Pemiscot County News

A Hayti man charged with a cold case murder will spend the next 20-years in prison for the crime! 30-year-old Glenn Moore entered the Alford Plea to 2nd-degree murder in April, avoiding a jury trial.

A Pemiscot County resident found a dead body at the rear of his farm shop located just west of Hayti Heights on Tuesday morning, leading to the filing of murder charges.

A 41-year-old south Arkansas man has been arrested and charged in southeast Missouri with the murder of a Paragould man.

Harper died from blunt force trauma to his head and multiple stab wounds to his chest.

Police investigate a homicide in the Missouri bootheel. Pemiscot County Sheriff Tommy Greenwell says someone found the body of 64-year-old Albert Lynn Harper of Paragould, Arkansas at the back of a farm just ...

State Rep. Terry Swinger, D-Caruthersville, right, and the Pemiscot County Port Authority President Duane Michie who is also the chairman of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission.

Eight Pemiscot County residents were arrested Friday in a joint investigation by local, state and federal authorities.

U.S. Senator Kit Bond today announced the U.S. Department of Transportation released more than $6 million in federal funds for transportation projects in the Southeast Missouri, but none of the projects are in ...

An Arkansas couple faces criminal charges after they allegedly tried to pawn jewelry stolen from a Pemiscot County home.

The Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department responded to a burglary at the Odom household on State Highway O early last week, that ended in 2 arrests.

Caruthersville Police say three young children were left in a van for a long period of time and the mother of one of the children has been arrested.

Lt. Ryan Holder with the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department, left, and Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney, Jonce Chidister, right, volunteer to help families at the Caruthersville Armory where a Masonic ...

A new era has begun for the gaming industry in Caruthersville. On Tuesday, Lady Luck Casino officially changed the chips, cards, game layouts and dice that were formerly owned by Casino Aztar.

A strong-arm robbery took place at Caruthersville around 8 a.m. this morning. Dunklin County dispatcher James Foster alerted area officials that a white male, approximately 6 ft., 160 lbs., fled the scene of ...

Thirteen area individuals were recently arrested following a "round-up" conducted by the Bootheel Drug Task Force with help from the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Department, Caruthersville and Hayti police ...

Local authorities gather around a small portion of approximately $17,000 worth of stolen equipment that has been returned to the Kennett Country Club thanks to investigative efforts of the Kennett Police ...

About $17,000 worth of stolen equipment has been returned to the Kennett Country Club, thanks to the efforts of investigators with the city's police department.

Interstate 55 southbound in closed from Marston in New Madrid County to Wardell in Pemiscot county due to an accident near Portageville, MoDOT reports.

Hayti Fire Department members may not have gotten to finish the Bass Pro Catfish Tournament Saturday, but they did come away with a life-saving catch.

Highway 51 in Bollinger County will be reduced to one lane with a 12-foot width restriction while MoDOT crews cut brush along the roadway.