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Long tradition: MMB entertains at church picnic (07/25/11)
Marshall Municipal Band performed Wednesday, July 20, at the annual St. Luke's United Church of Christ picnic in Grand Pass. According to emcee Randy Shannon, the band has performed at the picnic for 78 years, very nearly all of its 90-year history...

Santa Fe superintendent explains cause of fund drop, hears support from voters (03/26/10)
A number of unexpected expenses caused the drop in Santa Fe R-X School District's operating fund balance from 8 percent of its operating expenses to below 3 percent, said Superintendent Gini Barnett. These included a retroactive rate correction by Kansas City Power & Light that led to a $33,000 electric bill and an increase of $16,000 in the annual utility expenses, an error in scheduling the initial repayment of bond funds for the year after it was due, long-term illnesses that caused the district to exceed its budget for substitute teachers and various maintenance costs for buildings and a bus, she said.. ...

State audit cites factors in Santa Fe district woes (03/25/10)
According to a state audit report released to the public Thursday, March 25, the decrease in Santa Fe R-X School District's operating fund balance that resulted in the state labeling the district as financially stressed "appears to be primarily caused by overspending of the original budget."...

Russell Lee Plattner (12/07/09)
Russell Lee Plattner, 59, of Grand Pass, died Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009, at Moberly Regional Hospital in Moberly. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. ...

Deputy crashes squad car enroute to call; Brunswick man arrested on probation warrant (07/20/09)
A Saline County sheriff's deputy was involved in a one-vehicle crash while responding to a call at a Grand Pass residence early Sunday, July 19, according to a sheriff's department report. Deputy Timothy Rowe was traveling westbound on Route T and while negotiating a curve at 300th Road lost control of the squad car, according to the report...

Rolla Plattner (01/20/09)
Rolla Plattner, 81, of rural Grand Pass, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at his home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

Patricia L. Reker (11/19/08)
Patricia L. Reker, 65, of Waverly, died Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, at North Kansas City Hospital in North Kansas City. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, at St. Luke United Church of Christ in Grand Pass. Visitation will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. ...

Jennie Lois Joyce Sherman (11/10/08)
Jennie Lois Joyce Sherman, 94, of Carrollton, passed away on Saturday, November 8, 2008. Jennie Lois Joyce was born in Cole, MO, on December 21, 1913, to Walker Presley Joyce and Bertha Margaret Woods Joyce. She was the oldest of three children. Her parents and two brothers, Alton Joyce and Wayne Joyce, preceded her in death...

Grand Pass farmer reports attempted grain truck theft (10/10/08)
A Grand Pass farmer reported what he believed was an attempt to steal a loaded grain truck Thursday, Oct. 9. According to an incident report from Saline County Sheriff's Department, Fred W. Utlaut said he'd last seen the truck, with a full load of corn, parked in a field in the Grand Pass bottoms on Wednesday evening, Oct. 8. When he returned Thursday morning, Utlaut said, someone had moved the truck in an attempt to steal it and had gotten it high-centered on the levy...

Velma (Edwards) Proctor (09/23/08)
Velma (Edwards) Proctor, 86, passed away Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at Apple Ridge Care Center, where she had been a resident since November 2004. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, at Grand Pass Methodist Church. Burial will be in Grand Pass Community Cemetery, Grand Pass. ...

Alfred G. Simmons (08/25/08)
Alfred G. Simmons, 92, of Hermitage, formerly of Grand Pass, died Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008, at Hermitage Christian Health Care in Hermitage. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall with Doug Gilpin, pastor, officiating. ...

3 from Grand Pass injured in collision with truck (05/02/08)
A two-car accident involving a tractor-trailer left three Grand Pass residents with injuries on Wednesday, April 30. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 1998 Pontiac driven by Sonja R. Lohse, 41, of Grand Pass, was traveling southbound at 8:45 a.m. on Missouri Highway 23, about four miles north of Concordia, when she crossed the center line and struck a northbound 2002 Peterbilt truck driven by Eugene E. Volker, 41, of Humboldt, Neb., according to the report...

2 injured in head-on collision early Friday (04/12/08)
An 18-year-old Grand Pass man and a 56-year-old Blackburn man suffered moderate injuries early Friday, April 11, after their vehicles collided nearly head-on, according to The Missouri State Highway Patrol. MacKenzie B. Thorpe of Grand Pass was traveling south on Route BB in Saline County about one mile south of County Road 422 when his vehicle apparently crossed the center line and collided with a northbound vehicle driven by Ronald L. Tieman of Blackburn, according to the report...

Plattner announces bid for Missouri lieutentant governor post (03/25/08)
Presiding Commissioner Becky Plattner of Grand Pass announced Tuesday, March 25, that she is seeking the office of lieutenant governor and filed Friday, March 21, to be on the August primary ballot.

Grand Pass man receives minor injuries Saturday in accident on U.S. 65 (12/10/07)
Christopher A. Edwards, 38, of Grand Pass, sustained minor injuries when the 2008 Ford he was driving slid off U.S. Highway 65 at Salt Fork Bridge, striking a guardrail and sliding down an embankment, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol. The accident occurred at about 8:25 Saturday morning, Dec. 8...

Newscope/Sheriff's deputies investigate a variety of incidents (11/19/07)
Saline County Sheriff's Deputies were busy with a variety of incidents over the weekend, beginning with an arson investigation Saturday morning, Nov. 17, around 7 a.m. at the southeast corner of County Road 401 where it intersects tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad near Grand Pass...

2 injured n 2 traffic accidents in Saline County Sept. 14 (09/17/07)
Two people were injured, one seriously, in separate accidents in Saline County Friday, Sept. 14, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol reports. The first accident occurred at 8:15 a.m. on U.S. 65 about a half mile west of Route BB. David A. Taylor of Trenton received minor injuries when the pickup truck he was driving struck the rear of another pickup truck driven by Dan J. Frank, 39, of Carrollton, according to the report...

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