Stories from Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Ruth E. Jackson, 89, of rural Marshall, died Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, at St. Luke's Hospital on the Plaza in Kansas City. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, at First Baptist Church in Marshall, with Dr. Mike Parris officiating. ...

Della Elizabeth Croka, 91 of Slater, passed away, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, at Big Bend Retreat in Slater. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, at Salem Evangelical Church with Rev. Tony Gallagher officiating. Burial will follow in Salem Church Cemetery. ...

Marie Chamberlain, 87, of Pilot Grove, formerly of Slater, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011, at Katy Manor in Pilot Grove. Cremation. Private inurnment at Slater City Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Katy Manor Nursing Home in care of the Weiker Funeral Home...

Prep Grid Round-up ... Week 2

Marshall closed to within 19-8 in third quarter

No team scores for Owls

HAAC elites hook up this week

The Marshall Animal Shelter, in partnership with the Saline Animal League, will be offering free pet adoptions during the week of Sept. 4-11. Due to the unusually large number of animals currently housed at the shelter, there is a critical need to reduce the population.

Andrew Todd O'Brien, 20, of Marshall, died Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, at University of Missouri Children's Hospital in Columbia. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall with Rev. Rick Aulgur officiating. Burial will be in Ridge Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the Ronald McDonald House and an online guestbook is available at www.campbell-lewis.com...

The Saline County Sheriff's Department responded to multiple complaints this past week. Deputies addressed a domestic confrontation in Miami on Aug. 30. The couple agreed to the 12 hour rule, which means they would avoid contact for 12 hours and then return to calmly discuss the matter, according to a report...

In addition to fall and winter programs offered by Salt Fork YMCA, the facility now has a new program director who not only has experience in the health and fitness field, she also competes regularly in runs from local 5k runs to half marathons.

Interesting news and features published in our print edition and E-edition September 6.

In cooperation with the Marshall Animal Shelter, Saline Animal League has provided 14 years of service to the community. Tuesday, Sept. 6, the City of Marshall proclaimed the week of Sept. 4-10, 2011, as Animal Shelter Week. The shelter provides shelter and care for lost, injured, homeless and abandoned animals. The animal league provides additional services such as emergency rescue, offering spay and neuter vouchers, fostering and education...

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week will be honored in Marshall Sept. 11-17 after Mayor Mark Gooden signed an official proclamation Tuesday, Sept. 6. Center for Human Services staff were on hand to hear the proclamation, which stated direct support professionals are the "primary providers of long-term services for individuals with disabilities."...

Marshall Optimist Club will hold a dog show, "Mutts Are Us," Saturday, Sept. 10, for youth aged 16 and younger. The event will occur in conjunction with Santa Fe Trail Days and registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 8:45 a.m. at the Marshall Aquatic Center in Indian Foothills Park. The show will begin at 9 a.m...

A new motto hanging on the face of Marshall Council Chambers brought groups of Marshall residents to the building Tuesday evening.

Slater residents may see a spike in sewer rates for the first time in 19 years. At the regular city council meeting on Sept. 6, City Administrator Gene Griffith, Councilman Harry Lightfoot and Councilman Terry Jordan reviewed the research they had done on the city's sewer rates. The group recommended a roughly $7 increase per household...

The Prosecuting Attorney of Saline County charged Erik R. Schrand, 19, Tuesday, Sept. 6, with a class D felony of unlawful use of a weapon. The Saline County Sheriff's Deputies arrested Schrand Monday, Sept. 5, after Schrand came to a Malta Bend residence claiming he wanted to speak to a woman in the house. The man who answered the door told him to leave, according to deputies...