This afternoon on seMissourian.com

Federal drug charges for Bootheel police chief

The police chief of the small Bootheel town of Steele, near the Arkansas border in Pemiscot County, was arrested this morning by federal authorities, allegedly for drug activity.At 3 p.m. federal prosecutor Catherine Hanaway will announce what the charges are and how they came about. We'll have a reporter and photographer on the scene, and we'll stream live video on the seMissourian.com home page.Click here to read more about the case.

Murdered trooper's family, colleagues speak out

The family and co-workers of Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. are relieved that the effort to find the slain Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper's killer ended last week, when a jury convicted Lance Shockley of first-degree murder in the 2005 shooting.Now they're speaking to the Daily American Republic newspaper in Poplar Bluff, Mo., about their sense of closure, and lingering sadness at their loss. Click here to read more on this story.

State senate expands sex offender list

The Missouri Senate has voted to expand the state's list of registered sex offenders by requiring those convicted before 1995 — when the law was put into effect — to register with the state.Click here to read more on this story from the Associated Press.

Later today and Wednesday on seMissourian.com

Check back at seMissourian.com later today for more on the case against the Bootheel police chief and a story about an escape from police in Kennett. On Wednesday morning we'll have edited video of the federal prosecutor's news conference, a look at how weather spotters get their job and a story about a local tax protest happening April 15.

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