Stories from Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Agcalon scores 20 points off the MHS bench

Lady Vikings open with 13-0 run

Missouri Valley College will host a 'READ from the START' session Thursday, Dec. 3, at 6 p.m. in the Murrell Library Commons, located on the MVC campus in the Tech Center. The event is open to the any and all parents, caregivers and grandparents interested in learning ways to introduce books and reading to the children in their lives. Childcare and refreshments will be provided...

Representatives from the Ashford Agency present a $2,400 check to Fitzgibbon Hospital's Community Cancer Center Tuesday, Dec. 1. The funds were raised at the annual Pig Out for Pink Out lunch, which took place Oct. 23, and was sponsored by the Ashford Agency and Cargill Meat Solutions. Cargill was unable to send any representatives to the check presentation. Those pictured include: (front row) Heather Bourbon, Jackie Finnegan, Virginia Ashford, Darlene Vogelsmeier, Dr. Darin Haug and Makenzie Thomason (back row) Bob Ashford, Robert Ashford, Michelle Pointer and Belinda Stephens.

Malta Bend student athletes will still have an opportunity to compete next year, however most of them will be doing so as part of a Sweet Springs team. The Malta Bend Board of Education voted 5-1 to co-op athletics with the other district during a special board meeting Monday, Nov. 30...

Bobby D. Arndt, 66, of Marshall, died Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, at Mar-Saline Manor in Marshall. Family services will be held at a later date. Friends may sign the online register book at www.campbell-lewis.com. Born May 30, 1949, in Marshall, Bobby was the son of the late Otis Edward Arndt and Barbara Moore Arndt. He lived in the Marshall area most of his life and retired from the Marshall Habilitation Center...

The Saline County Commission meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 1, notified citizens that progress for the new building at the county road department is progressing and should be completed soon. "The concrete of course has been poured and the approach has been taken care of and all we need now is the material and we'll have it taken care of," Southern Commissioner Monte Fenner said...

According to the Marshall Police Department, citizens have recently reported receiving telephone calls from persons saying they represent the Internal Revenue Service -- or IRS. These individuals are threatening citizens by telling them they are going to be sued by the IRS for a past debt. The caller then provides a telephone number for the citizen to contact to make payment arrangements so they will not have to go to court...

After operating under a "provisionally accredited" classification, Malta Bend R-V School District has raised the bar. District officials learned Tuesday, Dec. 1, that the Missouri State Board of Education voted to raise its classification to "fully accredited."...

The Marshall-Saline Development Corporation met in closed session Tuesday, Dec. 1, where Director Bill Riggins notified the board of his resignation effective immediately. Riggins spoke briefly about his time at MSDC during a phone interview, and said since he took the position in 2011, some of the bigger projects he was involved in were obtaining a contract for the old Fitzgibbon Hospital, getting the Marshall School system into the Spainhower Building at the Marshall Habilitation Center and also creating the housing in Slater for consumers from the habilitation center who elected to go into private housing.. ...

Heaman provides "golden goal" in second OT

High school basketball scores for Tuesday, Dec. 1