Stories from Tuesday, June 2, 2015

BLOOMFILD, Mo. -- The Stoddard County Commission heard a report from Architect Dale Rogers on plans for renovations at the courthouse and appointed Bonnie Blue of Bloomfield to the Senate Bill 40 Board of Directors at their regular meeting Monday morning...

In an effort to save money and energy, while also improving the learning environment for students, Dexter Public School District has completed a lighting replacement project, which has earned the district $46,038 in cash incentives from Ameren Missouri's ActOnEnergy® BizSavers® program. BizSavers provides cash incentives to help fund energy efficiency projects for commercial, institutional, and large industrial electric customers...

The Blue Star Marker was unveiled Saturday at a special ceremony at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery. About 100 people turned out for the event. Joseph J. Frank, a veteran of the Vietnam War, was the speaker. The marker features a "blue star" that was displayed in homes and businesses denoting that a family member was serving in the military. ...

An Essex native has earned international recognition for a unique invention she created to ease the recovery process of mastectomy patients. Lisa Crites, who currently resides in Cocoa Beach, Fla, is a Media Strategist & Broadcast Healthcare Journalist who learned firsthand the need for a device that would enable patients who had undergone mastectomy surgery, a safe way to shower without contaminating surgical drain sites which remain in place after hospital discharge...

Linda Kay Jones, daughter of Tommy James and Anna Mae Oker Collins, was born in Hayti on June 8, 1967, and died at the SoutheastHEALTH Care Center in Dexter on May 31, 2015, at the age of 47. She lived most all her life in Haywood until she moved to Parma six years ago. She was of the Baptist faith...