Dunklin County News

A former Campbell, Mo., Police Department dispatcher was recently sentenced to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections on charges of possession of child pornography.

The City of Kennett will be presenting its annual fireworks display at 9 p.m., on Saturday, July 4, west of where the Kennett Country Club meets the Kennett Airport.

Aaron, Jessica and Halle Jamerson receive prestigious award The Dunklin County Farm Family has been chosen by the University of Missouri Extension Council to represent the area at the Missouri State Fair's 'Farm Family Day.' Jessica and Aaron Jamerson of Hornersville, Mo., were chosen for the prestigious award based on the suggested criteria set ...

The cause surrounding the death of a 49-year-old Kennett man who was found at Jones' Park on Friday remains a mystery.

A former Campbell, Mo., police dispatcher is heading to prison after pleading guilty to more than a dozen counts of possession of child pornography.

Missouri Department of Transportation employees spray weeds growing along Highway 412/South Bypass on Wednesday.

A former Campbell Police dispatcher has been sentenced to 4 years in prison for possession of child pornography.

The highest temperatures so far in 2009 hit the area this week, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a heat advisory for the Cape Girardeau area and much of the region from noon to 7 p.m. today.

Monday morning 44-year-old David Hill walked away from a work release assignment on Route O near Kennett.

Kennett tornado sirens are a last ditch effort to notify residents of a spotted tornado in the city.

After being rescheduled last month, and in spite of this week's weather, the Dunklin County 4H Club is still planning to go forth with the SEMO 4H Rodeo on Saturday.

The search is over for an inmate who escaped from the Southeast Correctional center in Charleston.

Local officials are still searching for a prisoner from the Southeast Correction Center in Charleston, Mo., who escaped on foot Monday during a work release assignment on Route O, in Kennett.

A Dunklin County man was recently found guilty of assault in the first degree and armed criminal action stemming from an October 2008 case.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is sponsoring a peace march in protest of police brutality and injustice on Saturday, June 13, 2009.

A special graduation ceremony was recently held at the Dunklin County Justice Center in Kennett for those individuals successfully completing the Dunklin County Drug Court Program.

Funds will support addition of 16 Early Literacy Stations The Dunklin County Library will soon be offering additional Early Literacy Stations at various branches throughout the organization, made possible through a grant administered by the Missouri State Library division.

Although summer doesn't officially begin until June 21, the Southeast Missouri region, including Dunklin County, has recently been experiencing severe weather conditions similar to that in which is typically seen during the summer months.

The Muscular Dystrophy Association will be hosting a Kennett Lock-Up Party to benefit the organization beginning at 11 a.m., on Thursday, June 11, at the Kennett County Club Magnolia room.

A tanker truck with Sonny Jackson Farms of Dunklin County lost control and overturned in the downtown district of Kennett this morning, spilling chemicals it was carrying all over the roadway.