Your Region 8: Southeast Missouri

29/07/2014

In March of 2013, Nordyne announced it would close its Poplar Bluff plant. Now that plan is being put into action, the company is closing one line at a time and employees are being forced to leave their positions.

In March of 2013, Nordyne announced it would close its Poplar Bluff plant.Now, that plan is being put into action. The company is closing one line at a time and employees are being forced to leave their...

29/07/2014

Proceeds from sales of Missouri Lottery tickets have gone exclusively toward education since 1992. A ballot measure next month would allow veterans to share in some of the take.

24/07/2014

Crews are on the scene of a train derailment in Dexter.

Crews are on the scene of a train derailment in Dexter.

22/07/2014

Authorities are widening the search for an eastern Missouri woman who has been missing since early this month.

22/07/2014

NEW OVERNIGHT: A Missouri teen that went missing over the weekend is back home with his family.

21/07/2014

Police are searching for a teen that went missing Sunday and is believed to be injured.

18/07/2014

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16/07/2014

The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery's revenue and net proceeds have dropped for the second straight year.

Missouri education officials plan to expand a scholarship program to some high school students who came to the US illegally before their 16th birthday.

16/07/2014

A new report says Missouri's unemployment rate fell slightly in June to 6.5 percent from 6.6 percent the month before.

16/07/2014

A Missouri man who crashed his motorcycle earlier this week has died.

14/07/2014

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation barring people younger than 18 from buying electronic ci******es while also exempting the ni****ne products from other to***co sales restrictions.

14/07/2014

It's decision day for seven bills pending before Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon.

11/07/2014

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11/07/2014

A south-central Missouri man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for vandalizing the home of a county prosecutor and briefly stealing two vehicles.

11/07/2014

Wayne County Sheriff Dean Finch says a man has died from a snake bite at Sam A. Baker State Park. It happened on Tuesday evening.

Wayne County Sheriff Dean Finch says a man has died from a snake bite at Sam A. Baker State Park.

10/07/2014

Arms up! Legs out! The jumping jack is about to become Missouri's official state exercise.

10/07/2014

Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation expanding health coverage to unborn children and allowing some newly trained doctors to go to work more quickly.

10/07/2014

Missouri conservation officials are reminding pet owners to be on the lookout for coyotes this summer.

08/07/2014

A Region 8 man was seriously injured when his pickup truck got stuck on a railroad track and was struck by a train.

07/07/2014

A Region 8 animal shelter, already strapped for cash, is digging deep into their pockets to offer a $1,000 reward to find the burglars who broke into their office during the holiday weekend.

02/07/2014

There were 10 deaths on the water this June in Missouri and with the water being higher than normal going into the holiday weekend it is important people stay safe while on the water.

There were 10 deaths on the water this past month in Missouri and with the water being higher than normal going into the holiday...

02/07/2014

Will Missouri's budget be in the black? Or red?

01/07/2014

It's a tragedy that never should have happened. 22-month-old Cooper Harris died when he was left in his father's car in the hot Georgia sun.No matter...

30/06/2014

Police say a 19-year-old Region 8 woman was seriously injured when she drove her SUV into the path of a dump truck.

26/06/2014

Dr. Devin Stephenson, president of Three Rivers College, announced Wednesday he is stepping down from his post.

25/06/2014

The month of June has been a deadly one on Missouri waters. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, there have been 10 drowning deaths this month already.

20/06/2014

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation that continues a loan forgiveness program for students of large-animal veterinary medicine.

20/06/2014

A new state audit says Missouri regulators haven't completed investigations of numerous properties containing potentially contain hazardous materials.

19/06/2014

Residents of one Region 8 community who want to celebrate our country's independence with a bang will have to leave town.

18/06/2014

The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott invites readers to get "lost" in three good books.

11/06/2014

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed several bills that he says would have jeopardized the state budget by providing special tax breaks to particular industries.

05/06/2014

Today holds a high chance of severe weather across Region 8. As we move throughout the day we will watch a thunderstorm complex make its way across the Southern Plains.

05/06/2014

The percentage of school buses failing state inspections is on the rise in Missouri.

02/06/2014

A coroner's inquest is convening this week to look into a fatal shooting involving a southeast Missouri deputy.