Stories from Thursday, September 13, 2012

One month into the school year Sweet Springs schools Superintendent Donna Wright said things are going well. The district began with 435 students enrolled and both the elementary and secondary principals reported they had more than a 97 percent attendance rate for August...

The Missouri House of Representatives declined Wednesday, Sept. 12, to attempt an override of Gov. Jay Nixon's veto on a bill that would reinstate sales taxes on out-of-state vehicle purchases. That was an unwelcome development for Saline County officials, who had hoped the veto override would help plug a revenue hole created earlier this year by a state Supreme Court ruling that bars collecting sales tax on out-of-state vehicle purchases...

Joane-Shirley Eshun writhed on the cot and muttered to herself as nurses and volunteers scurried throughout the makeshift hospital. Then, the moving stopped, and her hands and eyes focused on the emergency evacuation tag around her neck. "A tag like this is not good for a psychosis patient," she said...

Prep Grid Preview ... Week 4

Roberta Elizabeth Barr, 93, of Marshall, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at Fitzgibbon Hopsital. Funeral arrangements are pending at Campbell Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

On Saturday, Sept. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Marshall Police Department, in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration, will be collecting unused or expired medications for safe disposal. Detectives will be collecting the medications, weather permitting, on the sidewalk in front of the City Office Building, 214 N. Lafayette Ave...