Stories from Monday, March 30, 2020

REYNOLDS COUNTY MO. — The Reynolds County Health Center has confirmed the first positive case of COVID-19 in Reynolds County. The individual is currently home. The Reynolds County Health Center is working with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and the CDC, to identify and contact people who may have come in contact with the individual while they were infectious and will monitor them for fever and respiratory symptoms...

Officials at the Carter County Health Department have confirmed a third positive case of COVID-19 in their county. The person, according to a news release, is quarantined at home. Officials are working with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the CDC to identify and contact people who may have come in contact with the individual while they were infectious and will monitor them for fever and respiratory symptoms...

PIEDMONT — A Piedmont man has been charged with the stabbing death of his mother. Daniel R. Adams is charged with the Class A felony of first-degree murder and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action. He is accused of causing the death of his mother, Gabrielle G. Gamble...

The Importance of Early Detection of Alzheimer’s online class will begin at noon, Thursday, April 2, and is free to the public. The University of Missouri Extension is inviting the public to the Zoom meeting at no charge. To register in advance for the meeting:...

For the last several days, our hospital has been working collaboratively with the Missouri Department of Health and the health departments in our surrounding counties. On separate accounts, two patients have presented to our emergency department and test results have confirmed both patients have the novel Coronavirus. ...

University of Missouri Extension is offering several employment, labor and workforce development webinars over teh coming weeks. The webinars include: • April 1, 2-3:30 p.m., Credentialing $30.00 COVID-19 and Other Disaster Recovery Resources  Updates and changes to FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act), SBA (Small Business Assistance), EDA (Economic Development Administration) and Disaster Recovery, USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) Rural Business Development Grants, COVID-19 loans and local initiatives.. ...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL Three area residents were injured in a two-vehicle crash at 4:28 p.m. Sunday, March 29, on U.S. 62 at Highway 25 in Dunklin County. According to the report, Ran Neisha L. Dunn, 19, of Cape Girardeau was operating a 2007 Chrysler Sebring westbound when it pulled into the path of a 2006 Toyota 4Runner being driven southbound by Ashlie N. Myers, 32, of Bloomfield...

City firefighters responded at 11:48 p.m. Saturday, March 28, to a report of a structure fire at 134 W. Harper St. According to the report, firefighters found flames coming from a rear door of a vacant structure. All visible windows previously had been boarded up...

JEFFERSON CITY — To help motorists deal with some of the challenges created by the COVID-19 outbreak, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has temporarily extended the time frame for when a vehicle emissions test is due, to coincide with the extended vehicle registration cycle as defined by the Missouri Department of Revenue...

PIEDMONT — A Piedmont man appeared in court via video conferencing Monday morning after being charged with the stabbing death of his mother. From inside the Wayne County Jail, Daniel Ross Adams made his initial appearance before Associate Circuit Judge Christina Kime...

Wilma Belle Kenser, 93, who last made her home at Serenity Assisted Living, East Peoria, Ill., passed away peacefully at her son’s home in Peoria, Ill., surrounded by family and loved ones Thursday, March 26, 2020. Wilma (Blackledge) Kenser was born on her parent’s farm in Ripley County, Mo. Jan. 9, 1927. She graduated from high school in Naylor, Mo. She later married Troy Willard Kenser Aug. 16, 1944 in Arkansas...

James Theodore Becker, a well-known Wayne County farmer and community leader, died at the family home in Williamsville on Thursday, March 26, 2020. He was 90 years old. Mr. Becker is survived by two children, Dianne Becker of St. Louis and Brian (Toni) Becker of Northeast Arkansas; his daughter-in-law, Pam Howard Becker of Williamsville; five grandchildren, Kaylin (Adam), Andrea (Jeff), Coulton, Benjamin and Jackson; and one great-granddaughter, Sloane. ...

UPDATE BLOOMFIELD — The Stoddard County Commission has drafted an order that limits social contact in the county effective at 12:01 a.m. Thursday in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The order, which reinforces recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and outlines punishment for a violation of quarantine orders, will continue indefinitely.

Thomas Haynes Burris,79, son of the late Wylie Franklin Burris and Georgia Faye Hamby Burris was born in Dawson Springs, Ky. Aug. 26, 1940 and departed this life at Winchester Place in Bernie, Mo. March 30, 2020, Mr. Burris graduated from University College of Pharmacy in Memphis, Tenn. ...

Editor's note: This is a daily briefing updating the latest information on the COVID-19 pandemic at 4 p.m. each day.

Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center is treating two patients who have tested positive for COVID-19, but officials say Butler County itself does not yet have a positive case. The individuals were admitted over the weekend and are residents of Reynolds and Dunklin counties, said Lacey McClintock, director of marketing and community relations for the hospital. McClintock could not release information regarding their condition...

The Poplar Bluff City Council voted Monday to temporarily change city ordinance regarding the sale of alcohol by the drink. The change will allow restaurants to sell alcohol by the drink as a to-go item, under specific rules. This was done to match an order issue by the governor relating to social distancing and the closure of eat-in restaurant facilities during the coronavirus crisis...

Butler County does not yet have a positive case for COVID-19. But as of Monday, four of its five neighboring counties have. Two each in Carter, Ripley and Stoddard counties, six in Dunklin and then another 13 in Cape Girardeau. If and when Butler County gets a positive case, the Butler County Health Department will contact that person and ask for the names and contact information for anyone they’ve come in close contact within the 14 days before when symptoms first appeared, not when that person got tested. ...