February 1, 2019

Missouri State Highway Patrol has confirmed there was a fatality in an accident on Highway ZZ in Stoddard County, occurring around noon. No further information will be available until next of kin is notified, according to the patrol. The accident occurred at the bridge, 3/4 of a mile off Highway 60...

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A 73-year-old Dexter woman was killed in a one-vehicle crash at noon Friday on Highway ZZ, one mile west of Dexter.

According to the report, Verda Allstun was operating a 2006 Ford Escape northbound when it ran off the right side of the road, struck a bridge and overturned in a ditch.

Allstun was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:45 p.m. by Stoddard County Coroner Kenny Pope.

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