Stories from Wednesday, April 22, 2020

The Stoddard County Major Case Squad has been activated to investigate a fire that occurred Wednesday morning, according to a news release from Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner. The Dexter Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 21036 State Highway 114 at approximately 10:34 a.m.

Leigh Ann Lindsay, daughter of the late Charles Lindsay and Emma Kathryn Lawson was born on September 17, 1965 in Kennett, Missouri and departed her life at the Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri at the young age of 54 years. Mrs. Lindsay was a Veteran of the United States Army and a resident of Dexter...

Tammy Kaye Boulay, daughter of the late Dorothy Hunt Odom, was born on July 20, 1965 in Dexter and departed this life on April 20, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the age of 54 years. Ms. Boulay was a veteran of the United States Air Force...

Stoddard County confirmed its 19th case of COVID-19. Stoddard County Health Center Director Ben Godwin confirmed that 10 of the 19 cases are now listed as recovered recovered. This leaves nine active cases in Stoddard County.

Scott Kruse should have crossed the famed Boston Marathon finish line Monday. But like runners all over the world who had hoped to compete in the prominent race, Kruse instead finds himself staying home and training for a new race date of Sept. 14. Though he never would have wished for it, Kruse — principal of T.S. Hill Middle School in Dexter, Missouri — said the decision to postpone Monday’s race may have been a blessing in disguise...