in Mississippi County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 4:05 p.m. on Route NN, about four miles east of Charleston, as a southbound vehicle struck the northbound vehicle driven by Shanice C. Gipson, 25, of Charleston, causing Gipson’s vehicle to run off the right side of the road and strike a tree...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A Charleston man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2022 murder of an East Prairie, Missouri, man. DeParis Davion Townsend, 33, on May 22 was found guilty by a jury of his peers of the first degree murder of Joshua Sisk of East Prairie, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and resisting arrest...