- Water rescues, campground evacuations after rains flood parts of southeastern Missouri (8/15/23)GLEN ALLEN, Mo. -- A drenching storm dropped several inches of rain in a short time Monday morning in an area of southeastern Missouri, shutting down roads and prompting several water rescues. Unconfirmed reports of up to 8 inches of rain fell in Bollinger County, a rural area about 120 miles southwest of St. Louis. No injuries or deaths were reported, but campers had to be rescued when water inundated two campgrounds...
- Flash floods hit Bollinger County (8/14/23)Heavy rains inundated Bollinger County causing flash floods throughout the area Monday, Aug. 14.
- Local officials call for more tornado sirens in Bollinger County (4/11/23)A week ago, people throughout Bollinger County were jolted awake by an emergency warning on their cellphones around 3 a.m. Some have a weather radio that warned them a tornado was coming. There were no tornado sirens prior to the twister that ripped through Glen Allen...
- FEMA: Glen Allen does not meet threshold to receive funding following tornado (4/11/23)Uninsured property owners in Glen Allen who suffered loss during the April 5 tornado were informed officially on Monday that they do not qualify for FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) relief. Kevin Cooper, director of Bollinger County Emergency Management, told the Bollinger County Commission at its meeting Monday morning that although the tornado destroyed most of Glen Allen, it did not reach the threshold required by FEMA guidelines...
- Bollinger County teacher charged with alleged sex crimes involving student (3/30/22)An elementary school teacher in Bollinger County has been charged with a felony involving sexual contact with a student. Missouri court records indicate Rachel Baker of Glen Allen, Missouri, listed as an elementary teacher on the Woodland School District's website, was charged with the alleged crime...
- Bollinger County Route WW reduced for culvert replacement (12/15/16)Route WW in Bollinger County, from Route K to County Road 228, will be reduced as Missouri Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe under the roadway. The work will be done today between 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. All work is weather permitting. Work zones will be marked with signs. Motorists are urged to use extreme caution while traveling near those areas. For more information about these projects, contact MoDOTs Customer Service Center at 888-275-6636, or visit modot.org/southeast...
- Lonnie Liley pleads not guilty to murder charges of his brother in Bollinger County (1/30/14)MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- A Bollinger County man charged with first-degree murder of his brother waived arraignment and pleaded not guilty on Wednesday. A preliminary hearing has been set for Lonnie Liley for 9 a.m., Feb. 24. According to a probable-cause document issued by police, Lonnie Liley, 42, said he shot his brother, Jessie Liley, 50, in self-defense...
- 1 dead, 1 arrested after shooting in Bollinger County (1/24/14)MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- A Marble Hill, Mo., man is dead, and his brother is in custody after a domestic dispute Thursday morning, the Bollinger County Sheriff's Department reported. Deputies responding to a report of a domestic dispute involving a firearm found Jessie Liley, 50, with a gunshot wound, the department reported Thursday...
- No change in service for conceal carry permits in Bollinger Co. (9/5/13)Bollinger County Sheriff Darin Shell said there was some "confusion" in Sunday's Southeast Missourian story about his office issuing conceal carry permits. It was reported that his office could not issue permits because of budget constraints. Shell explained that the sheriff's office needs some additional equipment to issue the permits, and that he does not have the funds in his budget this fiscal year to buy it. ...
- Zalma boy missing; search intensifies (12/19/12)ZALMA, Mo. -- Members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Bollinger County Sheriff's Department and other agencies spent most of Tuesday afternoon searching for 12-year-old Brent Jones of south Bollinger County. Jones was reported missing Tuesday afternoon, but had not been seen since 8:30 p.m. Monday, said Jim Bollinger of Marble Hill Search and Rescue. Jones is a 5-foot tall, white male with a dark complection. He weighs 90 pounds and was last seen wearing jeans, a dark-colored jacket and lime green shoes....
- Leopold woman pleads guilty to bank fraud (12/19/12)Crystal Renee Elfrink of Leopold, Mo., pleaded guilty to a felony count of bank fraud on Monday, according to the United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of Missouri. Elfrink was a trustee and had power of attorney for Loretta Elfrink, her aunt by marriage. who was retired and living in Bollinger County...
- Marble Hill aldermen vote to institute business license rules (9/13/12)MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Although the city of Marble Hill has an ordinance requiring businesses in the city limits to have a yearly permit, the city government has issued none in recent years. Monday night, the board of aldermen voted to levy a $10 business permit beginning Jan. 1. Bollinger County also levies a $25 yearly business permit...
- Highway commission awards contracts (9/13/12)The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has awarded two construction contracts for Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties -- a bicycle and pedestrian improvements in Cape Girardeau and a pavement project in Bollinger County. RL Persons Construction Inc. ...
- Family, friends say goodbye to Bollinger County man (9/12/12)Pallbearers load Jeffery Scott Robins' casket onto his tow truck Tuesday at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill, Mo. Mourners filled the chapel and overflowed outside during the service for Robins, whose death is being investigated as a homicide...
- Police continue Bollinger County murder investigation as victim's family hopes for answers (9/10/12)MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- As the Major Case Squad continued its hunt for a killer Sunday, the family of victim Jeffery Scott Robins said they are still in disbelief that someone would want to kill the beloved father of four who -- as one close relative put it -- had a "huge heart" and an "amazing life."...
- Strong storms knock down trees in Bollinger County; sign down on I-55 (9/9/12)The National Weather Service has received preliminary reports of trees down in areas of Bollinger County, Mo., after a line of storms moved through the area Friday evening. Trees were reported down in and around Marble Hill, Mo., from a weather service cooperative observer. A trained spotter reported trees down near Sedgewickville, Mo., and a county emergency manager reported trees down near Patton, Mo...
- Sheriff: Autopsy confirms Bollinger County shooting was homicide (9/9/12)MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- A Friday morning autopsy confirmed what investigators had already suspected -- that a Bollinger County man died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, and that the shot was fired by someone else. Bollinger County Sheriff Leo McElrath said Friday night that autopsy results on the body of Jeffery Scott Robins, 35, who was found dead in his rural Bollinger County home on Thursday, confirmed Robins' manner of death, and that it was a homicide...
