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Shannon County, MO. Sheriff’s Office, 18078 2nd Street, Eminence, MO (2026)

09/04/2026

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09/03/2026

A NOTE FROM THE SHERIFF’S DESK
LABOR DAY WEEKEND MESSAGE

As Labor Day Weekend approaches, Shannon County will once again welcome thousands of visitors who come here to enjoy our rivers, campgrounds, trails, businesses, and everything our county has to offer.

For many families, this weekend marks the unofficial end of summer- a final opportunity to spend time together on the river, around a campfire, at the campground, or simply enjoying the outdoors.

I want everyone to have a great weekend, but more importantly, I want everyone to make it home safely.

Please remember that one poor decision can change lives forever.

Slow down and buckle up. Our highways and rural roads will be busy, and many of them are narrow, winding, and unforgiving. Be responsible on the river.
Use caution with ATVs and side-by-sides.

Respect private property and our public lands. Pick up your trash, extinguish campfires completely, and leave Shannon County as beautiful as you found it.

Our county is blessed with some of the most beautiful country in Missouri, and we are proud that so many people choose Shannon County as their destination.

Whether you have lived here your entire life or you are visiting us for the first time, you are asked to enjoy yourself responsibly and treat our communities with respect.

The men and women of the Shannon County Sheriff’s Office will continue doing everything within our ability to protect our citizens and visitors throughout the holiday weekend.

Enjoy your family. Enjoy the rivers. Enjoy the outdoors. Make memories.

Just don’t let a preventable tragedy become one of them.

Have a safe and enjoyable Labor Day Weekend.

Your Sheriff,

Steven Hogan

09/03/2026

Cancel the below announcement. We now have internet for the purpose of phone lines and 911. We will continue to trouble shoot why our MULES and Records Management System are without internet.

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⚠️ IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTICE — 911 & PHONE OUTAGE ⚠️

Citizens,

Currently the Shannon County Central Dispatch has no internet. Whenever internet is down- phone lines are down as well. We are working diligently to find out why the internet is down.

For now- please call our emergency cellphone backup listed below.

573-604-1176

Please save this number and share this post so we can get this information out to as many Shannon County citizens as possible.

I will provide an update as soon as the internet and normal 911 / telephone services have been restored.

Your Sheriff,

Steven Hogan

08/29/2026

Shannon County Sheriff's Office
A Note From The Sheriff’s Desk
Protecting Missouri’s Children- New Grooming Law Now in Effect

As Sheriff, there are few responsibilities I take more seriously than protecting our children. Missouri has strengthened its laws to give law enforcement and prosecutors another tool to hold those who prey upon children accountable.

Effective August 28, 2026, Missouri law now specifically addresses the grooming or enticement of a minor under 566.151, RSMo.

Under the new law, a person who is more than four years older than a minor can commit this offense by knowingly attempting to persuade, solicit, coax, entice, or lure a minor- or actually doing so- with the intent to prepare, condition, manipulate, or otherwise cause that minor to engage in s*xual conduct, a s*xual performance, or a commercial s*x act.

The punishment reflects the seriousness of this conduct. A conviction can result in 5 to 30 years in prison. If the grooming results in the minor actually engaging in the prohibited s*xual conduct, the law provides for a minimum sentence of 10 years.

Importantly, punishment for grooming can be in addition to and consecutive to punishment for another crime committed as a result of that grooming.

Grooming doesn't always begin with an obvious criminal act. Predators may first work to gain a child's trust, establish secrecy, introduce inappropriate conversations, provide gifts or attention, isolate a child, or gradually break down boundaries. Parents and guardians should remain involved in their children's lives- both in person and online- and pay attention when an adult takes an unusual or inappropriate interest in a child.

Children deserve to grow up without being manipulated or exploited by adults. Those who deliberately target children for s*xual purposes should expect law enforcement to investigate those allegations thoroughly and, when probable cause exists, present the case for prosecution.

If a child tells you something concerning, listen to them, take them seriously, preserve any messages or other evidence, and report it to law enforcement.

We will continue doing everything within our authority to protect the children of Shannon County.

Protect our children. Report suspected abuse. Hold offenders accountable.

Your Sheriff,

Steven Hogan

08/28/2026

SHANNON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

UPDATE — ALERT EXPIRED

The previous Public Service Announcement regarding the power outage at the Shannon County Central Dispatch Office has EXPIRED.

Power has now been restored, and Central Dispatch phone lines and the 911 system are operational.

Citizens may resume using 911 for emergencies and our normal telephone lines.

Thank you for your patience and understanding during the outage, and thank you to everyone who helped share the information.

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⚠️ IMPORTANT PUBLIC NOTICE — 911 & PHONE OUTAGE ⚠️

Howell-Oregon Electric has temporarily shut off power in and around the Shannon County Courthouse while crews are working on electric lines.

As a result, Shannon County Central Dispatch currently has NO POWER. Unfortunately, the backup generator at the courthouse did not kick on when power was disconnected.

