Saline County Commission

Long awaited museum move nearly complete (Updated at 9:11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2) (02/01/12)
Open hours had been posted on the front door while people periodically pressed against the glass to see if anyone was inside. For three years the collection of historic documents was stripped thinner in the cover of Sunday afternoons.

Rape charges dropped for Carroll County teenager (12/15/11)
Carroll County Prosecuting Attorney Cassandra Brown dropped a charge of first degree statutory rape against Theopolis Johnson III on Dec. 5. A release from Brown's office stated as law enforcement continued the investigation new information and evidence was available. After reviewing the new information, Brown determined there was no probable cause to support the first degree statutory rape charge. She dismissed the charge on Dec. 5...

Courthouse closed for holiday (12/14/11)
The Saline County Commission approved a $146,656 general liability, property, equipment and vehicle insurance policy from George J. Meuschke Agency at their regularly scheduled session on Wednesday, Dec. 14. Presiding Commissioner Tom Stallings said Northern Commissioner Norvelle Brown and Southern Commissioner Monte Fenner examined each entity of the policy. While rates increased, the commission also altered parts of the policy that had been over insured...

Polling places altered for Marshall Wards 1 and 3 (12/06/11)
County Clerk Debbie Russell announced a permanent change in polling places at the regular Saline County Commission meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 6. As of the February 2012 elections, Ward 1 will vote at the Martin Community Center at 1985 S. Odell Ave. in Marshall, and Ward 3 will vote at First United Methodist Church 225 E. Arrow St. in Marshall...

Carroll County man charged in rape case appears in court (11/23/11)
Theopolis Hughes Johnson II appeared at the Carrollton County Courthouse on Nov. 23 facing charges of first degree statutory rape. Judge Kevin L. Walden discussed with the prosecution and Johnson's public defender, Sheri Nelson, an appropriate date to schedule a preliminary hearing...

Suspects charged for Golden Oaks robbery (11/22/11)
The Prosecuting Attorney of Saline County charged Carl James Morrow Jr. of Marshall and Lewis Gene Edde Jr. of Gilliam with a class A felony of first degree pharmacy robbery and an unclassified felony of armed criminal action on Nov. 22. Morrow and Edde allegedly took a medicine cart from Golden Oaks Assisted Living Center on Nov. 12. The duo encountered a Golden Oaks employee during the theft, according to a sheriff's department report.

Marshall utility voices support for MSDC strategic plan (11/15/11)
Marshall-Saline Development Corporation moved closer to its goal of contracting with Zimmer Real Estate Services after the Marshall Board of Public Works approved financially supporting the strategic plan Tuesday morning. MSDC Director Bill Riggins addressed board members during their regular meeting, Nov. 15, asking for their support, as MMU would feasibly benefit from economic growth...

Veterans honored at Mar-Saline Manor (11/14/11)
American Legion, VFW and Daughters if the American Revolution representatives honored veterans at Mar-Saline Manor on Friday, Nov. 11 during a Veterans Day ceremony.

Local organizations prepare for Veterans Day ceremonies (11/09/11)
The Walk of Honor at the Saline County Courthouse has been extended just in time for Veterans Day. The crew of volunteers led by veterans advocate Charlie Guthrie laid another 122 bricks Saturday, Nov. 5, to further extend the walkway made of personalized bricks honoring veterans on the south side of the Saline County Courthouse. The Walk of Honor on the north side of the courthouse was completed late last year and was dedicated Dec. 7, 2010...

Saline County Historic Preservation Commission discusses mission (11/03/11)
Mary Jones recalled the Cambridge docks she'd seen during her childhood. "Where the boats used to tie up against the river, now there isn't a thing there at all," she said. "But it used to be a pretty good size town." As a Saline County Historical Preservation Commission member, she recanted this memory among others to fellow members Mike Mills, Jim Steinmetz, Eric Crump and Randy Bredehoef. ...

County Commission discusses courthouse restoration (11/02/11)
The Saline County Commission announced courthouse restoration improvements will continue on Monday, Nov. 7. Last week the commission expressed concern regarding the quality of the courthouse restoration project. The commission met with project supervisor Jeff Harrellson to discuss peeling paint, crumbling steps, heating systems and the dome on the roof of the building...

Carroll County man charged with statutory rape (11/01/11)
An autopsy of a Carroll County teenager contributed to statutory rape charges against a rural Carroll County man on Oct. 31. The Prosecuting Attorney of Carroll County has charged Theopolis Hughes Johnson II, 43, of rural Carrollton with unclassified felony first-degree statutory rape, according to a report from the Circuit Court of Carroll County...

