Stories from Wednesday, January 24, 2018

High school basketball scores for Tuesday, Jan. 23

Victoria Lynn “Vicky” Griffitt, 68, of rural Marshall, died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. At Vicky’s request, no services will be held and private inurnment will take place in Sunset Gardens Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society or Hope Lodge in care of Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home. An online guestbook is available at www.campbell-lewis.com...

Area student Allison Barnes, of Marshall, was named to the Fall 2017 President’s List at Truman State University. To qualify for this list, an undergraduate student must attain a semester 4.0 grade point average and must complete at least 12 credit hours...

The Optimist Club of Marshall met Tuesday, Jan. 16, at Patty’s Hav-A-Snak. President John Bargfrede called the meeting to order. Paul Collier gave the invocation and Ashley Wiecken led the Pledge of Allegiance. There were 20 members and four guests present...

State Fair Community College, located in Sedalia, presented a list of students named to the president’s list and dean’s list for the Fall 2017 semester. To qualify, students must complete 12 or more hours with a grade point average of 4.0 for the president’s list, or a grade point average of 3.5-3.99 for the dean’s list...

Receipts: 1160 Week Ago: 589 Year Ago: 1037 Compared to a light test from last week, steers and heifers traded steady to 5.00 higher. A quality offering of feeders was on hand and demand was good. Buyers were active trying to fill orders for both grass cattle and yearlings headed for the feedlot with a more optimistic feel to the market this week. ...

Saturday, Jan. 13: 6:19 p.m. — While traveling west on West High Street, officers observed a white in color sport utility vehicle with no front or rear license plate. Officers observed the vehicle turn south onto North English Avenue and turn into a private driveway. ...

Sunday, Jan. 14: Before noon, Saline County Ambulance District 3 treated and transported one person experiencing a medical emergency requiring advanced life support. After noon, Saline County Ambulance District 3 treated and transported one person experiencing a medical emergency requiring advanced life support...

Will play for fifth place Saturday

World Heritage International Student Exchange Program is seeking representatives to work with volunteer host families and international exchange students in the community. World Heritage provides academic year and semester exchange programs in the United States for high school students from around the world. ...

37th Wildcat Classic: Slater, Santa Fe, Sweet Springs boys all sent to consolation bracket

Landreth wins second tournament gold medal

The Hemme Brothers Creamery, a Sweet Springs based farmstead creamery, was featured in Missouri Life magazine on Tuesday, Jan. 16. According to the article published in Missouri Life, David and Janet Hemme purchased a 180 acre farm in 1987, which sheltered a herd of 150 dairy cows...

Saline Countians were among the more than 1,000 students eligible to participate in the University of Central Missouri’s 2017 fall commencement exercises, held Dec. 8-9 in the university’s Multipurpose Building. Those who completed their degree requirements by the end of the Fall 2017 semester were honored at the event...

Eden DeGonia, Inter-Agency Council secretary, reported on a project she has been working on for Saline County during a meeting Tuesday morning, Jan. 23. DeGonia provided a look into the new county resource guide to help citizens better locate resources they might need, such as medical, safety resources, housing and emergency shelters and more...

In the absence of Ellen Lance, Capital Campaign chairperson, Marshall Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Carol Maher provided an update on the gym renovation project at Marshall High School during the board of education meeting Tuesday night, Jan. 23...

American writer and historian James Truslow Adams said, “There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.” In high school, students are taught lessons that will later help them sustain a career and make a living. ...

In closed session, following Marshall Board of Education's Tuesday night meeting, Jan. 23, several resignations were presented, as well as new hires. According to meeting minutes, the board accepted the resignations of Amy Grace, Marshall High School special education instructor, who will retire at the end of the current school year; Taylor Thomas, assistant volleyball coach, as of the end of the current school year. ...