Stories from Thursday, October 15, 2020

Stoddard County residents can vote absentee in person at the Stoddard County Clerk's office in Bloomfield. Stoddard County Clerk Cecil Weeks said individuals wishing to do this will be asked to sign an affidavit stating they wish to vote absentee and they then will be given a ballot...

JEFFERSON CITY — The heroic actions of two Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers who rescued a severely injured Carter County deputy were recognized earlier this week. On Tuesday, Gov. Mike Parson awarded Missouri Public Safety Medals to 11 first responders and six civilians for heroic and life-saving actions in 2019...

The director of the Stoddard County Health Department, Ben Godwin, has confirmed 23 new cases of COVID-19 along with 8 recoveries. Godwin said none of the new cases are related to the nursing home outbreak. This brings the county to 873 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The county is at 207 active cases, 648 recoveries and 18 deaths...

Butler County authorities have identified the body found in the woods near Wappapello earlier this month. On Thursday afternoon, Butler County Sheriff Mark Dobbs reported the body had been positively identified as Ronald Dale Moore, who has been missing since September...