KENNETT, MO (KAIT) - A Dunklin County woman is dead following a wreck Thursday on US 412 in front of Barton's Lumber Company in Kennett.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, around 2:30 p.m. Katherine E. Sessums of Cardwell, 48, was driving a 2008 Ford Ranger east on US 412.

Troopers state the truck crossed the centerline and hit Steven M. Copeland of Poplar Bluff who was driving a 2007 Western Star Tractor.

Sessums was pronounced dead at the scene. Copeland was not injured in the crash.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a Campbell man was under the influence of drugs when he crashed his car.

The crash happened around 7:30 Wednesday night on Highway J, 5 miles west of Malden.

Trooper B. W. Emerson reported Bryan A. Williams, 42, was eastbound when his 2006 Chevy Monte Carlo ran off the left side of the road, struck a ditch and overturned.

Williams, who was not wearing a seat belt, was seriously injured.

Before he was flown to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Williams was charged with driving while intoxicated-drugs.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) - With time running out on the legislative session, The Missouri Bar and state lawmakers are acknowledging that an overhaul of the state's criminal laws won't cross the finish line.

But that group pledged on Wednesday to push for the criminal code revision next year when lawmakers have more time.

The measure is the product of a Missouri Bar committee charged with updating the criminal code for the first time since 1979. It would create new classes of felonies and misdemeanors and give judges more flexibility in sentencing.