As a nearly typical school day was getting underway at St. Paul Public Schools on Friday, leaders with the Howard County school district took some time to meet with members of the press as a part of the school’s push to pass a $17,975,000 bond issue. During the formal press conference, held in the office of St. Paul Superintendent Adam Patrick, district leaders walked members of the broadcast and print media, as well as several student journalists, through the steps taken by members of the St. Paul Board of Education when it came to organizing the final bond package and the areas of the school’s campus the improvements are meant to address.

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Members of the St. Paul Volunteer Fire Department and EMTs were called out to their first fire of the new year just after midnight on Sunday, January 14th. At about 11:45 p.m., a page came out from the Howard County Communications Center regarding a structure fire at the corner of 7th and L streets in St. Paul. St. Paul firefighters arrived on scene within five minutes.