Stories from Friday, November 10, 2017

MVC Round-up: Basketball (W), Soccer (W), Volleyball (W)

No playoffs, but Valley could share South Division title

Mary Currey, 72, of Lexington, formerly of Chula, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence. No services will be held. Friends may sign the online register book at www.campbell-lewis.com. Born July 24, 1945, in Visalia, Calif., Mary was the daughter of the late Lawrence W. ...

Maxine Thomas, 91, of Marshall, died Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, at The Living Center in Marshall. Funeral arrangements are pending at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

Marshall Elementary Schools Monday — B: Egg and cheese bagel; Waffles; Cereal or oatmeal bar; yogurt, fresh melon. L: Corn dog; Taco salad, cornbread; garden salad, texas pintos, mandarin oranges. Tuesday — B: French toast sticks; Fruit and yogurt parfait with fruit muffin; Cereal or oatmeal bar; cinnamon toast, apple...

When I was growing up, we used to sing a song called “He's got the whole world in his hands,” and I believed it. I could just picture God's huge hands holding the world. Then I grew up, got a job, and as life started happening to me, I slowly lost focus of this. ...

Saline County United Way will host a Hymn Festival at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, at First Christian Church in Marshall. This event is part of the organization’s effort to reach out to members of the faith community to provide information about its work in Saline County and an opportunity for them to make a financial contribution in support of these efforts...

Jessica Lynne Crabtree and Cory Allen Baker were united in marriage on Sept. 9, 2017, at 2 p.m., at The Barn at Stone Valley Plantation in Pleasant Hope, with the Elder Delbert Crabtree of Warrensburg, the bride’s great-uncle, officiating. The bride is the daughter of Scott and Mary Crabtree of Bois D Arc, and she was given in marriage by her parents. ...

A chili supper and the annual Winter Meet the Owls will be held on Monday, Nov. 13, at 6 p.m. at the Marshall High School commons. There is a nominal fee for this event. The Marshall Booster Club kicked off a Gymnasium Renovation Capital Campaign in August 2017. ...

Jay Daniel Miller of Slater, to Lisa Ann Topel of Slater. Taylor Wayne Robinson of Marshall, to Christina Doris Daegele of Marshall. Jeremy Wayne Ward of Marshall, to Emily Margaret McDonald of Marshall. David Alan Hutchison of Sweet Springs, to Samantha Renee Christensen of Sweet Springs...