Stories from Monday, August 17, 2020

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports three people were killed in Sunday motor-vehicle crashes on Southeast Missouri roadways. A 60-year-old Poplar Bluff man died in a two-vehicle crash, which occurred at 5:27 p.m. on U.S. 60, four miles east of Poplar Bluff...

Saint Francis Healthcare announced Monday morning that the organization will offer medical insurance for both small and medium businesses with plans to start in January, 2021. The goal of the plan, officials said in a press conference, is to cut out the middle man and keep care local with a wide-network plan...

Three new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Stoddard County by Ben Godwin, Director of the Stoddard County Health Center. One new case was confirmed on Monday and two over the weekend. Godwin also confirmed seven recoveries. The county now sits at 245 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 17 active cases, 219 recoveries and nine deaths...

Saint Francis Healthcare announced Monday morning that the organization will offer medical insurance for both small and medium businesses, with plans to start in January, 2021. The goal of the plan, officials said in a press conference, is to cut out the middle man and keep care local with a wide-network plan...

An accident involving two semitrailers occurred two miles west of Dudley Monday at 8:25 a.m. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol a 2016 Freightliner driven by Van P. Parker, 40, of New Madrid, was eastbound on Highway 60. A 2019 Freightliner driven by Clifton L. ...