Steele News

STEELE, Mo. - An Illinois man and three people from Tennessee have died in a head-on crash in southeast Missouri.

The Bootheel Drug Task Force recently arrested nine individuals as a result of a five-month long secret investigation, involving the illegal sale of narcotics in the City of Steele.

Three area residents were injured, with one suffering from serious injuries, following a two-car collision near Deering, Mo., on Tuesday.

Six area residents were arrested on drug related charges late last week, following investigations at Steele, Mo., and Malden, Mo.

The Flash Market Convenience Store on North Walnut Street was robbed Saturday morning around 5:45, according to police.

Poplar Bluff, Mo., resident Mary Taylor was awarded the Best of Show prize in the 2009 Delta Fair Adult Art Contest.

Steele Police Officers Brian James and Jerry Gentry recently arrested an individual, found sleeping in a 2003 Chevrolet Pick Up, who was an escapee from Cameron Parish, La., and wanted in the State of Oregon and in Mexico.

Police say a jail escapee from Louisiana who was also wanted in Oregon and Mexico has been captured in southeast Missouri.

Steel Chief of Police Billy Joe Stanfield, left, with Bootheel Drug Task Force Supervisor John Higgins, right, after signing the Memorandum of Agreement between the two agencies.

Steel Chief of Police Billy Joe Stanfield, left, with Bootheel Drug Task Force Supervisor John Higgins, right, after signing the Memorandum of Agreement between the two agencies.

Steel Chief of Police Billy Joe Stanfield, left, with Bootheel Drug Task Force Supervisor John Higgins, right, after signing the Memorandum of Agreement between the two agencies.

Country music artist Randy Houser will perform at the Kennett American Legion building on Friday, July 24.

Three people were hurt -- two seriously -- when a vehicle tried to avoid hitting a pedestrian on Interstate 55 and swerved before overturning on Sunday evening.

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.