Stories from Thursday, August 27, 2020

A 63-year-old Puxico woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash at 5:24 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, on Highway 51 at County Road 254. According to the report, a 16-year-old Puxico resident was operating a 2017 Jeep Wrangler westbound when it failed to yield to a 2002 Ford Mustang being driven northbound by Nellie N. Greenlee...

Ten Stearman biplanes will arrive at the Dexter Airport Saturday morning, Sept 5, at 8 a.m. and will be parked on the ramp in front of the Airways cafe.  These are historically significant aircraft training U.S. Navy and Army Air Corps pilots in WW2 to prepare them to fly the fighters and bombers of the day. The community is invited to come view these planes, however no one will be permitted to climb on the aircraft...

Ben Godwin, Director of the Stoddard County Health Center, has confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 along with four recoveries. Stoddard County now has moved to 302 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 51 active, 241 recoveries and 10 deaths. Broken down by age group the cases are 0 to 19 – 32 cases, 20 to 29 – 53 cases, 30 to 39 – 34 cases, 40 to 49 – 42 cases, 50 to 59 – 45 cases, 60 to 69 – 35 cases, 70 to 79 – 29 cases and 80-plus – 32 cases. ...