Caruthersville News

Mike Kehoe, chairman of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, resigned effective immediately from the panel today at its meeting in Springfield.

New details on a story we first brought you Monday night. Authorities said they had to put down one of the six badly injured pit bulls they rescued from a neighborhood in Hayti Heights.

A search warrant executed at a residence at Hayti Heights on Monday, June 29, resulted in the removal of six Pit Bull Dogs in need of serious medical attention.

After receiving an anonymous tip, Caruthersville Humane Society Animal Cruelty Investigator Karol Wilcox and local law enforcement raided a suspected dog fighting ring.

Caruthersville Police responded to a suspicious person report near Scooter T-s Car Wash early this morning.

Wednesday afternoon Caruthersville Police conducted a traffic stop that ended in a drug bust.

Alex and Pru rethink their decision to travel to Brazil when the organ harvesters come knocking in Turistas.

A special graduation ceremony was recently held at the Dunklin County Justice Center in Kennett for those individuals successfully completing the Dunklin County Drug Court Program.

An investigation lasting more than a year culminated Monday as the Humane Society of Missouri and Caruthersville, Mo., conducted a search at a Pemiscot County residence, resulting in the removal of 51 animals.

One of a number of dogs, included in the total 51 animals, seized by local officials and the Humane Society of Missouri following an investigation that took place for more than a year.

After 14 months of investigations the Caruthersville Humane Society, Missouri Humane Society and Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department seized 51 animals from a residence on county road 437 just north of Steele.

State representative Terry Swinger and Governor Jay Nixon encourages schools to use funding toward Caring for Missourians initiative Sunday, June 7, 2009 Recent estimates suggests that over 800,000 individuals in Missouri are presently uninsured and that 95 percent of Missouri counties are designated as underserved in terms of healthcare which ...

One person is in custody for a stabbing which occurred late Friday. At 9:16 p.m. Caruthersville Police officers were flagged down while on routine patrol and advised of a stabbing.

In an effort to bridge the gap between those who can and cannot hear, the film "Audism -- Unveiled" will be shown at 1 p.m. today at the SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence, 1913 Rusmar St.

Son to Shane Allen and Audrey Leigh Washburn of Sikeston, Mo., Saint Francis Medical Center, 6:28 a.m. Tuesday, May 12, 2009.

State representatives Terry Swinger left, and Tom Todd right, with Governor Jay Nixon, center, who recently signed House Bill 682 regarding school make-up days.

Four people are in Pemiscot County Jail charged with meth-related crimes stemming from two locations in Caruthersville.

Southeast Missouri State University was awarded a $100,000 grant to work with the Cape Girardeau School District to help prepare students for life after high school.

The following items were released by the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Arrests do not imply guilt.

Construction officials say repairs and painting of the I-155 Mississippi River bridge between Dyersburg and Caruthersville, Mo., are ahead of schedule.