Because Central Dispatch is without power, our regular phone lines are currently down and the 911 system will also be unavailable during this outage.

UNTIL POWER AND OUR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS ARE RESTORED, CITIZENS NEEDING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE SHOULD CALL OUR EMERGENCY BACKUP CELL PHONE:

573-604-1176

Please save this number and share this post so we can get this information out to as many Shannon County citizens as possible.

We will provide an update as soon as power and normal 911 and telephone services have been restored.

Your Sheriff,

Steven Hogan

08/20/2026

SHANNON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
WEATHER UPDATE — TORNADO WARNING

⚠️ BE WEATHER AWARE — SHANNON COUNTY ⚠️

The National Weather Service has issued a TORNADO WARNING at 9:15 PM that may impact the Eminence area and portions of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.

Citizens in and around Eminence and the surrounding areas should take this warning seriously and be prepared to seek shelter immediately.

If you are in the warned area:

- Move to a basement or storm shelter if available.
- Otherwise, move to a small interior room on the lowest floor, away from windows.
- If you are camping or recreating along the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, seek a substantial, sturdy shelter immediately.
- Do not wait until you see or hear a tornado before taking protective action.

Please continue monitoring weather alerts and have multiple ways to receive warnings.

We have set off the warning siren from Central Dispatch.

Stay alert. Stay safe. Look out for one another.

Your Sheriff,

Steven Hogan

08/19/2026

A NOTE FROM THE SHERIFF’S DESK

BE WEATHER AWARE, SHANNON COUNTY

Citizens,

Please remain weather aware this afternoon and evening as the potential for severe thunderstorms increases across Shannon County and much of the Ozarks.

Current weather information indicates that conditions may become favorable for strong to severe thunderstorms, with the primary threats including:

- Damaging wind gusts of 55–70 mph
- Large hail potentially up to 1.25 inches
- The possibility of an isolated tornado or two
- Rapidly changing conditions as storms develop and move across the area

The timing and exact location of storm development remain uncertain, which makes it especially important to stay alert and have more than one way to receive weather warnings.

Please do not wait until severe weather is at your doorstep to decide where you will take shelter. Know your safe place now. If a Tornado Warning is issued for your area, move to a basement, storm shelter, or a small interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building, away from windows.

If you are traveling, camping, floating, working outdoors, or otherwise away from substantial shelter, pay particularly close attention to changing weather conditions. Strong winds, lightning, hail, and rapidly developing storms can become dangerous very quickly.

I will continue to monitor conditions and share important information as necessary.

Be prepared. Stay informed. Look out for your family, your neighbors, and one another.

Stay safe, Shannon County.

Your Sheriff,

Steven Hogan

08/19/2026

SHANNON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
PRESS RELEASE

Assault/Harassment Investigation & Correction of False Information

The Shannon County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating an incident reported during the early morning hours of August 9, 2026, in the Eminence area. The incident remains listed as an OPEN investigation.

I am issuing this press release because of the extraordinary amount of false, misleading, and completely unverified information that has circulated on social media concerning this incident and the response of the Shannon County Sheriff’s Office.

Some of the social media stories surrounding this case became so fictional that, quite frankly, I was looking forward to Part 2.

Humor aside, this is a serious matter.

When misinformation involves allegations of a violent crime and then falsely portrays the Sheriff’s Office as refusing to help someone who was allegedly in danger, that misinformation can create unnecessary fear and distrust among the very citizens we are sworn to serve.

One social media post claimed that a female at a campground in Eminence was being r***d by two men, that she personally called law enforcement for help, and that law enforcement supposedly told her:

“Sorry, we can't help you because we don't have a sheriff.”

The same post went even further and warned citizens to think twice before calling law enforcement because “they won't help.”

To be absolutely clear: at no point was an allegation made to the Shannon County Sheriff’s Office that a woman was being r***d by two men. There was never a report to this office of a r**e occurring as described in the social media post. That allegation was part of the story circulated on social media- not what was reported to law enforcement.

There were numerous other stories and claims circulating on social media, some similar and some even more outlandish.

These are extraordinarily serious accusations to make about the Shannon County Sheriff’s Office and the men and women who work here.

There is one major problem: social media rumors are not police reports, and repeating something on Facebook does not make it a fact.

Contrary to the narrative that the Sheriff’s Office would not respond or would not help, not only did a Shannon County deputy respond to this incident- two deputies responded.

That fact alone is important because citizens were being told on social media that law enforcement refused to respond. Two deputies responding to the incident is quite different from the story being circulated that the Sheriff’s Office told someone we could not help them.

The official incident documentation provides the record of what was actually reported to and documented by this office.

Furthermore, according to the incident report, at approximately 8:40 a.m., a mother contacted the Shannon County Sheriff’s Office and advised that she had located her son and no longer needed a deputy for that particular request.

Because this remains an active investigation, I am not going to publicly disclose information that could compromise the investigation, interfere with potential prosecution, or unnecessarily identify or expose individuals involved.

