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The Saline County Commission, along with other county officials, attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the elevated water storage tank — close to the Marshall Junction and located northeast of U.S. Highway 65 and Interstate 70 intersection — Wednesday morning, Jan. 15...

What began as a structure fire call on the 200 block of East North Street, in Marshall, Tuesday afternoon was luckily a small fire contained to a laundry basket. According to a Marshall Fire Department report, firefighters arrived at approximately 2:30 p.m. ...

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William Jewell College has announced several area students have been named to the dean’s list for the Fall 2019 semester. The honor recognizes students with a grade-point average of 3.7 or above enrolled in at least 14 hours. Those earning a spot on the dean’s list include John Haug and Lauren Nichols, both from Marshall...

Back in March of 2019, the Missouri Public Service Commission approved a request filed by Green Belt Express Clean Line LLC to construct a high-voltage direct current transmission line and associated facilities in eight Missouri counties. According to reports released at that time by several media outlets, the Grain Belt Project would “traverse the states of Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, including approximately 206 miles in Missouri.”...

Mercedes Kohler, DSP 1/CMA, of Marshall was recognized as the Northwest Community Services December 2019 Employee of the Month. Several Fitzgibbon Hospital employees expressed how “loving and kind” Mercedes had been during a recent situation when she sat was an NWCS individual at the hospital through the day, helping the individual with all activities of daily living...

Mark Clemons, from Clem’s Sign in Marshall, held a raffle for a $1,500 racing helmet in hopes to donate $2,000 worth of proceeds to Saline County’s Buddy Pack Program. Clemons posted a video Monday, Dec. 8, 2019, on Clem’s Sign’s Facebook page, Clem’s Helmet, stating he would be raffling off either a BELL GTX3 or BELL RS7 — whichever the raffle winner desired — along with a free paint job. ...

County Clerk Debbie Russell stated the last day for individual candidacy filing will be Tuesday, Jan. 21. During a Saline County Commission meeting Thursday morning, Jan. 16, Russell stated the County Clerk’s Office will be open until 5 p.m. on Tuesday. After the office will receive the last of the applications, the final certification for the individual candidacy will be Jan. 27...

Saline County was established in late November, 1820, primarily by migrants from the upper south states of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. The settlers immediately began cultivating hemp and tobacco, similar to those crops they had grown in the areas from which they came. The area became known as “Little Dixie.”...