UNION CITY, Tenn. (KBSI) – Several Union City School students got a serious life lesson – without the consequences on Wednesday and Thursday. UNITE’s Arrive Alive Tour visited the Union City High School campus and provided participants with simulated dangers of impaired driving. This was in conjunction with the Union City Police and Obion County sheriff departments and the Tennessee…
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY, Mo. (KBSI) – Multiple emergency crews responded to the scene of a house fire in Cape Girardeau County. Firefighters are battling a fire at a home near Trail of Tears State Park. It is at 236 Hobbs Lane in Cape Girardeau County just off of Hwy. 177. No people or pets are inside the home. Everyone who…
OBION COUNTY, Tenn. (KBSI) – A Troy, Tennessee man faces a drug charge after he was found with methamphetamine, according to the Obion County Sheriff’s Office. On Monday, February 13, William Powers, 42, of Troy was arrested following a traffic stop on Hwy. 51 in Union City. During a pat down, Powers was found to have four baggies containing a total…
GRAVES COUNTY, Ky. (KBSI) – A woman faces a robbery charge after an armed robbery of a Dollar General store on December 31, 2022. Ruby May Turner, 61, of Mayfield faces a charge of robbery 1st degree (Class B felony) that carries a possible penalty of 10-20 years imprisonment. Employees of the Dollar General Store reported an older white woman…
SIKESTON, Mo. (KBSI) – Two people were injured in an explosion at a Sikeston business Wednesday morning. The Sikeston Department of Public Safety Fire Division, New Madrid County Ambulance and South Scott Ambulance responded to PTI Potashnick Transportation, Inc. at 411 Lynual in Sikeston for a fire at 7:12 a.m. Crews arrived on scene and determined two employees were cutting…
UNION COUNTY, Ill. (KBSI) – The Union County Sheriff’s Office is looking for three people facing various charges. Michael Charles McIntyre is wanted out of Union County for failure to appear. The original charge is possession of meth. McIntyre is 45 years old, 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 200 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He…
UNION CITY, Tenn. (KBSI) – Kindergarteners at Union City Elementary School in Union City spread Valentine’s Day love Tuesday to a group of residents at a local assisted living facility. Smiling residents at Magnolia Place received homemade personalized cards to celebrate the day from UCES students. The also anded out hugs and smiles to the 30 residents at the local…
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KBSI) – Poplar Bluff Middle School math teachers get a $2000 grant to establish ‘thinking classrooms,’ a data-informed approach to further engaging student learning. The Poplar Bluff School Foundation funded the grant which bought wipebook flipcharts, markers, erasers and easels, plus the textbook “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics” by Dr. Peter Liljedahl—a Canadian professor, prolific author and…
BOAZ, Ky. (KBSI) – Four people face drug charges after a traffic stop in Graves County on Sunday. Graves County Deputy Larry Jones conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on KY 994 in the Boaz Community for moving violations around 12:50 p.m. on Friday, February 10. During the stop, Deputy Jones identified one passenger as Thomas Cole McNeil who…
PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – Two Paducah men face drug charges after two different search warrants were executed on Monday. Cameron L. McElmurry, 25, of Paducah faces charges of trafficking in a controlled substance 1st offense (Carfentanil or Fentanyl derivatives), possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance 3rd degree (drug unspecified), drug paraphernalia (buy/possess) and resisting arrest. Bradley A. Clabough,…
MAYFIELD, Ky. (KBSI) – A Wingo woman faces drug charges after a traffic stop in Mayfield. A Graves County Sheriff’s deputy conducted a traffic stop on Ridgeway Street in Mayfield on Feb. 6 around 4 p.m. During the traffic stop, two people were removed from the vehicle and a search was conducted. Approximately 22 grams of methamphetamine, a set of…
PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – The Paducah Police Department honored more than 30 officers and civilian employees, and nine Paducah citizens Thursday, February 2 for their outstanding acts of duty and service to the community in 2022. Officer Pedro Loredo Jr. was named the department’s Employee of the Year for 2022. He and Officer Zane White received Meritorious Service Awards, the…
CHARLESTON, Mo. (KBSI) – A Charleston Department of Public Safety officer was injured while he was working a crash on Interstate 57 Tuesday night. His patrol vehicle was struck from behind an 18-wheeler. Officer Josh Maldonado has bee treated and released, according to the Charleston Department of Public Safety. Charleston DPS urges drivers to to slow down when you see…
CARBONDALE, Ill. (KBSI) – The City of Carbondale Police Department requests the public’s assistance in locating a missing adult. James W. Stanfield, 44, of Harrisburg, Ill. was last seen on Jan. 19 in the 700 block of South Marion Street in Carbondale. Stanfield is described as 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighing 135 pounds, with green eyes and black hair….
PADUCAH, Ky. (KBSI) – A Golconda, Illinois man faces a strangulation charge after Paducah police say he assaulted a cook at a Paducah restaurant. Michael Robbins, 41, of Golconda faces a charge of second-degree strangulation. He was found and arrested on January 27 by the Pope County Sheriff’s Department. Officers were dispatched to the Waffle Hut at 5440 Cairo Road…
(KBSI) – Be sure to know the road conditions before you travel. Check out these links from transportation departments in Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky. Freezing rain brings the potential for black ice that can create slick roads. State highway crews in western parts of Kentucky have begun pretreating routes and all are monitoring conditions to develop regional response plans…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – On Jan. 27, 2023, officers were dispatched to investigate a vehicle that was sitting in a field adjacent to I-55 near Wolverine Lane. Corporal Rogers, Patrolman McCain, and Patrolman Koesterer arrived on scene and began searching around the vehicle for anyone. While canvassing the area, McCain located an elderly male, lying on his back in…
(KBSI) – The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 1 Snow and Ice Team is carefully monitoring a winter event expected to arrive mid to late afternoon Monday. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory from 3 p.m. Monday through 9 a.m. Tuesday. A wintry mix of sleet and snow is expected to move across the region with up to…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Authorities responded to a muilti-vehicle crash on Highway K just west of Cape Girardeau Monday morning. It happened just east of the Highway 25 between Gordonville and Cape Girardeau. The crash was west of the intersection of Route K and County Road 201. No word on any injuries. Law enforcement reduced traffic to one lane…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Snow blanketed southeast Missouri, southern Illinois and western Kentucky overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. Check the radar in this link as well as see the latest forecast discussion: Weather Page See the latest forecast from Chief Meteorologist Rusty Dawkins here. Many schools have called off classes for Wednesday, Jan 25. Be sure to check with your…
GRAVES COUNTY, Ky. (KBSI) – A woman faces drug charges after sheriff’s deputies found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Toni R. Chambers, 39, of Mayfield faces charges of trafficking in a controlled substance 1st degree, 1st offense (methamphetamine) and drug paraphernalia (buy/possess). Graves County Sheriff’s Deputy Tyler Crane responded to an address on Dorothy Lane to conduct a follow up on…