Dunklin County News

A rally Nov. 16 in Kennett is in support of a woman accused in a racially charged case with assaulting two police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace.

Gov. Jay Nixon has ordered that the U.S. and Missouri flags on all state buildings in Dunklin County be flown at half-staff from Nov.

Rev. Dwight Montgomery and the Memphis chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference continues with its resolve to garner support for Heather Ellis, who is at the center of what increasingly is becoming a high-profile court battle in Kennett, Mo.

Research in Louisiana showed that red-banded stink bugs caged on soybean pods for 72 hours damaged up to 41 percent of the seeds and reduced seed weight by about a third.

The American Red Cross recently hosted a training in Kennett to provide volunteers with the abilities and knowledge to respond to military calls, verify information, and translate the information to the Service to Armed Forces Center.

Local residents can participate in charitable giving Residents of Dunklin and Pemiscot Counties will have the chance to bring the "joy of Christmas to needy children" around the area by donating to Toys for Tots.

Kennett health care officials have been given different options on the treatment of H1N1, following President Barack Obama's declaration of the illness as a National Emergency.

Red-banded stink bugs could threaten 2010 soybean crop in Missouri Oct. 23, 2009 COLUMBIA, Mo.

A Holcomb man was killed in a single vehicle crash Thursday night in Dunklin County.

Noreen Hyslop photo Heather Ellis, arm-in-arm with her mother, Hester Ellis, exits the Stoddard County Justice Center Wednesday afternoon following a pre-trial hearing in a case that has gained national attention.

The Kennett City Council approved MACO Development to work with Dunklin County's Delta Area Economic Opportunity Corporation to prepare an application to renovate the apartments located at 1184 Floyd Street in Kennett.

A Dunklin County criminal case that has gathered widespread attention will have a hearing in Stoddard County Wednesday afternoon.

Several check scams are being used in the Dunklin County area and residents are warned to use caution if receiving notification of winnings of which they had no prior knowledge.

KMS Principal and Southeast Region Principal of the Year Ward H. Billings, poses with the eighth-grade band following a parade around the KMS campus as part of Ward H. Billings Day.

Dunklin County joins regional teams in testing various means of communicating with State Emergency Operations Center The Dunklin County Emergency Management team recently participated, along with 17 other counties, in communications training with the State Emergency Operations Center in Jefferson City, Mo.

One may notice a prominence of the color pink during October, as local businesses, organizations, and individuals celebrate National Breast Cancer Month.

A benefit concert to support the legal defense fund of Heather Ellis will get underway at 7 p.m. at Greenwood C.M.E. Church on Oct.

Presenters and organizers of the Child Abuse and Neglect Conference, held Wednesday in Malden, represented all facets of the successful collaboration betwen the Family Drug Court, Juvenile Office and Children's Division.

Walk into the juvenile courtroom in Stoddard or Dunklin County, and you'll find local families facing serious problems like drugs, abuse, and crime.

A Dunklin County man is currently facing up to four years in the state penitentiary after threatening individuals with a knife at a local business on Thursday.