Human Welfare

Newscope/Medicare topic slated for Slater Senior Center presentation May 5 (05/01/08)
"Everything you always wanted to know about Medicare and were afraid to ask" is the subject of a presentation by Rona McNally, manager of The Missouri Senior Medicare Patrol, District III Area Agency on Aging, at Slater's Senior Center, Monday, May 5. The presentation is free and open to the public. McNally will answer questions about Medicare Parts A, B, C and D. For additional information, call Lucy Brandon at the Senior Center, 660-529-2828. The Center is located at 123 No. Main, Slater...

Elderly Marshall man gets 20 years for enticement (04/29/08)
Saline County Prosecuting Attorney Donald G. Stouffer announced late Tuesday, April 29, that Stanley Conger, 79, of Marshall, was sentenced to two consecutive 10-year terms for two felony counts of "enticement of a child," by Circuit Judge Dennis A. Rolf Monday, 28 April...

Newscope/County commission provisionally accepts bridge project bid (04/01/08)
Widel Inc. appears to have submitted the winning bid on a bridge project on Wildcat Road. The Saline County Commission approved the bid of $296,606.85 pending bond verification from the engineering firm the county is working with. The Widel bid was the lowest of six bids received. The highest was for more than $403,000...

Carton marks end of 35-year career at BYS with celebration March 29 (03/27/08)
It was Tom Butterfield's compassion, persistence and vision that got Butterfield Youth Services started, but to a great degree, the management skills John Carton brought to the team helped build the stable institution that could sustain Butterfield's mission...

MoDOT: I-70 bridge work in Saline County rescheduled (03/19/08)
The Missouri Department of Transportation has postponed the work on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 over Blackwater River bridge, originally scheduled for March 17, due to inclement weather. The work is now expected to begin March 24 at 6 a.m. While the work is being done, traffic will be reduced to one lane over the bridge for a three-week period beginning each Monday at 6 a.m. ...

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