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Briefly: Advance, Bloomfield claim middle school volleyball titles
(High School Sports ~ 04/16/14)
The Bloomfield seventh grade and Advance eighth grade claimed top prizes at the SCAA middle school volleyball tournaments Tuesday night at Woodland High School. Second-seeded Bloomfield beat fourth-seeded Bernie 25-6, 25-16, in the seventh grade title game...
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Bloomfield Board awards lawn service, auditing contracts
(Local News ~ 04/16/14)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Bloomfield School Board awarded contracts for lawn service and auditing at their regular meeting this week. The board also voted to advertise for bids on a new bus and renewed district employee health insurance. The district received three bids to provide lawn service, and awarded the contract to DW Lawn Service, the low bidder, at a cost of $10,630 per year through 2016. ...
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Turnout only 11 percent in recent election
(Local News ~ 04/16/14)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Stoddard County Clerk Joe Watson reported that 2,256 people voted in the April 8 Municipal Election, which represents only 11 percent of the total registered voters in the county. The cost of the election was approximately $25,000, which means the election cost $11.08 per voter...
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Mo. high court upholds conviction in death of baby
(State News ~ 04/16/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a St. Louis County woman for the suffocating death of her daughter in 2008. In a unanimous opinion issued Tuesday, the high court said there was sufficient evidence for a jury to convict Sharnique Jones, of Pine Lawn, of second-degree murder. Jones' convictions for second-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child also stand...
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City installs new board; Mayor makes appointments
(Local News ~ 04/16/14)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The Bloomfield Board of Aldermen met Monday evening for the final meeting of its current board and to install its returning members. With no new members joining the board, the oath of office is little more than a formality. North Ward Aldermen Patricia Wilson and South Ward Alderman Donna Deardorff each took the oath of office beginning their two-year terms on the board...
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Heartbleed bug has more bark than bite in area
(Community News ~ 04/16/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Called "serious," "chaos" and "catastrophic," the "Heartbleed" bug doesn't seem to be causing too much of a local panic. The computer bug recently prompted dozens of websites to patch their vulnerability to potential attackers after its existence was publicly acknowledged April 7. However, the security flaw has existed since December 2011...
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Sikeston man accused in day-care shooting
(Local News ~ 04/16/14)
CAPE GIRARDEAU -- A Sikeston man faces a charge of unlawful use of a weapon in connection with a March case in which a bullet penetrated the window of a home day-care facility on Benton Street. Terrance Vance, 27, is in custody at the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Department on $25,000 bond, according to a news release Monday from the Cape Girardeau County Police Department...
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St. Louis police take new approach to 'johns'
(State News ~ 04/16/14)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Men who prowl the streets of St. Louis for prostitutes can expect a brightly colored postcard in the mail -- from police. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1p6sMxX ) reports that in an effort to curb prostitution, police are targeting, and perhaps humiliating, the "johns" who use the services. ...
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Missouri House OKs limiting e-cigarettes to adults
(State News ~ 04/16/14)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri House members have given first-round approval to legislation that seeks to prevent children and younger teens from buying electronic cigarettes and other devices. E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices used to heat a liquid nicotine solution and create vapor that is inhaled...
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MU chancellor vows changes after assault report
(State News ~ 04/16/14)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The University of Missouri's new chancellor says he is prepared to make the school "accountable and responsible" after an independent review faulted its response to a former swimmer's rape claims. Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin's latest remarks amplify his comments when the Dowd Bennett law firm report was first released last week...
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Supremacist faces murder charges in Kansas deaths
(State News ~ 04/16/14)
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- The white supremacist charged in shootings that left three people dead at two Jewish community sites in suburban Kansas City made his first court appearance Tuesday. Frazier Glenn Cross was wearing a dark, quilted, sleeveless vest and crossed his arms as he appeared by video feed Tuesday in Johnson County court. He spoke only when answering routine questions from the judge, and requested a court-appointed lawyer...
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Bloomfield considers merging police, fire into DPS
(Local News ~ 04/16/14)
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- The City of Bloomfield is discussing a potential merger of its emergency services that would alter the way those services are managed within the city. A brief discussion at a recent meeting of the Bloomfield Board of Aldermen illustrated the city's consideration of forming a department of public safety as opposed to separate fire and police departments...
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Schedule set for Malden baseball tournament, latest state rankings released
(High School Sports ~ 04/16/14)
The schedule has been released for the 9-team Malden Invitational baseball tournament. The tournament will take place Friday and Saturday on two baseball fields in Malden. The tournament is divided into three 3-team pools. Malden, Advance and Holcomb will compete in Pool A; Portageville, Doniphan and Bloomfield will compete in Pool B; and Bernie, Cooter and NMCC will compete in Pool C...
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From start to finish
(Local News ~ 04/16/14)
Photo courtesy of Josh and Charity Smith/Smitty's Pix Photography Smitty's Pix Photography submitted these images of the early Tuesday morning "Blood Moon," a side show to the lunar eclipse. The collage covers the 78-minute transition from full silver moon to the Blood Moon, and its return...
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