Bloomfield News

Two men await hearings in Stoddard County Jail this week, after a routine traffic stop revealed drug activity, according to the Sheriff's Dept.

A Bloomfield teenager sits in the Stoddard County Jail today, charged with the unclassified felony of statutory rape in the first degree and the Class B felony of child molestation in the first degree.

Local agronomist David Guethle says cotton production in the county is down this year, similar to the trend in other cotton growing states.

Noreen Hyslop Photo Dexter Fire Chief Al Banken served as Information officer for the HAZMAT event, with Jackson Bostic, environmental specialist with the DNR on hand to help direct and coordinate activities.

The sudden surge in temperatures accompanied by more than normal rainfall in the past few weeks has led to a an outbreak of "blow-ups" on highways in Stoddard County that have kept Missouri Department of Transportation employees working around the clock.

The Stars and Stripes Military Newspaper was established in Bloomfield in 1861. Over the last decade or more, the Stars & Stripes Museum/Library has become an integral part of the community.

Anyone passing through Bloomfield this weekend would be wise to obey the speed limits and laws carefully.

Four Bloomfield residents sustained moderate injuries in a Friday night wreck on Route AD, two miles north of Dexter, and two Dexter teens were also hurt in another wreck Sunday afternoon on Highway 25, two miles north of Bernie, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Kimberly Renee Davis and Jeremy Aloysious Walter were married Feb. 13, 2009, at the Stoddard County Courthouse in Bloomfield, Mo.

Noreen Hyslop photo Charles Marcum is the new Bernie High School principal and joined Bernie board members in his first meeting this week.

Customers inside The Launderer on One Mile Road Wednesday afternoon just after 5 p.m. were literally "shaken up," but no one was hurt when a Lincoln Town Car came crashing into the Dexter facility, taking out concrete blocks, bricks and the plate glass window in the front of the building.

A Bloomfield couple is to appear in court Thursday after being charged in connection with the delivery of two packages from Texas containing 13 pounds of suspected marijuana.

Upon searching a rural Bloomfield residence Friday, police found this package containing 10 pounds of processed pot that had been mailed from a Texas address.

As a flag girl with the Universal Rodeo Co., 16-year-old Genny Bradshaw of Kelso, Mo., gets to travel to rodeos around the country.

In a normal year, farmer Mike Bell of Bloomfield, Mo., would have already planted 2,000 acres of corn on his farmland.

When Judge Stephen Sharp ordered afternoon court into session in Bloomfield Wednesday, things were handled a little differently than normal.

A southeast Missouri man is awaiting extradition to Alaska on attempted murder charges after turning himself in to police.

A former Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce executive and former Poplar Bluff mayor appeared in court Tuesday in Cape Girardeau County and paid the $1,500 fine on his forgery convictions, but he is contesting the additional costs he has been ordered to pay.

Another shake and bake methamphetamine lab has been discovered in Stoddard County this week.

The Trail of Tears Composite Squadron of the US Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol, held their Spring Awards Banquet at the Fruitland Community Church on 25 April 2009.