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Poplar Bluff's Ben Hansbrough could be picked in NBA draft

Submitted by KFVS Web Staff
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011, 10:54am

Poplar Bluff native and former Notre Dame star guard Ben Hansbrough could be selected Thursday night in the NBA draft.

Hansbrough is projected as a 2nd round pick.

Ben's older brother Tyler Hansbrough was taken 13th in the 2009 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers.

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Homicide investigation in Butler County

Submitted by KFVS Web Staff
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011, 8:34pm

A 38-year-old man was killed early Wednesday morning and police have one person in custody.

The Butler County Sheriff's Department is investigating the homicide of Christopher Richards of Poplar Bluff.

It happened in a home in the western part of the county on County Road 466.

Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs says 41-year-old Matthew C. Coble is now a suspect in the early morning homicide in Butler County. He is in police custody, but has not been formally charged.

38-year-old Christopher Keith Richards was shot and killed.

According to Sheriff Mark Dobbs the two were long time friends and were living together at 617 County Road 466.

The two were known in the past to drink heavily and fight. On Wednesday morning officers say there was a physical altercation, but this time it turned deadly.

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Ag experts concerned about 3 types of bugs

Submitted by KFVS Web Staff
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011, 6:25pm

Agriculture experts say they are very concerned about three types of bugs that are infesting southeast Missouri.

They are concerned about the Japanese beetle, the Emerald ash borer, and the Gypsy moth.

Dr. Mike aide, the chair of Southeast Missouri State University's Department of Agriculture, says the bugs could damage the area's forests and crops.

 "The great migrations are yet to come," Dr. Aide said. "The Emerald Ash Borer has decimated thousands and thousands of trees in Michigan.  It's now becoming present in our region and all of these insects are going to play a greater role in our home maintenance, our agriculture in the future."

Dr. Aide says complete infestation could occur in the area within the next two to 25 years.

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HEAT is on campaign launches Tuesday

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer
Monday, June 20th, 2011, 12:26pm
HEAT is on campaign launches Tuesday

BUTLER COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - The Highway Enforcement Action Teams campaign will start June 21 and run through September 22.

According to MoDOT, for the past three summers Missouri law enforcement has held the HEAT campaign to make Missouri roads safer in the summer. MoDOT says during the summer months there is an increase in traffic-related accidents and fatalities.

The three-month campaign will kick off with an Interstate 70 corridor project June 24 through 25. Drivers in that area will see more police officers from 6 a.m. on June 24 to 6 a.m.

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Mobile disaster recovery center opens in Bollinger Co.

Submitted by KFVS Web Staff
Monday, June 20th, 2011, 12:01pm

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced the closing of the Mobile Disaster Recovery Center (MDRC) in Cape Girardeau.

The Cape MDRC will be closing at 6 p.m., Saturday, June 18, 2011, according to FEMA.

Storm survivors in the Cape Girardeau area who have questions about their applications for disaster aid are urged to visit the MDRC located at the Shawnee Park Center, 835 S. West End Blvd., until 6 p.m., June 18.

The MDRC will then reopen for three days in Bollinger County on Monday, June 20, at 1 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, Family Life Center (separate building behind the church), 502 Broadway St., in Marble Hill.

According to FEMA, the hours of operation will be Monday, June 20, from 1 to 6 p.m., and June 21 and 22, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The MDRC will close at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22.

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How to apply for disaster relief jobs

Submitted by KFVS Web Staff
Sunday, June 19th, 2011, 10:46pm

Walking through the doors to the Missouri Career Center is the first step toward finding a job.

"It's hard right now as far as jobs," said Freddie Sanders.

Hundreds of people were left without a job after Spring storms and floods, and are now looking for work.

Freddie Sanders is one of those people wanting to work.

"I'm willing, ready and able," said Sanders.

He went to the Missouri Career Center in Cape Girardeau to apply for a disaster relief job through the Workforce Investment Board.

"I'm like oh ok I've got to go check that out," said Sanders.

"It's going to be a fairly simple process," said Robin Strop with the Missouri Career Center. "This is a wonderful opportunity for hundreds of people to get back to work."

Strop says in order to apply you just need to be at least 18 years old, and go to one of the Career Center locations to fill out an application.

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MoDOT: Take our Work Zone Survey

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer
Saturday, June 18th, 2011, 10:00am
MoDOT: Take our Work Zone Survey

BUTLER COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - The Missouri Department of Transportation is asking drivers who have traveled through a work zone recently to take their survey.

The survey asks questions like where the work zone you were driving through was located, when and the conditions.

You can find the survey by clicking here.

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