The wife of one of the men indicted in a Lebanon-based sex trafficking and torture case also has been indicted. The sixth person indicted is Mary Bagley, who is accused of helping her husband entice a young women to their trailer near Lebanon where she was tortured and coerced into becoming a sex slave.

The indictment of Mary Bagley also re-indicts her husband and two other men. Two men already have pleaded guilty to being part of the operation.

The Missouri Civil Air Patrol continues their missing aircraft search in southeastern Missouri for the fourth day.

Three aircraft and one ground team are active — the launch of all aircraft was delayed briefly by morning fog.

The search area today will include more northern areas near Farmington; previous areas of concentration included Poplar Bluff and Doniphan. Concerned family members continue to assist the search efforts today.

The CAP says its teams have searched more than 1,400 miles in the last three days. The search area has been expanded for the plane that went off radar screens in southeast Missouri last weekend.

A poultry facility in southwest Missouri’s Polk County has been quarantined because of a case of Avian Influenza. The State Department of Agriculture says the disease is a virus that affects birds. It calls the possibility of humans getting it “extremely rare.” Tests are being run on flocks within six miles of the facility.

A former payroll and accounts receivable manager for a Ferguson investigation company is charged with embezzling about $170,000 dollars from the company. The federal indictment against Tammeria Patrick of Florssant caused some of the company’s payroll checks to be issued to herself. The indictment says she used the money for personal expenses.

The EPA has moved the contaminated Carter Carburetor factory site in St. Louis closer to being cleaned up at federal expense.

The EPA also has authorized soil, sediment, and air vapor samples to see if contamination has spread to adjoining properties.

The steps are being taken to move the cleanup closer to the national Superfund priorities list. The agency estimates cleanup will cost at least $27 million dollars. Carter Carburetor made products for gasoline and diesel-powered engines for more than 50 years before closing in 1984.