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School district, city officials pledge to address traffic at site of new school (10/29/09)
Twice each day, vehicle traffic clogs the streets at all four Marshall elementary schools as parents pick up or drop off their children, and one goal of school district officials in proposing a new elementary school was to help alleviate that problem...

Former Marshall woman tells story of recovery from serious brain injury (11/02/09)
People who lived in Marshall during the 1980s may remember a tall, attractive, lively young woman named Becky Dyer. The Marshall High School graduate no longer exists, in a way, but the woman she has become, Rebekah Vandergriff, will be in town at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at The Square Corner to sign her book, "What Day Is It: A Family's Journey Through Traumatic Brain Injury?"...

Marshall man arrested for drug sales near school (10/29/09)
Bond has been set at $20,000, cash only, for Rashaad K. McDonnough, 22, of Marshall, who was charged Wednesday, Oct. 28, with class A felony distribution of a controlled substance near a school. According to the probable cause statement filed by Saline County Prosecuting Attorney Donald G. ...

Marshall man suffers minor injuries in wreck Friday (10/30/09)
A Marshall man suffered minor injuries about 7:10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, in a collision on Route YY near U.S. Highway 65, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. David L. Smith, 44, declined treatment, troopers said. The accident occurred as Smith was northbound when the 1999 Chevrolet he was driving was struck by a southbound 1998 Ford driven by Jose Vazquez-Magana, 22, also of Marshall, according to the report...

Warrants issued for two Marshall teens (10/30/09)
Arrest warrants with a cash or surety bond of $7,500 each have been issued for Jacob Daniel Powers, 18, and Michael Aaron Fales, 17, both of Marshall, in connection with an Oct. 23 burglary at 65 Flea Market in Marshall. The warrants were issued Thursday, Oct. 29...

Marshall school bond issue reviewed (10/30/09)
Marshall Public School District voters will have an opportunity next week to consider whether to authorize the district to finance a new elementary school. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3. --The primary reason school officials give for building a new school is to relieve overcrowding in existing elementary schools, each of which currently uses one or more trailers as classrooms. ...

Afternoon winds claim pear tree on the square (10/30/09)
The weather Friday afternoon, Oct. 30, was right out of a Winnie the Pooh book. Blustery. And it was blustery enough to uproot a pear tree at the northeast corner of the Marshall square, sending it crashing into the street shortly after 2 p.m. Bill Anderson, director of Municipal Services, said the tree might have been one of the oldest on the square...

Husband and wife team charged with theft (11/03/09)
Arrest warrants were issued Monday, Nov. 2, for Melissa A. Trotter, 30, and Heath W. Trotter, 28, both of Warrensburg, in connection with the theft of a Sony Blu-Ray theater system from Marshall's Walmart in mid-October. The Trotters were arrested in Warrensburg after a search warrant was served at their residence. During the search, officers located the theater system and identified it as stolen from Walmart from the identification number on the box...

Sweet Springs man dies in wood cutting accident (11/03/09)
A Sweet Springs man suffered an accidental death while cutting wood Monday, Nov. 2, said Saline County Coroner William Harlow. William Franklin "Bill" Bellamy, 76, left his home at 9:30 a.m. Monday, and a family member became concerned when he did not return at his usual time, according to Harlow's report. ...