Dunklin County News

A high school teacher from Baton Rouge will go on trial Wednesday for an altercation at a Walmart in Missouri where police say she refused to leave and resisted arrest.

The prosecutor handling the trial of a young woman facing 15 years in prison for an incident involving her cutting a line at Walmart in Kennett, Miss., has voluntary recused himself.

The first day of the State of Missouri vs. Heather Ellis trial was held on Wednesday.

Share + Nov 19, 2009 10:15 am US/Central ST. LOUIS 1 of 1 A Missouri woman was arrested after a line-cutting altercation at a Wal-Mart in 2007.

A verdict could come as early as Thursday. Officials with the American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Christian Leadership Conference said the case is indicative of racial bias in the town, where 13 percent of the population is African-American. Kennett, the hometown of singer Sheryl Crow in the southeastern corner of Missouri , has struggled ...

Jury selection is underway in the trial of a 24-year-old accused of cutting in a store checkout line and not listening to police who tried to remove her from the property.

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.

Scotty Davis was pronounced dead on the scene at 10:26 am, by Dunklin County Deputy Coroner James Towell.

In a Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 file photo, Heather Ellis, left, arm-in-arm with her mother, Hester Ellis, exits the Stoddard County Justice Center in Bloomfield, Mo., following a pre-trial hearing.

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.

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.

The 2009 Dunklin County Farm Family, front row, Aaron, Halle, and Jessica Jamerson are presented with a plaque from, back row, from left, Mark Wolfe, Director Missouri State Fair; Charles Kruse, President Missouri Farm Bureau; Ken Keesaman, Missouri State Fair Commissioner; and Samantha Wilkerson, Miss Missouri State Fair 2009.

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.

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.