Stories from Wednesday, September 9, 2020

SIKESTON - Eastbound U.S. Route 60 in Butler and Stoddard Counties will be reduced as Missouri Department of Transportation crews repair the bridge over the Saint Francis River. This section of roadway is located from Route 51 to Route DD near Fisk, Missouri...

An altercation at a park in Dexter resulted in injuries to an area resident. Detective Eddie Halloway with the Dexter Police Department, said at approximately 5:30 p.m. Friday, Gavin Warner, 19, and a 17 year old engaged in a “mutual physical altercation”...

Director of the Stoddard County Health Center, Ben Godwin, confirmed a COVID-19 outbreak at a Puxico area long term nursing facility. “A situation arose unexpectedly last week resulting in facility wide testing performed over the weekend,” said Godwin in a social media release. “Once we have a single positive test in a nursing home or assisted living center, facility wide testing is mandatory per the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.”...

A teenager is in juvenile custody, facing a second-degree murder charge in the stabbing death of a family member during an apparent argument Tuesday afternoon at their south Poplar Bluff home. Poplar Bluff police officers reportedly were called to a home in the 1500 block of Vincent Street at 2:20 p.m...