Piedmont News

Members of the Missouri Forest Products Association tour the wood chip plant operated by Missouri Fibre Corp.

Missouri's timber industry has been hit hard by the recession with demand down by as much as 30 percent, an industry spokesman said.

Peggy Tegtmeyer Shoemake, 76, of Lebanon, died Friday, May 8, 2009. She was born March 23, 1933, in Quincy, Ill., to William and Frances Deck Coder, who preceded her in death.

MoDOT has worked with local planning partners to develop a list of projects in Southeast Missouri for construction and they want your comments about the projects.

If you are looking to go to school in Poplar Bluff, MO, there is really only one opportunity where you attend classes on campus.

Ruthanne Hanebrink, 69, of Cape Girardeau died Wednesday, April 15, 2009. She was born June 18, 1939, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Ernest and Virginia Dennis Drum.

It was quite a flight for a pilot who allegedly stole a small plane in Canada on Monday and entered the U.S. Air Force F-16s followed the Cessna as it flew over Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois before it landed on a Piedmont, Missouri highway.

A pilot stole a small airplane in Canada on Monday and headed south, forcing U.S. military officials to scramble F-16 fighter jets to trail him, before landing on a highway in Missouri and fleeing on foot.

Arson is suspected in an uncontrollable fire that spreads quickly through the Purple Crackle Club in East Cape Girardeau, Ill., destroying the night spot for the second time in as many years.

A Piedmont, Mo., man pre-empted his April trial by pleading guilty Tuesday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident at Clearwater Lake.

Authorities continue to investigate a fire that killed a Des Arc woman and left her boyfriend in a St.

Highway 34 in Wayne County will get an update through President Obama's Economic Recovery Act.

Those affected by the Presidential Declared Natural Disasters may have a surprise waiting for them when they go to file their taxes.

To slow down drivers and reduce accidents along and near Highway 34, police have stepped up enforcement and, on one section of the highway, fines for driving violations will be doubled.

Son to Job Michael and Rachel Elizabeth Bronander of Clubb, Mo., Saint Francis Medical Center, 7:14 a.m. Saturday, Jan.

PADUCAH, Ky. -- The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch until 6 a.m. for the following Southeast Missouri counties: Cape Girardeau, Scott, Perry, Bollinger, Wayne, Carter, Ripley, Butler, ...

Former Piedmont Police Officer Michael Irions is suing the city for roughly $15,000. The 47 page lawsuit, filed January 9, 2009, includes 3 counts. Count 1 alleges that due to Irions having to assume and care for the police canine 24 hours a day in his home, that Irions is owed overtime, according to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Count 2 seeks a lien on the canine, recently sold, for taking care and boarding the canine after Irions was terminated. Count 3 seeks the return of Irions' personal property or repayment that the city did not return to him. The lawsuit was filed only after months of negotiations between the city and Irions. Irions was terminated by the city council August 4, 2008. Please see Wayne County Journal Banner January 15, 2009 edition for more details.

A local area business was destroyed by fire early January 1, 2009. Spring Valley Sports Bar in Piedmont, MO was devoured by fire in the early hours of the morning. Cause is unknown as of now. The bar was in operation for New Years Eve Night and sometime after closing was engulfed flames. Unknown as to any injuries.

Five area communities have received approval for funding to move forward with voluntary buyout programs to obtain and remove homes in flood-prone areas.

A Wayne County man lost his life on Christmas Eve after a his vehicle travelled off the road. Cleveland B. Shipp, of Greenville, was driving a 1998 S-10 when he traveled off the right side of the highway, overcorrected, struck an embankment and overturned. Shipp was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced at the scene by Wayne County Coroner Barb Anderson...