Stories from Wednesday, June 24, 2020

A truck fire on Highway 60 slowed traffic for a short while Monday afternoon. The fire occurred on the west bound side of the highway just west of Highway F. The Dexter Fire Department responded and quickly extinguished the blaze. Dexter Fire Chief Don Seymore said the truck was a total loss and no one was injured...

Stoddard County Health Center Director, Ben Godwin, has confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 in the county. Two of the three new cases are related to the nursing home outbreak. The recovery is not related to the nursing home outbreak. Stoddard County now has 128 confirmed cases of COVID with 26 active cases, 94 recoveries and eight deaths...