Stories from Friday, January 25, 2013

Bloomfield High School royalty will be named after the BHS varsity basketball game Feb. 1 against the Puxico Indians. A host of activities will take place next week at Bloomfield to mark Homecoming Week including PJ Day, Animal Print/Camo Day, Rockstar/Diva Day, Class Color Day and Wildcat Pride Day. ...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - Following a budget hearing Monday morning, the Stoddard County Commission approved a 2013 budget showing $7,626.775 in revenues with $7,594,404.43 in expenditures. The budget showed a carryover from 2012 of $2,883,816.05. There were few questions at the hearing. The budget was prepared by County Clerk Joe Watson, based on the previous year's revenues and expenses...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Jackson wrestling coach Steve Wachter always wants his squad to be peaking as the regular season winds down and the postseason looms. If Thursday night was any indication, the Indians should be right on schedule. Jackson remained unbeaten in dual meets this season with a pair of victories, thumping Dexter 70-6 and Sikeston 69-3 on Senior Night to improve to 9-0 on the season...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Thursday night's anticipated semifinal ""shootouts"" turned into "blowouts" as SCAA teams battled for spots in tonight's championship games. The four SCAA semifinal games, two varsity and two junior varsity, were all lopsided contests with the average margin of victory hovering at just over 26 points...

Rachel A. Childers, daughter of the late Leon McCoy and Mildred Marie Purcell McCoy, was born on Feb. 1, 1953, in Dexter and died on Jan. 23, 2013, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 59. Mrs. Childers was a homemaker and a former employee of both Tyson Foods, Inc. and Elder Manufacturing of Dexter...