Stories from Thursday, November 12, 2020

Stoddard County World War II Veteran Jack Matthews now has his name immortalized at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield. A road on the north side of the cemetery grounds now bares his name, as does a plaque at the door of the administration building...

Ben Godwin, Director of the Stoddard County Health Center, confirmed the 31st COVID-19 related death in the county. Godwin said the patient was not related to the nursing home outbreak. Godwin also confirmed 54 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the county to 1,500 confirmed cases. The county now sits at 1,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 300 active, 1169 recoveries and 31 deaths...

Cypress Point, skilled nursing by Americare, today reported on the status of COVID-19 testing and cases at the community. Over the past weekend, the community was informed that two employees had tested positive for COVID-19. Upon notification, the facility initiated the testing of all residents and employees and has repeated testing several times...