Wayne County News

On December 12, 2009 Richard J Duxworth, 44 of Wappapello, MO was killed in a one vehicle accident at 7:30am in Wayne County, Missouri.

A Piedmont man was arrested Friday on charges of calling in a bomb threat at Windsor Foods.

Two more area school districts have closed due to illness. Both the East Carter and Greenville school districts will be closed until Monday, when administrators hope to return with normal attendance levels.

St. Louis -- It does not appear that a beetle species blamed for killing millions of ash trees in the U.S. has spread beyond a county where it was spotted last year to other parts of Missouri, state officials said.

When the emerald ash borer was discovered at Lake Wappapello last year, it seemed certain the green beetle would fan out across Missouri, leaving dead ash trees in its wake.

It took several minutes Wednesday for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Louis Dersch to free a prism-shaped insect trap from an ash tree towering above Holliday Landing in Wayne County.

It took several minutes Wednesday for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Louis Dersch to free a prism-shaped insect trap from an ash tree towering above Holliday Landing in Wayne County.

A "road trip" into Poplar Bluff to buy items for the alleged manufacture of methamphetamine sent a Piedmont, Mo., area man to jail after officers stopped to assist him when his vehicle overheated on U.S. 67 North.

After several years of visually surveying for this small invasive insect, the emerald ash borer , pictured right, has officially been found in Missouri.

The Wayne County, Missouri Sheriff's Office reports a missing person. 44-year-old Robert Peters was last seen at 4:30am Sunday at Hidden Valley Campground on County Road 203, off Hwy 34 at the Wayne County/Bollinger County Line.

Obtaining firewood at your destination is the most helpful thing anyone can do to keep Show-Me State forests safe from the emerald ash borer.