Wednesday, May 23 2012 9:33 PM EDT2012-05-24 01:33:45 GMT
GREENE COUNTY, AR (KAIT) – Emergency crews are working to find the location of an airplane collision in Greene County. According to the Craighead County Sheriff's Department, two planes have collided
NEW INFORMATION: Greene County Sheriff Dan Langston says one plane was flying south to north when the propeller clipped the wing of the plane going east to west. The pilot in the plane going south to north was killed in the accident. The other pilot was airlifted the Med in Memphis. His condition is unknown, and no names are being released at this time.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 6:59 PM EDT2012-05-23 22:59:48 GMT
JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – The three men accused in the shooting death of Marc Despain appeared before a Craighead County Judge Wednesday afternoon. According to the Craighead County Prosecutor's Office,
NEW INFORMATION: According to Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington, Michelle Despain was arrested and charged with capital murder in the shooting death of her husband Marc Despain. She was taken into custody around 1:30 Wednesday afternoon.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 11:49 PM EDT2012-05-24 03:49:14 GMT
PARAGOULD, AR (KAIT) – The Paragould Police Department is currently investigating a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident. An officer has confirmed that someone has been hit by a car, and very little information
A seven-year-old is in the hospital tonight following a hit and run accident in Paragould.
Tuesday, May 22 2012 9:42 AM EDT2012-05-22 13:42:35 GMT
ST. PETERS, Mo. (AP) - Authorities in St. Charles County say a 3-year-old girl may have been alone in an apartment with her dead mother for up to four days. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/Kb8lIO
Authorities in St. Charles County say a 3-year-old girl may have been alone in an apartment with her dead mother for up to four days.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 11:42 AM EDT2012-05-23 15:42:54 GMT
Tornadoes in Kansas certainly are no rarity and one during a special day like a wedding can be devastating. But for one central Kansas couple, a tornado last Saturday is one they will never forget and
Tornadoes in Kansas certainly are no rarity and one during a special day like a wedding can be devastating. But for one central Kansas couple, a tornado last Saturday is one they will never forget and they've got the pictures to prove it.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 12:00 PM EDT2012-05-23 16:00:11 GMT
TROY, Mo. (AP) - An eastern Missouri babysitter has been sentenced to five years of probation for the death of an infant in her care. Cherie Kohenskey of Troy was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty
Cherie Kohenskey of Troy was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to first-degree child endangerment in the death of 2-month-old Levi Haggard.
Tuesday, May 22 2012 2:53 PM EDT2012-05-22 18:53:25 GMT
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A St. Louis woman is facing federal indictment for allegedly forcing two other women into prostitution. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 26-year-old Carla Mathews was indicted earlier
Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 26-year-old Carla Mathews was indicted earlier this month on three felony counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion. Mathews does not yet have a listed attorney.
Democratic candidates for two congressional seats in Arkansas are quickly pivoting to an extended fight for their party's nomination, with one hopeful branding his rival as a "professional politician."
The Tennessee Valley Authority is investigating who hung a noose at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant near Athens, Ala.
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More than 390,000 Missourians are registered to participate in the state's second statewide earthquake drill on Feb. 7.
The "Great Central U.S. ShakeOut" is a nine-state regional earthquake drill.
More than 1.7 million people in the Midwest are expected to "Drop, Cover, and Hold On" at the same time – 10:15 a.m.
In 2011, almost 500,000 Missourians participated in the first ShakeOut earthquake drill.
Missouri is one of nine states in the New Madrid Seismic Zone that will
participate in this drill on the 200th anniversary of the largest
earthquake in state history.
The Great New Madrid Earthquake happened on February 7, 1812 and devastated much of southeast Missouri. It briefly reversed the course of the Mississippi River and was felt as far
away as the East Coast.
Anyone can register for the ShakeOut at www.shakeout.org/centralus,
where viewers can receive all the information needed for a successful
drill.
Experts say this the best way to protect yourself during an earthquake is to drop cover, and hold on since in the U.S. the primary threat for injury or loss of life is falling debris and toppling objects, like bookcases and heavy electronics, not a structural collapse.
At exactly 10:15 a.m. on Feb. 7, Missourians and people around the central U.S. will:
DROP to the ground
take COVER by getting under a sturdy desk or table
HOLD ON to it until the shaking stops
The New Madrid Seismic Zone, centered in southeast Missouri, is the nation's most active earthquake zone east of the Rocky Mountains, according to the Missouri Department of Public Safety. At least three of the largest earthquakes in the continental United States occurred in the region from1811-12. The largest of the quakes was centered in New Madrid and occurred on Feb. 7, 1812. The earthquakes were followed by aftershocks that continued for more than two years. More than 2,000 shocks were felt at least 180 miles away from their epicenters.
More information on the ShakeOut and earthquake preparedness is available from the State Emergency Management Agency. Go to www.sema.dps.mo.gov
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Thursday, May 24 2012 12:09 AM EDT2012-05-24 04:09:36 GMT
JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - Murder victim, Marc Despain's parents never doubted his wife Michelle's involvement in his murder. "I felt all along that she was involved. Had no doubt about it," Jack Despain
Nearly nine months to the day after Marc Despain was found murdered in his Southwest Jonesboro home, his wife Michelle is behind bars, charged with Capital Murder.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 11:56 PM EDT2012-05-24 03:56:59 GMT
NEW INFORMATION: The Mississippi County Quorum Court passed a resolution Tuesday night to proceed with legal action against the city of Blytheville for unpaid jail fees. The Quorum Court voted 11 to one
The Mississippi County Quorum Court is weighing options on how to collect the jail fee owed to the county by the city of Blytheville.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 11:49 PM EDT2012-05-24 03:49:14 GMT
PARAGOULD, AR (KAIT) – The Paragould Police Department is currently investigating a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident. An officer has confirmed that someone has been hit by a car, and very little information
A seven-year-old is in the hospital tonight following a hit and run accident in Paragould.
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