Briefly

Creal Springs, Ill., man presumed drowned

MILLER CITY, Ill. -- A Creal Springs, Ill., man was reported missing Wednesday to the Alexander County Sheriff Department. Anthony L. Dodd, 41, was apparently fishing just off Miller City Road near the Cache River, with runs into the Mississippi River, and a witness observed him go under in the water. Dodd is still missing and presumed drowned. Emergency personnel are searching the area where he was last seen.

Area fire department helps fund burn camp

The Fruitland Fire Department collected $1,571 in its participation of the 11th annual "Fill the Helmet" campaign, a fund-raising event held by firefighters throughout the state in May each year. The purpose of the event is to send children ages 6 to 17 with burn injuries to Camp Sabra at the Lake of the Ozarks for a week of outdoor activities. Campers attend at no charge, and the camp is sponsored by Burns Recovered Support Group and other donations. More information is available at the group's Web site, brsg.org.

Police officer injured in collision with car

A Cape Girardeau police motorcycle collided with a car that failed to yield Friday, sending the officer flying. Cpl. Kevin Eudy was admitted to Saint Francis Medical Center with a broken wrist and abrasions. Eudy was northbound on East Rodney Drive when a car driven by a 16-year-old girl failed to yield at the Hawthorne Road intersection. Sgt. Barry Hovis said the car had stopped at a stop sign, but the driver did not see Eudy and pulled through the intersection into his path. Eudy was thrown from his motorcycle, according to Hovis. The girl, whose name was not released because she is a juvenile, received a summons for failure to yield resulting in a motor vehicle accident.

Former TV reporter submits guilty plea

BENTON, Mo. -- Tiffany Osborne, formerly Tiffany Sisson, pleaded guilty Thursday to the class C felony of stealing from a famly member's estate. The theft occurred when Osborne was acting as a guardian/conservator between March 1 and Nov. 20, 2006. Osborne, a former KFVS12 reporter in Cape Girardeau, appeared before Judge T. Lynn Brown in Scott County and pleaded guilty under oath to taking $36,250.29 for her own purposes. In exchange for the guilty plea, Osborne was given a suspended imposition of sentence and five years' probation, as she had no prior criminal convictions. While on probation, Osborne will pay the full amount of restitution to the estate and account for an additional amount from insurance checks improperly cashed in Cape Girardeau County this year.

-- From staff reports