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MARSHFIELD, Mo .-- The Webster County Sheriff's Department has a new website where residents can find the latest information regarding the operations of the department as well as locate area sex offenders. The new website will serve as an information resource for the public and assist with community policing efforts. The Website provides updated information on all aspects of the department. Sheriff Roy Cole says one of the main goals of the new website is to provide information to the public about sex offenders living in the county.

Welcome aboard for another trip around Pulaski County with the deputies of the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office. Once again I shall be your driver today and I hope you enjoy the news. Having said that I must also confess to a lack of planned material for today and I may have to wing this column. That of course is a scary thought. I usually get into trouble when I take shots on the wing. Our calls for service/case number count this morning (8:55am on Oct. 30, 2010) stands at 9,409 and the inmate roster stands at 57. One of those numbers is good, the inmate count a month or so ago was 94 so we have had a very nice reduction in the jail.

Welcome aboard for another column. Where do I start for today? How about with our case number/calls for service count which stands at 3,016 as of noon on Saturday the 9th. It does not appear that my requested recession for calls is going to happen this year. So we shall continue to swing the axe and the chips shall continue to fly. This past week we made several burglary cases and I have already sent out news releases on those cases and the persons who were charged. Speaking of calls the current construction project on I-44 has turned out so far to be mild.

Welcome aboard one more time as we slosh about Pulaski County in the heavy mud instead of the ice and snow. Goodbye white stuff and welcome red mud. Please remember that you cannot win with Missouri weather you just get ready for the next trial to come. But the mud does beat the snow and ice. The fifty and sixty degree temps are also just fine. I will begin this week’s column with a hard decision that I recently had to make for the department. As you will recall in this year’s budget we were given the funds to hire back two of the lost deputy positions from the past few years.

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. -- A Lawrence County, Missouri archer is celebrating another national championship. For the second time in three years, Sgt. Chris Berry of the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office has won a world championship in Archery.  The most recent coming from the world championships in Las Vegas, Nevada.

GAINESVILLE, Mo.  --  Authorities are questioning a woman for the stabbing death of a man Friday afternoon in southwestern Ozark County. It happened near Dugginsville.   About noon, Ozark Co. Sheriff's deputies were called to a home after an argument resulted in a 74-year-old man being stabbed.  He was airlifted to a Springfield hospital, but died later in the afternoon. Ozark Co. Sheriff Raymond Pace says his investigators took a 29-year-old woman at the scene into custody, but she has not been charged.

BATTLEFIELD, Mo. -- The Greene County Sheriff's Department late Tuesday released the name of a woman found dead in a home.  The body of Desiree Haugen, 23, was found at 5377 S. Hutchinson Court about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.  Within minutes, Battlefield Police Chief David Vallely asked the sheriff's department to take over the investigation. Sheriff Jim Arnott says his investigators consider the death to be suspicious but provided no other details.  He said deputies waited for a search warrant before they finished processing the scene.

The Douglas County sheriff's department is investigating a murder in the county. There are very few facts in the case, but KY3 has learned deputies found the body Friday night. An autopsy has been scheduled.  We'll bring you the latest as it becomes available.

WAYNESVILLE, Mo. -- The Pulaski County Sheriff's Department asks for the public's help in catching three fugitives believed to be in the area.  These individuals are: Ryan Kelley, 31, 6-foot-1, 190 pounds, brown hair, blue eyes, usually wears a baseball cap; Ryan has multiple felony arrest warrants for burglary and firearm-related crimes in Pulaski County; he has an extensive criminal background, and should be considered “armed and dangerous.” ...

BRANSON, Mo. -- A Taney County sheriff’s deputy's badge is missing after a home break-in.  The Branson police chief says it happened sometime over the weekend while the deputy and his family were away. The thief alo took ammunition, jewelry, TVs and clothing.  No weapons were stolen.  Police are investigating leads.