Stories from Thursday, May 24, 2012

Santa Fe plays Oran in Wednesday's semifinal

Malta Bend's class of 2012 marked an important milestone Saturday, May 12, as five graduates looked back at their school careers and forward to the rest of their lives. Valedictorian Dawn Gorrell noted the bittersweet nature of the commencement event...

Joe Schlotzhauer secures secondary wire, low voltage power lines, on a string of utility poles on Yerby Street in Marshall Thursday afternoon.

An upturned fishing boat served as a laboratory table, with buckets of crawdads, tadpoles and at least one dragonfly larvae lined up along the bottom side. Bueker Middle School fifth-grade students used nets to dip along the farm pond, excitedly sharing their discoveries with the teacher...

Marshall police have received word that a Marshall man wanted in connection with a home invasion and assault was arrested Thursday, May 24, in Howard County. A police spokesman said Damien Riley will be returned to Saline County. He has been charged with two counts of class A felony first degree assault with serious physical injury, two counts of unclassified felony armed criminal action, one count of class B felony first-degree burglary and one count of class D felony unlawful use of a weapon...

After a special meeting called by the Sweet Springs Board of Education Wednesday, May 23, the elementary school will soon have a new principal. When Principal Kelsey Kearns requested the district release her from her contract, board members began the search to fill her seat. Wednesday evening, they voted to hire Melanie Schlup...

Saline County Southern District Commissioner Monte Fenner updated the concerns with the Enbridge Inc. Pipeline during session on Thursday, May 24. The new pipeline will ship Canadian oil to the U.S. gulf coast and cut through 31 miles of Saline County, in addition to 10 other Missouri counties. ...

MSHSAA Quarterfinal scores for Wednesday, May 23