This afternoon on seMissourian.com

Area school cancels classes after flu outbreak

Flu season is supposed to be winding down, but not in at least one Southeast Missouri school district.All classes at Bloomfield, in Stoddard County, were canceled today because a large amount of students, teachers and staff were out sick with the virus.Click here to read more from the Daily Statesman newspaper.

Photos of the Braves big win

The Scott County Central Braves won big in their Class 1 state semifinal match up on Thursday, defeating opponent Glasgow by 34 points.Southeast Missourian photographer Kit Doyle and sports writers Kevin Winters Morris and Christopher Smith were in Columbia, Mo., for the action, and Doyle posted a gallery of photos at seMissourian.com.You can view the gallery by clicking here. And you can keep track of the championship game on Saturday live on Semoball.com.

Jury seated in state trooper murder trial

Over three years have passed since Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper Carl Dewayne Graham Jr. was gunned down in his driveway in Carter County, Mo.Now the jury in the trial has been selected, and the trial is set to begin Monday. Click here for more on this story from the Daily American Republic newspaper in Poplar Bluff.

This weekend on seMissourian.com

This weekend we'll have full coverage of Scott County Central's bid to win the state championship in high school basketball, along with stories on the increase in cigarette taxes coming April 1 and an update in the case of a man who calls himself a "juggalo" who allegedly threatened a woman with a hatchet in Cape Girardeau last week.Monday morning we'll post stories about a proposed change to state motorcycle helmet law and a look at a Bootheel home using hydrogen for energy.

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