Stories from Monday, October 5, 2020

WAPPAPELLO — A hunter out scouting the woods near Wappapello Saturday morning found the body of a man authorities believe has been missing since mid-September. At about 11 a.m., a Butler County man reported to Deputy James Allison he had found a “dead body in the woods off of County Road 517 in Wappapello, while scouting the woods for the upcoming deer season.”...

Ben Godwin, Director of the Stoddard County Health Center confirmed 27 new cases of COVID-19 as well as 27 recoveries. Godwin confirmed 11 new cases over the weekend and 16 on Monday. None of the new cases were related to the nursing home or assisted living center breakouts...