Carroll County sheriff announces rape charge filed (10/28/11)
At a press conference Friday, Oct. 28, Carroll County Sheriff Troy Hofstetter read a press release pertaining to a charge of statutory rape and refused to answer any questions about the recent fire and its victims. "I can't answer any questions," Hofstetter said.

Commission questions quality of courthouse restoration (10/27/11)
The Saline County Commission has expressed concern regarding the quality of the courthouse restoration project. Recently, the commission met with project supervisor Jeff Harrellson to discuss peeling paint, crumbling steps, heating systems and the dome on the roof of the building...

County sponsors levee districts (10/25/11)
The Saline County Commission announced sponsorship of Levee Districts No. 1 and 2 for a Natural Resource Conservation Service program at its regularly scheduled meeting on Oct. 25. The program will help restore drainage ditches to their condition prior to the flood...

Crash at Odell and Highway 240 Tuesday morning (Update 8:44 a.m. Oct. 25) (10/25/11)
According to scanner traffic, there is a two- or three-vehicle crash at the intersection of North Odell Avenue and state Highway 240 in Marshall. Motorists should use caution in that area.

Sheriff's department searches for rural burglars (10/19/11)
Thieves have burglarized several rural homes north of I-70 between routes EE and ZZ. Sheriff Wally George believes the thieves knock on the doors of the homes they plan to rob. "If someone answers, they tell the homeowner they have made a mistake and are looking for someone else and simply leave," George wrote in a news release...

Cargill simulates chemical disaster (10/12/11)
Cargill looked more like a sci-fi movie set than a meat packaging plant on Wednesday morning, as employees and officials donned brightly colored decontamination suits during a chemical disaster drill. Roughly two dozen people from Cargill, Saline County Medical Reserve Corps, Marshall Fire Department, Marshall Police Department, Saline County Health Department and Fitzgibbon Hospital responded to a simulated chemical disaster. ...

Treasurer submits October 2011 Sales Tax Collected report (10/11/11)
The Saline County Treasurer submitted the October 2011 Sales Tax Collected report to the Saline County Commission on Oct. 7. As indicated in the charts, the total sales tax collected is up from last year and last month. in Dollars","minValue":0,"maxValue":null],"title":"October Sales Tax Collected 2009 - 2011 ","interpolateNulls":false,"legend":"right","reverseAxis":false,"width": 780,"height":336},"state":2"...

Deputy pleads not guilty to charges of domestic assault (10/06/11)
Saline County Deputy Sheriff Bradley O'Neal pleaded not guilty to charges of third degree domestic assault on Oct. 4. Witnesses stated O'Neal allegedly struck the victim multiple times in the ribs and the stomach on Sept. 18, according to a Saline County Sheriff's Department report...

County Commission approves peaceful demonstration, names preservation committee (09/29/11)
The Saline County Commission approved a peace demonstration on the 10th anniversary of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan. Missouri Valley College students will use the courthouse grounds the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 9, for the demonstration. The specific time will be announced later...

Saline County Health Department announces clinics (09/27/11)
The Saline County Health Department Board of Trustees announced the dates of flu clinics and WIC satellite clinics at the regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The flu shot clinic schedule is as follows: Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. in Patricia's parking lot on College Street...

Saline County Treasurer submits August 2011 CART report (09/21/11)
The Saline County Treasurer submitted the August 2011 CART report to the Saline County Commission on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Aid Road Trust Report 2011","interpolateNulls":false,"legend":"right","reverseAxis":false,"width":780,"height":336,"state":1" ","backgroundColor":"#FFFFFF","pointSize":0,"lineWidth":2,"logScale":false,"hasLabelsColumn":true,"hAxis":{"maxAlternation":1,"vAxes":[dollars","max":null,"minValue":0],"title":"August County Aid Road Trust","interpolateNulls":false,"legend":"right","reverseAxis":false,"vAxis":2". ...

Presiding Commissioner requests rock to save levee (09/15/11)
Presiding Commissioner Tom Stallings visited with Kelly Thorp of the Lafayette-Saline Levee District near Grand Pass to observe flood damage on Wednesday, Sept. 14. "That's the area that's probably been hurt the most this summer," Stallings said. At the regular commission meeting on Thursday, Stallings announced the county has put in a request for another 2,000 ton shipment of rock to help save the levee. ...

County requests more rock to help save embattled levee (09/14/11)
Presiding Commissioner Tom Stallings visited with Kelly Thorp of the Lafayette-Saline Levee District near Grand Pass to observe flood damage on Wednesday, Sept. 14.

