Stories from Wednesday, October 24, 2012

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor The Amber Alert has been canceled for a 5-year old Poplar Bluff child. At 1:53 p.m. Wednesday, about six hours after the alert was issued for Abigail Berthoff, the alert was lifted and a statement by police stated the suspect in the child's early morning abduction, Jeffrey Dean Shelton, had been apprehended. The child is reported to be safe...

GRAYRIDE, Mo. -- A wreck involving a tractor-trailer rig on U.S. 60, half a mile east of the Grayridge exit, caused the closing of the highway for four hours late Tuesday night. According to the Highway Patrol, 37-year-old Joseph W. Odom of Lynchburg, Va., was westbound on Hwy. 60 at 9:18 p.m. in a 2000 Kenworth tractor-trailer when the truck ran off the roadway, striking a guardrail...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A presentation at the Federal Courthouse in Cape Girardeau Monday recognized Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russell Oliver for his part in fighting the drug war in Southeast Missouri. The Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) Regional Supervisory Special Agent, Michael Scalise, in presenting the first of its kind DEA Award, credited Oliver with having been "instrumental in law enforcement's advancements against the growing threat of synthetics."...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The small cabin nestled away in the Bloomfield City Park is in the middle of a "facelift." The log cabin, built in 1833 at Cline's Island, was moved piece by piece to its current home at the park in 1977. Over the years, the cabin's appearance has started to deteriorate, with roof problems being a major source of the trouble...

The volleyball season came to an end for Dexter as the Lady Bearcats fell to the Perryville Lady Pirates, 25-20, 25-18 in the semifinals of the Class 3, District 1 tournament Tuesday at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter. Perryville would later that same night win the district title with an upset win over state-ranked and No. 1 seed Notre Dame Regional High School, 28-26, 26-24...