Stories from Wednesday, March 18, 2020

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man in his 40s who recently traveled abroad is the 16th person in Missouri to test positive for the coronavirus, health officials said. The man is doing well and is in isolation at his home, while his family is in quarantine, Jackson County health officials announced late Tuesday. It was the second case in the county that includes Kansas City...

Northbound Route 67 in Wayne County will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction while contractor crews perform pavement repairs. This section of road is located between County Road 214 and Route EE. Weather permitting, work will take place Monday, March 30 through Monday, April 27 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily...

Butler County Presiding Circuit Judge Michael Pritchett issued an administrative order prohibiting certain persons from entering the courtrooms in the 36th Judicial Circuit. Pritchett’s order is in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declaring the outbreak of COVID-19 is a worldwide pandemic...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 4:58 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, on Highway Y, five miles south of Bell City. According to the report, Justin D. Arduser, 30, of Clarksville, Tenn., was operating a 2002 Hyundai Accent southbound when it crossed the center line and struck a 2009 Toyota Corolla head on...

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Parson’s issued an executive order Wednesday postponing all April 7 municipal elections to June 2. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft made the request after the governor issued an earlier executive order declaring a state of emergency in response to COVID-19...

Despite all the things going on locally with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Heartland Gobblers chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation had a successful banquet Saturday night. “We got lucky to have it, but it went over well,” said chapter president Chuck Stewart...

A 54-year-old Fenton man was seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, on U.S. 60, eight miles west of Poplar Bluff. According to the report, April R. Foster, 38, of Ellington was operating a 2017 Ford westbound when it ran off the left side of the road, struck an embankment and overturned...

Bobbie Jo Waddell, 84, of Poplar Bluff, entered her eternal home Sunday, March 15, 2020, at Cedargate Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Bobbie, the daughter of the late Robert and Maggie Ellen Timberman Boyers, was born Dec. 18, 1935, in the Coon Island Township of Butler County. ...

Butler County has yet to see a positive case of the COVID-19 coronavirus, health department emergency planner Emily Goodin told those in attendance at Wednesday’s emergency operations center briefing in Poplar Bluff. Nine people have been tested so far in the county, Goodin said, with five tests coming back negative. Four tests are awaiting results - two at the state laboratory and two at the private Quest Diagnostics lab...

Just as Three Rivers College nears the end of a ransomware investigation, students and faculty will make the shift to remote coursework in response to COVID-19.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday announced the first coronavirus death in the state happened in Boone County, without providing further details on the perso. Columbia Mayor Brian Treece said the case was travel-related. ...

Norman Keele Jr., 66, of Silva, died Monday, March 16, 2020. Visitation is 11 a.m. - noon Friday. March 20, 2020 at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville. Funeral will follow at noon also at the Greenville Chapel. Burial: Greenville Cemetery. Online condolences can be made at www.rueggfuneralhomes.com...

As schools all around the state close in attempts to reduce the spread of COVID-19, districts are also working to ensure students are fed during the closures.