County Commission discusses donated flag, Lighthouse Shelter (09/13/11)
Lynda Davis donated her father, Don Riddle's, flag to Saline County at a commemorative service on Sept. 12. At the County Commission's regular meeting on Sept. 13 the commission decided the flag would fly outside the courthouse for several weeks and would eventually be preserved in a shadow box in the courthouse. Riddle entered the service on April 3, 1943, and was discharged on April 8, 1946, at the rank of Technical Sgt with Co F 263rd Inf Regt 66th Infantry Division...

Saline County remembers Sept. 11, 2001, honors veterans (09/12/11)
By MAGGIE MENDERSKI Staff Writer Yesterday, 10 years and a day after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a crowd gathered at the Saline County Courthouse to commemorate the nation's heroes and to remember the American pride felt on Sept. 12, 2001...

County Treasurer submits September sales tax report (09/09/11)
The Saline County Treasurer Sam Jones has submitted the August 2011 sales tax report. Sales tax, law enforcement tax and the courthouse sales tax are up from last month's figures, as shown in the blue graph. Collected in Dollars","max":null,"minValue":0],"series":County 2011 Tax Report","titleX":"Months","backgroundColor":"#FFFFFF","legend":"right","logScale":false,"reverseAxis":false,"hAxis":{"maxAlternation":1,"hasLabelsColumn":true,"isStacked":false,"vAxis":1"...

County Commissioners approve several budget amendments (08/26/11)
Saline County Commissioners approved several budget amendments to the 2011 budget at a hearing Thursday, Aug. 25. Additional costs for trials, elections and court-appointed representation accounted for most of the amendments. Partial reimbursement for computer equipment damaged by dust during the 2009-2010 courthouse renovation project was also included...

Recorder of Deeds identifies possible scam (08/23/11)
Saline County Recorder of Deeds Jamie Franklin Nichols urged residents to be wary of a company offering to provide copies of legal documents. Record Retrieval, a Fulton based company, has mailed letters offering an official certified copy of deeds for $87 or more. This company merely contacts the recorder's office, obtains the documents and then mails them to the homeowner while charging a significantly higher fee...

Commission approves Sept. 11 memorial, plans tax levee hearing (08/18/11)
Charlie Guthrie with Show-Me Honor Flight requested use of the courthouse grounds for a Sept. 11 memorial to be held on Sept. 12 at the regular commission meeting on Thursday, Aug. 18. Guthrie plans to ask Marshall High School choir members to perform patriotic music and to serve as flag bearers...

County Treasurer submits August CART report (08/09/11)
The Saline County Treasurer Sam Jones has submitted the August 2011 County Aid Road Trust report. Sales Tax, Law Enforcement Tax and the Courthouse Sales Tax are down from last month's figures as shown in the graph. Additionally, the totals are down from last year's figures of $65,608.79, $49,283.65 and $32,945.58 respectively.

Two arrested for manufacturing controlled substances (Update Aug. 8) (08/05/11)
The Saline County Sheriff's Department arrested two Marshall residents for allegedly manufacturing controlled substances on Aug. 5. The nation wide pseudoephedrine log, NPlex, indicated the suspects had purchased a total of 4.08 grams of pseudoephedrine at three different locations in Marshall during a period of 16 minutes...

Delegates from Taiwan visit Saline County (08/02/11)
A typical "small" community in Taiwan houses nearly 1,000, so imagining a village such as Arrow Rock would baffle many of those people. "They were always very concerned about a town the size of Arrow Rock, and how it would be able to survive," said Kathy Borgman, president of Friends of Arrow Rock...

Woman charged with assault, resisting arrest (07/21/11)
The Saline County Prosecuting Attorney charged Carol Ann Quick with four class A misdemeanors, three counts of third degree assault and one count of resisting arrest, on July 17. Quick allegedly created small puncture wounds in the first victim's skin by digging her nails into the woman's flesh. ...

Three Marshall men arrested for burglary (07/19/11)
The Marshall Police Department arrested Erik Colbert, Lewis Edde and Robert Scharnhorst after a burglary on Saturday, July 16. The department conducted an investigation, which led to the recovery of stolen laptop computers and iPods as well as a 45 caliber handgun. The gun had been stolen on Friday, July 15...

County Commission discusses blizzard compensation, Walk of Honor (07/19/11)
The Saline County Commission announced it had received $12,157.28 from FEMA to reimburse part of the cost of blizzard damage, at their regular meeting on Tuesday, July 19. Presiding Commissioner Tom Stallings thanked Justin Cowart for his detailed documentation of this winter's events...

