Stories from Monday, March 7, 2016

Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church will host a revival March 23-25 at 7p.m. nightly at Mt. Olive MBC located at 512 E. Washington Street in Marshall. The revival will include sing-a longs, choir singing and preaching by Dr. Calvin W. Lewis, who serves as the Pastor of Burns Chapel Free Will Baptist Church in Sedalia...

The city of Marshall will supplement the funding of the Saline County Emergency Management Department based on an annual per capita assessment. The City Council approved an ordinance to that effect at its regular meeting Monday, March 7. According to the ordinance, the emergency management department has determined it necessary to issue a $1.41 assessment per capita to all of the municipalities in Saline County "in order to continue to provide the needed level of services in emergency and non-emergency situations.". ...

You don't have to be as fast as the Flash to join the fight against cancer. In a new event on the Saline County Relay for Life fundraising schedule, the Fitzgibbon Fighters Relay for Life team will host a Superhero 5K Run-Walk Saturday, April 2, at Indian Foothills Park...

The Marshall Missouri Employer Committee, Saline County Career Center, Missouri Job Center, and Marshall-Saline Development Corporation will host a Marshall Area Job Fair at the Martin Community Center Thursday, April 14, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The community center will open at 8 a.m. ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a case of Zika virus in a Missouri man who had travelled to Haiti, a known area of Zika transmission, according to a news release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. This is the first confirmed case of Zika virus infection reported in a Missouri resident...

Marshall Public Library will be hosting the first of what will be a monthly event to promote funny books. According to a release from director Wicky Sleight, the new book discussion group will be called "Laughter at Lunch," with a warning. This group is only for people with a good sense of humor...

Marshall Women's Care at Fitzgibbon Hospital recently received training on how to implement the BABY & ME - Tobacco Free Program, a prenatal cessation program to reduce the burden of tobacco use and help improve birth outcomes. The evidence-based program helps women quit smoking and stay tobacco free after their baby is born...

The 10th anniversary of The Fling, the Fitzgibbon Hospital Foundation's annual spring fundraiser, will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, March 18, at the Martin Community Center. This year's theme is "Puttin' on the Ritz for Fitz" and promises to be an amazing evening as supporters of Fitzgibbon Hospital don their evening wear and bid on one-of-a-kind auction items to raise money for the not-for-profit 501(c)3 hospital...

The GFWC Coterie Club met Feb. 23, 2016, at the home of BarbaraPrichard. President Alice Roselius led the Pledge of Allegiance and opened the meeting in which 16 members attended. Muriel Weinreich gave the devotional, "Miss Piggy" was sent around for donations ,and the January minutes were read and approved...

Wood & Huston announced the promotion of three of its employees and honors one for 20 years of service. Shirley Schultz was honored for her 20 years of service, which began in February 1996. She is currently a commercial banker and has help prior positions as a teller, manager of the Arrow Rock branch, loans and has helped with marketing...

Dale F. Evans, 86, of Marshall, died Saturday, March 5, 2016, at Mar-Saline Manor in Marshall. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall, with the Rev. David Stevens and William W. Harlow officiating. ...

Slater High School senior Krysta Cramer, 17 -- daughter of Kevin and Ellen Cramer -- has been playing basketball for a school or traveling team since she was in the second grade. Now she is on her way to the next level following her graduation from Slater...

Students of the Malta Bend School District, as well as members of the community, got a perhaps once in a lifetime opportunity Friday, March 4, when they visited the planned excavation site of a buried steamboat. The steamboat, the Malta, sunk on the Missouri River in August 1841, and the bend in the river where it went down became known as the Malta Bend. ...

The Marshall Fire Department responded to eight fires from Friday, March 4, to Sunday, March 6. Of these, one structure fire occurred Sunday at approximately 6:17 p.m. on North Keyview Drive. MFD personnel arrived on the scene to find the structure, a mobile home, fully ablaze...

Lynn O. Stafford, age 56, of Sedalia, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2016, at his home. Memorial Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at the Davis-Miller Funeral Home 119 W. Main Street in Lincoln.

Clyde H. Krager, 88, of Columbia, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2016. A Celebration of Life service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 9, 2016, with visitation to start at 10 a.m., at Memorial Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. Online tributes may be left at www.memorialfuneralhomeandcemetery.com...

Thomas "Brad" P. Bradley II, 58, of Vero Beach, Fla., passed away on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, at his residence. A memorial service was held on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, at the Asbury United Methodist Church in Vero Beach, with Pastor Joe Moxley officiating. Memorials may be made to the...

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