Stories from Friday, August 6, 2021

A Dexter woman received serious injuries in a two vehicle accident Friday morning on Highway PP east of Puxico. According to the report from the Missouri Highway Patrol, Justun G. Buchanan, 39 of Wappapello was eastbound in a 1987 Ford Dump Truck. Authorities say Lisa D. Pennington, 51 of Dexter was southbound in a 2005 Chrysler PT Cruiser, when she pulled into the path of Buchanan...

SIKESTON — The 69th Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo officially kicks off Wednesday but there are plenty of events before and during to celebrate the annual event. On Saturday morning, the annual rodeo parade begins at 10 a.m. Starting at the Sikeston Kindergarten Center, the parade will go west on Salcedo Road, then south down N. Kingshighway all the way to the Downtown Sikeston Depot Museum...

Stoddard County Health Center Director, Ben Godwin, has confirmed 37 new cases of COVID-19 and the 74th COVID-19 related death in the county since the previous update on August 4. The county now has 178 active cases of COVID-19 and has had 3,676 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic...