Stories from Sunday, February 2, 2014

BLOOMFIELD, Mo.--Winter weather arrived in Stoddard County on Super Bowl Sunday packing more of a punch than was originally anticipated. While approximately 1.5" of snow had fallen in Bloomfield as of 3 p.m., city workers were managing to keep up with the pace of the snowfall...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer The City of Dexter has enlisted the help of a new tool to aid in their efforts to keep the streets passable during winter weather. For years now, the city has had the ability to pre-treat its roads with salt. While that is a useful tool, it does have its limits...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor A local event that a generation ago drew rousing crowds to Dexter's downtown area and raised money to further community betterment is back. The recently established Crowley Ridge Jaycees have set Saturday, March 15 for their first Annual Bed Races...

By COREY NOLES Statesman Staff Writer The next round of winter weather to affect Stoddard County could be just around the corner. The National Weather Service office in Paducah, Ky., is expecting a significant storm to impact the area beginning as soon as Monday afternoon...

By STEVE PATTON SEMO News Service Editor's note: The following is the second of a three-part series on a local man's journey with alcoholism. Eventually every alcoholic hits bottom. For Perry T. bottom was four months in prison. The first 16 days were spent at the Diagnostic Center in Fulton...

By NOREEN HYSLOP Managing Editor While millions around the globe began celebrating the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Horse, on Jan. 30, about 20 patrons of The Peking Chinese Restaurant in Dexter took part in a celebration of their own. Peking proprietors, Ricky and Sandi Zheng, welcomed the Year of the Horse by serving up a meal to be remembered to some of their longtime patrons and friends in the area. ...

Newcomers to the southwest Florida "snowbird" community of Woodsmoke Camping Resort in Ft. Myers, Florida will notice that many of the 600 or so campers and park models have artistic stepping stones decorating their sites. Lillian Lalande, a native of Niagra on the Lake, Ontario, is one of the many Canadian "snow birds" who spend the winter in the mild, sunny climate of southwest Florida...

CLOSED SCHOOLS Bell City Public Schools Bernie Public Schools Bloomfield Public Schools Puxico Public Schools Richland Public Schools Woodland Public Schools Zalma Public Schools OPEN SCHOOLS Dexter Public Schools will start school at 10:00 a.m on Thursday, February 6, 2014. Buses will run approximately two hours later than normal. Breakfast will not be served, there will not be an ECSE morning session, and High School students will not attend the Sikeston Career Technical Center...