The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Governors approved the re-appointment of Dr. Bruce Skinner as a University representative to the Show Me Center Board of Managers. Skinner is interim vice president of Enrollment Management and Student Success at SEMO. Dr. Doug Koch, was appointed to serve as the University representative on the River Campus Board of Managers. Koch is interim provost. Both will serve three-year terms beginning now through December 2028.

Meanwhile an employee of the Scott County Sheriff’s Office has died. Former Deputy Lindell Eakins died on Friday at the age of 76. According to Scott County Sheriff Derick Wheetley, Eakins wore many hats during his long career, like working as a bailiff and a School Resource Officer at Thomas W. Kelly School in Benton.

Following a vehicle search by Scott County Sheriff’s deputies finding suspected fentanyl and other drug paraphernalia three people two men and woman wanted in Ste. Genevieve County were arrested Friday afternoon. The Scott County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a suspicious vehicle at the General Watkins Conservation Area campground off Park Road. Investigators found two men and a woman, ranging in age from 42 to 22, all with active warrants out of Ste. Genevieve County for failure to appear on drug-related charges and for providing false id information. Sheriff Derick Wheetley said all three drug suspeects have lengthy criminal records spread across multiple states.

City officials launched legal proceedings Friday to seize the former Buffalo Grand Hotel, citing years of neglect, unpaid taxes and code violations. The hotel has remained closed since a suspicious fire in late 2021.The Department of Permit and Inspection filed a Notice of Intent to Commence Abandonment Proceedings in New York State Supreme Court.

Roderick Macleod, 70, was a member of the band Roomful of Blues in the 1980s and received a Grammy nomination for his work with them. Also inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2014 The woman accused of hitting and killing Mcleod is Shannon Godbout, 41. She has been arrested and arraigned on multiple charges including driving to endanger resulting in death and possession of narcotics with intent to deliver. She is being held without bail.

According to Governor Kathy Hochul, New York State schools have served more than 150 million meals since the start of the school year, following implementation of the state’s new Universal School Meals law. According to the Governor’s Office, schools statewide are now providing more than 2.5 million breakfasts and lunches per day.

Emergency crews responded to a house fire in Sissonville late Friday night. The fire was reported shortly after 10 p.m. in the 1600 block of White Oak Drive, according to an alert from Metro 911. Firefighters said that no one was injured from the fire, but the home has been deemed a total loss. Firefighters did not say what might have been the cause of the fire.

A man and woman were arrested in Charleston on charges of drug possession and child neglect, court records said. April Dawn Reed, 41, of Charleston and Dorian Takih Brown, 36, were each charged with child neglect creating a serious risk of injury or death, as well as possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, according to a criminal complaint filed to Kanawha County Magistrate Court.The incident occurred just before 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, according to the complaint. Police said that they broke into Reed’s apartment after hearing a child crying following multiple attempts to get Reed to answer her door. Once inside the home, police said they found Brown passed out under the influence of drugs in one of the bedrooms, lying on top of several hypodermic syringes. Brown later told police that he frequently watched Reed’s three-year-old son.

The West Virginia Board of Education voted on Wednesday to approve the closure of schools in half a dozen West Virginia Counties.Votes moved to close school sin in Barbour, Logan, Randolph, Roane, Upshur and Wetzel counties.While several parents showed up for a last-minute appeal, that failed to save any of the 15 schools. State School Board Superintendent President Paul Hardesty said he expects to be forced to approve more closures unless lawmakers change the state funding formula, which is now based on student enrollment.

A teenager has died after a single-vehicle crash Thursday night in Cabell County.The crash was reported about 9:30 p.m. in the area of Riverwalk Drive and U.S. 60 in Ona, according to Cabell County dispatchers.The Cabell County Sheriff’s Office said a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old went off the road and over an embankment into the river. The teenager, who was not identified, died from their injuries, deputies said.

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced on Thursday plans to provide state employees covered under the general revenue budget with a pay raise, including teachers, state troopers, correctional officers and others. “Now we already know that there are people in the House and the Senate that have been talking about the importance of teacher pay raises,” Morrisey said. “I applaud that. I think it’s great, and I’m looking forward to working with the legislature on the package that ultimately will go through.” The proposed raise aims to go into effect with the 2027 fiscal year budget. Morrisey said along with the raise, the state is also benefitting from progress being made on PEIA premiums. He said the recently approved 3% increase is a step in the right direction but work still needs to be done.

A Grand Island man died Thursday evening after he was reportedly pinned between a semi-truck and a pickup truck while working on the semi, according to a spokesperson with the Erie County Sheriff’s Office.

The family of 13-year-old Leah Mayer, who was killed after she was hit by a car on South State Parkway and Broadway in Grand Island has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the town and the driver of the vehicle.

A school closure committee has recommended closure of D’Youville Porter Campus School PS 3 and Early Childhood Center PS 90 in Buffalo

LEWISTON — The town will be getting a reduced number of pole-mounted license plate-reader cameras installed in the coming months. The town board approved the installation of the cameras on town property at its work session on Monday, with the number of planned cameras dropping from eight to four.

Allegheny Manufacturing has received the incentives it needs for its planned move across Lockport to the former Niagara Fiberboard facility.