Five Bill's Dollar Stores in Missouri close

Bill's Dollar Stores at Marble Hill, Hayti, Portageville, Campbell and Seneca have closed operations.

Louis DeCarlo, vice president of the Columbia, Miss., group which operates discount stores in 13 southeastern states, said the Missouri stores were the northernmost locations.

Bill's Dollar Store chain was bought by Bonus Dollar Stores of Daytona Beach, Fla., in April and moved corporate headquarters to Columbia. DeCarlo said the Missouri closings are part of a consolidation in repositioning the company closer to Mississippi.