We’re less than two months away from the next total solar eclipse, which will pass over southeastern Missouri on Tuesday, April 8th. Trish Erzfeld is Tourism Director for Perry County’s Heritage and Tourism group. She told Missourinet people wanting to view the...
A group of poultry farmers is suing Tyson Foods for shutting down its former chicken processing plant in southeast Missouri’s Dexter last fall. The plaintiffs argue that they invested millions of dollars to build and maintain chicken houses, provide needed equipment,...
Tyson Foods is closing its chicken processing plants in southeast Missouri’s Dexter and in southwest Missouri’s Noel. The closures are expected in October, with nearly 700 jobs disappearing in Dexter. John Newby, President and CEO of the McDonald County...
A southeast Missouri congressman says residents in the small town of Dexter are thankful that there were no injuries or deaths in Saturday night’s EF-2 tornado, which struck the town’s hospital and damaged at least 150 homes. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith...
(Missourinet Kennett affiliate KBOA contributed to this story) Missouri’s poorest region is getting an economic boost, with a $50 million peanut processing plant that’s being built in southeast Missouri’s Kennett. Jonesboro-based Delta Peanut held a...
