Stories from Thursday, February 14, 2013

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Bloomfield School Board heard a report from Superintendent Toni Hill about a Planning Committee meeting identifying needed campus improvements and prioritizing them. The committee and the board agreed that a new roof on the middle school was a top priority. The board also approved painting the interior walls of the FEMA Safe Room that is under construction on the campus and offering middle school and high school baseball at their regular meeting Monday night...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. --The extent of the effect that recently announced changes to the structure of the Family Support Division (FSD) of the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) will have in Stoddard County is not yet known. The Daily Statesman has acquired internal FSD documents regarding the restructuring process that shed light onto the upcoming moves...

Pictured above is Dexter's contingent of wrestlers and coaches before they loaded up Wednesday morning to head north to the MSHSAA State Wrestling tournament in Columbia. Dexter will be sending three district champions among the seven wrestlers to qualify for the state competition. ...