However, I also will not stand by while fabricated or unverified stories are circulated as established facts- especially when those stories falsely tell the citizens of Shannon County that their Sheriff’s Office will not respond when they call for help.

There is a tremendous difference between asking legitimate questions about an incident and publishing an unverified story as though it were established fact.

If you don't know what happened, it is perfectly reasonable to ask.

But when speculation becomes accusation, and accusation becomes a social media “fact” that never occurred as described, innocent people can be harmed and public confidence in emergency services can be damaged.

The citizens deserve facts- not Facebook fiction.

The Shannon County Sheriff’s Office has faced very real staffing and funding challenges. I have been open with the citizens about those challenges, and I will continue to be. But those circumstances should never be used as an opportunity to invent a narrative about the actions of this office or its deputies.

As Sheriff, my responsibility is not to win an argument on Facebook. My responsibility is to the citizens of Shannon County.

We will continue to answer calls for service. We will continue investigating criminal activity. We will continue documenting the facts. And when misinformation concerning this office becomes so significant that it threatens public confidence or public safety, I will correct the record.

As this investigation continues, additional information may be released when appropriate and when doing so will not jeopardize the integrity of the case.

Until then, I encourage everyone to use good judgment before sharing serious accusations as fact simply because they appeared on social media.

Facts matter. The truth matters. And the citizens of Shannon County deserve both.

Your Sheriff,

Steven R. Hogan

08/18/2026

Shannon County Sheriff's Office
A NOTE FROM THE SHERIFF’S DESK 🇺🇸
National Volunteer Firefighters Appreciation Day

Citizens,

Today, I want to recognize a group of men and women who represent some of the very best of Shannon County- our firefighters.

When the pager goes off, they answer.

It may be the middle of the night, during a family dinner, on a holiday, or in the middle of a workday. They leave their homes, their families, and their jobs to respond when someone else is having one of the worst moments of their life.

In Shannon County, all of these men and women are volunteers. They don't serve for recognition or applause. They serve because they love their neighbors and because they believe their community is worth protecting.

As Sheriff, I have had the privilege of seeing firsthand what our firefighters bring to an emergency scene. Whether we're responding to a structure fire, vehicle crash, search and rescue, medical emergency, natural disaster, or any other crisis, law enforcement and the fire service stand shoulder-to-shoulder with one mission: protecting and serving our citizens.

That partnership means a great deal to me.

Different uniforms. Different responsibilities. But one community, one purpose, and one commitment to the people we serve.

I want every firefighter across Shannon County to know that your Sheriff's Office appreciates you, respects you, and is proud to work beside you. When our citizens need us most, there is tremendous strength in knowing that we are going to show up together.

To the families of our firefighters, I also say thank you. Every time your loved one answers that call, you sacrifice something too. Your support makes their service possible, and that should never be forgotten.

And to every firefighter who has ever put on the gear, climbed into a truck, answered a pager, walked toward danger, or simply stood ready because your community might need you:

Thank you.

Thank you for your courage.
Thank you for your sacrifice.
Thank you for your commitment.
And most importantly, thank you for taking care of the citizens we are all committed to serve.

The Shannon County Sheriff's Office is proud to stand beside you- not just today, but every day.

We serve different roles, but we serve the same people. And when Shannon County needs us, we stand together.

God bless our firefighters, their families, our first responders, and the citizens of Shannon County.

Your Sheriff,

Steven Hogan

08/14/2026

SHANNON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT
BACK TO SCHOOL/PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN

As a new school year begins across Shannon County, our roads will once again be filled with school buses, young drivers, parents, and most importantly- our children.

The Shannon County Sheriff’s Office is asking every driver to slow down, stay alert, and remember that a few seconds of distraction can have lifelong consequences.

Children will be walking along roadways, waiting at bus stops, and entering and exiting school buses. They may not always see you coming. It is our responsibility as adults and motorists to see them.

The Shannon County Sheriff’s Office will be out and visible, actively watching for traffic/school-bus violations and working to make sure our children get to school and return home safely.

Please remember:

•STOP for school buses displaying flashing red lights and an extended stop arm as required by Missouri law.
•Slow down and watch carefully around school buses, bus stops, and school zones.
•Expect increased morning and afternoon traffic and leave early enough that you don't feel rushed.
•Never follow a school bus too closely.
•Avoid aggressive driving and road-rage situations.
•Expect the unexpected. A child can enter the roadway in an instant.

Our deputies would much rather prevent a tragedy than respond to one.

Parents are trusting all of us when their children step onto that school bus or walk toward school each morning. That is a responsibility the Shannon County Sheriff’s Office takes seriously.

We will be doing our part. We ask every driver in Shannon County to do theirs.

Slow down. Pay attention. Stop for the bus. Protect our children.

Their safety isn't an inconvenience. It's a responsibility we all share.

Your Sheriff,

Steven Hogan

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