Stories from Wednesday, November 4, 2020

A turnout of 67.76 percent of the registered voters in Stoddard County saw Republican challenger Josh Speakman unseat Democrat incumbent Carla Knowles Moore to become the new Stoddard County Collector/Treasurer Tuesday evening. Speakman defeated Moore by a final count of 8,683 votes to 4,452. Moore has held the seat for 20 years and was seeking one more term before retiring. Speakman expressed his gratitude to several individuals including Moore...

Ben Godwin, Director of the Stoddard County Health Center, has confirmed two COVID-19 related deaths. One case is related to the nursing home outbreak and the other is outside of the outbreak. Godwin said both passed away on Tuesday. This brings the county to 26 COVID-19 related deaths...

SIKESTON — U.S. Route 60 in Stoddard County will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform pavement repairs. This section of roadway is located from Route 25 to County Road 731. Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, Nov. 9 through Thursday, Nov. 12 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily...

Ben Godwin, the director of the Stoddard County Health Center confirmed 26 new COVID-19 cases. Godwin said the death was not related to the nursing home outbreak. Additionally 26 recoveries were confirmed by Godwin. The county now sits at 1,230 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 183 active, 1,021 recoveries and 26 deaths...

A male juvenile has been detained after an alleged threat of violence while at Dexter High School on Wednesday. According to a statement released by the Dexter School District on social media, the district received a report of a potential and non-specific threat to the school. The juvenile office and Dexter Police Department were immediately contacted...

Missouri’s youngest deer hunters took 15,591 deer during the first portion of their special season last weekend, but fell short of last year’s harvest. During last year’s first segment of the youth season, hunters took home 18,289 deer. The top counties in the state were Franklin with 336 deer taken, Howell with 324 and Osage with 320...