Stories from Thursday, June 28, 2012

Slater Mayor Stephen Allegri has announced he intends to continue allowing fireworks within town limits. Although, as summer temperatures increase, he encouraged residents to act responsibly. He also maintains the right to revoke firework privileges, if necessary...

Dawson goes deep three times

Alma driver gets first win of season

Marshall Habilitation Center officials announced Thursday, June 28, they are postponing the annual Independence Day festivities due to weather conditions forecast for next week. Marshall officials said the July 4th fireworks display would be cancelled because of safety concerns.

Guests filed into Marshall High School's Little Theatre Thursday, June 28, to celebrate the endeavors of 19 students. Graduates participated in the 11-month Practical Nursing Program at Saline County Career Center and make up the 44th class. The 2011-2012 class is: Casey Ann Campbell, Brittany Michele Cramer, Stacy A. ...

About 40 visitors from an Airstream travel trailer rally in Sedalia stroll through Jim the Wonder Dog Memorial Garden in Marshall Thursday, June 28. Members of the group also perused items in the Van Dyke building adjacent to the garden, where members of Friends of Jim the Wonder Dog are preparing a garage sale to raise money for the building remodeling project...

At 2 p.m. Saturday, June 30, Missouri's American Indian Cultural Center will host an Oneota pottery program. This program will feature a brief presentation by interpretive staff on Oneota pottery styles and the pottery making process. A small display will include examples of pottery from the Utz Site as well as authentic materials used in the production of traditional vessels. During the program, visitors will have the opportunity to make their own small pots using air-dry clay...

A white cloud mushroomed over a line of trees in rural Marshall Thursday, June 28, after a fire began crawling across a small field. At approximately 11:30 a.m. the Saline County Rural Fire Protection District responded to a blaze on 165th road, about one-quarter mile east of U.S. Highway 65...

Miami's Annual Pre-Fourth of July Celebration will be Saturday, June 30. The event will begin with a parade at 5:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to the winning entrants. Participants are asked to line up at 5 p.m. The cake walk will begin at 6 p.m., and dinner will be served at the Miami Community Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m. ...

As temperatures continue to rise in Missouri, risk of heat-related illnesses increase as well. The Saline County Health Department has acknowledged the dangers associated with high temperatures. Saline County Health Department administrator Lisa Thomas has submitted a detailed list of ways to prepare homes and families for the summer heat...

Doreen Hartman McRoberts, 86, of rural Malta Bend, formerly of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Doreen was born in 1926 to August and Nora Hartman in Florence on March 1,1926. She graduated from Stover High School, where she played volleyball. ...

Mitchell Lee Allee, 21, of Sedalia, formerly of Marshall, died Tuesday, June 26, 2012, at University Hospital in Columbia as the result of an ATV accident. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at First Christian Church in Marshall. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at First Christian Church. Memorials may be made to family choice in care of Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home. An online guestbook is available at www.campbell-lewis.com...

One more step must be taken before Marshall Municipal Utilities can move forward with two major projects at the wastewater treatment plant. In a special Board of Public Works meeting Thursday, June 28, board members approved requesting the city accept the improvements...

A special meeting of the Slater Board of Education focused on school financing June 27, and board members heard good news prior to reconciling the 2011-2012 budget.

Extreme heat claimed the life of a Marshall woman Wednesday, June 27, according to a Saline County Sheriff's Department report. Joyce E. Robison, 46, was walking from Slater to Glasgow bottoms to go fishing Wednesday afternoon when she told a companion she felt ill...