Bragg City, MO

Three small earthquakes have been recorded in the local area this week. The Center for Earthquake Research and Information reported a 2.0 earthquake around 7:15 on Monday morning in Lake County. The tremor was reported southwest of Tiptonville in the center of the Mississippi River. Also on Monday, two earthquakes...

PEMISCOT COUNTY, Mo. – Food and agricultural giant Cargill, Inc. will break ground next year on a new soybean processing plant in southeast Missouri. This facility, located along the Mississippi River between Hayti and Caruthersville, will add approximately 45 full-time jobs when it’s fully operational in 2026. At present, Cargill employs nearly 1,200 people across 11 locations in Missouri.

KENNETT, Mo. (KFVS) - The Missouri State Highway Patrol canceled an Endangered SILVER Advisory for a missing Kennett man Tuesday night, May 17. MSHP said 71-year-old Melvin Malone was found safe. No other details on how or where he was found have been released. An alert went out to find...

Bernie High School baseball coach Marcus Massey has seen a lot of baseball in his life, so he knew full well what the possibilities were for his Mules in having to face MSHSAA Class 2 No. 4-ranked Portageville for the District 1 semifinal on Tuesday at Meatte Park IN Portageville.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - It was déjà vu in the Class 1 softball quarterfinals. Oran against Holcomb for the second straight year with a trip to the Final Four on the line. The Hornets jumped out to a 5-0 lead after four innings. Montana Long and Maleigh...

KENNETT – Veteran Notre Dame High School baseball coach Jeff Graviett isn’t one to mince words (or waste time saying them), and he was blunt in talking on Monday about his team’s next challenge. The Bulldogs (14-11) will visit defending MSHSAA Class 4 state champion Kennett (22-4)...

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. (KAIT) - Cargill announced Monday it would build a new soybean process facility near Caruthersville. According to the company’s news release, the plant will create 45 new “high-paying jobs” in Pemiscot County. “Agriculture is critically important to Missouri, and I’m thrilled to see a leading...

KENNETT, Mo. (KBSI) – The Kennett Police Department issued an Endangered SILVER Advisory for a missing adult after an incident occurred at 508 Slicer Street in Kennett at 8:30 a.m. on May 17. The endangered SILVER advisory missing adult is Melvin Malone. He is described as a black, male,...

PIEDMONT — Kennett is headed back to Killian. Freshman pitcher Handley McAtee and the defense gave up one hit while the seniors got the offense off to a fast start Tuesday in a 12-2 win over Clearwater in the MSHSAA Class 2 quarterfinal. Kyra Jaco led off with a...

ORAN, Mo. — All season long the Holcomb Hornets have aimed at returning to state after a second place finish last year. On Tuesday, the Hornets used timely hitting, stellar defense and the pitching of senior Alyssa Brown to punch their ticket to the Class 1 semifinals in Springfield, with a 7-0 quarterfinal win over Oran.

MALDEN, Mo.- The East Prairie Eagles were able to beat Charleston in the Class three district one tournament championship on Tuesday, 10-4. For the Eagles, this is the first district championship in 17 years, after losing the last two years in a row. "It's a great feeling you know, we...

KENNETT, Mo. (KAIT) - Authorities say a missing man with Alzheimer’s has been found safe. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Melvin Malone, 71, was found Tuesday evening after an Endangered Silver Advisory was put out by the Kennett Police Department earlier in the day. According to the news...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - David vs. Goliath. Everyone knows the story. The Missouri Class 1 District 1 championship game featured two teams that could fit perfectly into that scenario. Entering today, Cooter had won 14 district championships in the last 15 seasons going back to 2006. On the other...

MALDEN, Mo. — Strong hitting and early runs powered East Prairie past New Madrid County Central in the MSHSAA Class 3 District 1 Semifinals. The top-seeded Eagles (20-5, 7-1 Scott-Mississippi Conference) registered 13 hits and advanced to the district title game for the third consecutive season with a five-inning 11-1 win over the fifth-seeded Eagles (9-13, 1-4 SEMO Conference) at Malden High School on Monday, May 16.

PORTAGEVILLE – Ten minutes into its MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 semifinal on Monday against Senath-Hornersville at Meatte Park in Portageville, the Bernie High School baseball squad had produced all of the offense that it would need for the afternoon. Now, all senior pitcher Wyatt Nimmo and his defensive mates had to do was play exemplary baseball for the remainder of the picture-perfect afternoon.

KENNETT – Notre Dame senior pitcher Grant James wasn’t perfect on Monday in his outing in the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 semifinal against Dexter at Indian Park in Kennett. But he was pretty good on the mound and really good at the plate, as the Bulldogs topped the Bearcats 7-3 and moved on to the championship game on Wednesday (5 p.m.) against the Class 4 defending state champion, Kennett.