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Two kids injured in Stoddard Co ATV accident
STODDARD COUNTY, Mo (News First) – Two youngsters were injured Wednesday evening following an A.T.V. accident in Stoddard County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash took place on Stoddard County Road 702, a half mile east of Essex when a 2015 Polaris Ranger A.T.V. driven by a 12-year-old boy from Essex ran off the road and overturned, throwing the 12-year-old and his 15-year-old female passenger, also from Essex, off the 4-wheeler. The girl had moderate injuries and the boy had minor injuries. Both were taken to Mercy Hospital in Dexter.
Poplar Bluff police: Man found in fenced yard, shot by homeowner after becoming ‘aggressive’
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KFVS) - Police say a southeast Missouri homeowner found a man in his yard and shot him in the leg after he allegedly became aggressive. According to a news release from the Poplar Bluff Police Department, they responded to a home in the 2000 block of Mangold Street around 1:15 a.m. on Wednesday, August 28 for a reported shooting.
Man sentenced to 20 years in connection with 2018 Butler County murder
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – A man who fatally shot someone in Butler County, Missouri was sentenced to two decades in prison. U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp sentenced James Odell Johnson on Tuesday, August 20 to 20 years in prison. James Odell Johnson pleaded guilty in U.S. District...
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