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After a week at trial, a plea deal was reached in the case of Heather Ellis. She's the woman who was charged with assaulting two police officers after a fight that started in the checkout line at a Kennett, MO, Walmart.

Plea agree reached in case of Missouri woman in racially charged store scuffle case.

The trial is underway for the woman at the center of a controversy that started when she allegedly cut in line at a Kennett, Missouri Walmart.

Nov. 16, 2009 - Supporters of Heather Ellis gather on the Dunklin County Courthouse steps on in Kennett, Mo.

Share + Nov 19, 2009 2:40 pm US/Central ST. LOUIS 1 of 1 A Missouri woman was arrested after a line-cutting altercation at a Wal-Mart in 2007.

Observers of a march in support of Heather Ellis hold signs with KKK emblems in Kennett, Missouri November 16, 2009.

The Kennett Board of Education made the decision to offer the district's open superintendent position to current Kennett Middle School Principal Ward H. Billings, following his interview during the executive session of the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday afternoon.

A 24-year-old woman from Kennett , Missouri , is slated to go on trial tomorrow for alleged crimes stemming from a bizarre-o incident at Wal-mart more than two years ago.

KENNETT, MO Supporters from across the country converged on the Dunklin County Courthouse Monday to voice public outrage against the Kennett Police Department and Dunklin County Prosecutor's Office.

Hundreds of people marched through the small Missouri town of Kennett, as racial tension remains thick after a woman's 2007 altercation with police.

Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially charged dispute with white customers and authorities, the young black schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for 15 years.Witnesses have told authorities that Ellis cut in front of waiting ...

Mayor Roger Wheeler, left, congratulates Leonard Younger, right, following the ceremony to rename a portion of Third Street in Kennett to Younger Drive in May 2009.

Halloween may be over, but for the students at Kennett High School, the horror is about to begin as the drama department presents "Dracula: The Vampire Play." Based on the novel by Bram Stoker, the play tells the story of Professor Van Helsing, played by Will Caldwell, who discovers that Lucy Seward, played by Katie Briscoe, has become the victim ...

The Dunklin County Sheriff's Department recently ended a missing person's search with the discovery of a body on the Varner River ditch bank.

A southeast Missouri county prosecutor has voluntarily removed himself from a 2007 case that began with a woman switching checkout lines at a Wal-Mart in Kennett.

A motion filed in a Dunklin County courtroom brings a new twist to the case against Heather Ellis, a case that has garnered national media attention.

Residents will vote on trash hauling debate during April election The Kennett City Council approved four ordinances during the City Council meeting hosted on Tuesday.

Six children and three adults were involved in an accident occurring at the intersection of Kennett and Seventh Streets on Thursday afternoon.

When the U.S. Army Field Band performs for the crowd on Thursday evening, 12 students from the Kennett High School band will join them in the performance of the "Chesapeake Bay March," a selection written by U.S. Army Field Band Conductor Col.

A former college student faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly cutting the line at a Walmart, and the NAACP and ACLU have stepped in to generate support for her case.