Awards ceremony wraps up 2011 Saline County Fair (07/17/11)
A long-time volunteer for the Saline County Fair, as well as many of the 2011 4-H and FFA award winners were the focus of the annual Awards Ceremony held Sunday, July 17 at the fairground. Saline County 4-H specialist Amanda Structemeyer announced long-time Saline County Fair Association treasurer Kaye Wright will be inducted into the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame on August 14 at the Missouri State Fair...

Chainsaw carver comes to 2011 Saline County Fair (07/15/11)
A chainsaw carver from Montgomery City set up his exhibit just behind the Cook Shack at the Saline County Fairground. Thus far he has carved a Native American chief, a cornstalk bench, a cross and a bear.

2011 Barnyard Olympics Results (07/15/11)
Montana Plattner scrunched her face in anticipation, threw her hands above her head and wrapped her fingers around the white egg. She caught it. Other contestants at the Barnyard Olympics weren't quite as lucky. After the egg toss, one boy's red shorts were splattered with a bright yellow yolk, and another boy had a shell hanging from his chin. The fair queens sat beneath a shaded tree and handed out paper towels to the egg-covered Olympians...

2011 Rabbit Show Results (07/14/11)
Young rabbit raisers gathered at the Saline County Fairground to exhibit their rabbits on Thursday morning. Judge Dave Rugen gave all the contestants blue ribbons for a job well done and named a champion in each category. Sarah Bentley earned the Best in Show Champion award for her Californian Junior Buck, and Brandon Vogel won Reserve Champion for his New Zealand Senior Doe...

Saline County Fair Dog Show 2011 winners announced (07/13/11)
Dogs, parents and kids gathered at the Saline County Fairground to compete in showmanship, obedience, size and dog fashion on Wednesday morning. The winners in each category were announced immediately following the competition. Champion: Karrington Owen with Leddy...

Nixon appoints Charles Monte Fenner to the Saline County Commission (07/12/11)
Gov. Jay Nixon today appointed Charles Monte Fenner to replace recently retired Southern District Commissioner Dick Hassler. Fenner, a Democrat and life-long resident of Saline County has been a full-time farmer for more than 40 years. In addition to farming, he operates an auctioneer business and has been active in several local and state agricultural organizations. ...

2011 Public Speaking winners announced at Saline County Fair (07/09/11)
The Saline County Fair public speaking champions were announced Saturday evening. First place champions are as follows: Junior Speech: Vivian Buie Senior Speech: Blayne Vogel Public Service Announcement: Kade Plattner Pantomime: Montana Plattner Technology Assisted Speech: Sarah Bentley...

Tax reports submitted to the County Commission (07/07/11)
The Saline County Treasurer submitted a sales tax, law enforcement tax and courthouse sales tax report to the Saline County Commission on Thursday, July 7. Sales tax reported in July 2011 equaled $97,829.14. This number is up from last month's figure at $102,733.10 and up from July 2010's $89,967.72...

Flooding causes road closures (07/05/11)
Three Saline County roads have closed due to Missouri River flooding. The Saline County Commission announced the closure of Lavender Lane, Lynx Avenue and Ivory Trail, all North of Missouri Highway F and east of Miami, at their regular meeting on Tuesday. The Commission asks residents respect the closure...

Saline County Medical Reserve Corps hosts open house (06/30/11)
The first time the Saline County Medical Reserve Corps used the all-terrain vehicle, it was called to assist in a situation where an injured man was more than a mile from the nearest road. But that was just the first time.

County Commission discusses Joplin relief, Honor Flight (06/29/11)
The Saline County Commission discussed Joplin aid and the Show-Me Honor Flight program on Wednesday morning. Charlie Guthrie reported on the American Legion and VFW's efforts to deliver supplies to Joplin. Guthrie said before they left Saline County, they sorted and labeled the boxes of supplies, which saved the volunteers in Joplin a lot of time...

Local NAACP branch celebrates 72 years (06/26/11)
When dealing with the protection of human rights, people must remain determined -- a belief shared by speakers and guests of Saturday evening's NAACP banquet. "If we don't stay vigilant we could go backwards," said Kelvin Simmons, the state's Office of Administration commissioner...

Hassler celebrates upcoming retirement (06/23/11)
Friends and coworkers gathered to celebrate Southern Commissioner Dick Hassler's retirement at the Saline County Courthouse on June 23. Hassler was scheduled to retire June 24 but has postponed until July 1.

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