Masked man holds up Jackson store

JACKSON, Mo. -- Jackson police are searching for a man who made off with $500 in a holdup at the Country Mart Store at 309 E. Jackson Boulevard early Friday.

At 1:27 a.m., a 6-foot white male in a black ski mask and dark clothing displayed a handgun to a clerk and demanded money, police said. The man drove away in an older model flat-bed pickup truck. Witnesses said the truck might have had an old couch in back.

The truck was last seen traveling west on Highway 72.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the Jackson Police Department at 243-3151.

The Cape Girardeau Sheriff's Department is searching for a man who walked into Hanners Tools Friday afternoon and ran out with a cash register. The theft occurred about 1:30 p.m. The store is located on Highway 25 south of Jackson.

The man was described as a thin 6-foot white male.