Caruthersville

Several in southern Missouri reported a short, but quick jolt Friday morning.

I'll get this out of the way at the start. None of these 3 small Missouri places is a suburb of a larger city like Saint Louis, Kansas City or Springfield. Yet, suddenly they have zoomed to the top of the worst list in Missouri with the highest reported recent crime data.

What is the worst county in Missouri? It's hard to pick just one and it depends on who you ask. But, there's a new ranking based on three very fair metrics that pick the worst county in the Show Me State and it's a deserving choice that is crime-infested and almost in Tennessee.