REYNOLDS COUNTY —A man drowned just before 4:30p.m. Tuesday on a river in Missouri.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported 24-year-old Emigdio F. Cuevas, St. Louis, was swimming at Johnson's Shut on the Black River.
He began to struggle and was unable to resurface. He was pronounced deceased by a physician from the Iron County Medical Center and transported to the Reynolds County Coroner's office.
Cuevas was not wearing a life jacket, according to the MSHP.