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MSDC renews insurance, hears reports on projects (07/14/09)
The Marshall-Saline Development Corporation Board renewed its MSDC workers' compensation insurance at its meeting Tuesday, July 14. The renewal of insurance with Missouri Employers Mutual cost $723. In his report to the board, Executive Director Roy Hunter gave updates on the projects he has been working to bring to Saline County...

Weather affects work schedule at I-70/US 65 junction (04/27/09)
Missouri Department of Transportation maintenance crews have moved back the dates for closing ramps at Interstate 70 and U.S. Highway 65 in Saline County due to the weather, according to a MoDOT news release. The work will still be conducted over the course of six days and various directions will be closed. Each closure will be for one day and will begin at 7 a.m. and will end at 6 p.m. The new dates are listed below...

(UPDATED 9:57 p.m.): Three injured in one-car accident near Interstate 70 (02/24/09)
Three people were injured in a one-car accident at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, near the junction of Interstate 70 and U.S. Highway 65. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Woody Hicks, the vehicle was westbound on I-70 when the driver, attempting to take the southbound U.S. 65 ramp, lost control of the vehicle for an unknown reason...

Rev. Donald Lee Simmons (02/23/09)
Rev. Donald Lee Simmons, 73, of Otterville, died on Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, at his home in Otterville. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, at First Baptist Church of Otterville. Burial will be in New Lebanon Cemetery. VFW Post 2591 will conduct military rites at the cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, at First Baptist Church of Otterville. Memorials contribution are suggested to New Salem Baptist Church...

Newscope: Truck overturns Tuesday at I-70, U.S. 65 interchange (10/22/08)
A tractor-trailer truck overturned at the interchange of Interstate 70 and U.S. Highway 65 Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 21, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The truck was westbound on I-70 and was on the southbound ramp when its load shifted, the driver lost control and the truck overturned, troopers said...

Newcope/MoDOT plans work on I-70, U.S. 65 junction Nov. 19 and 20 (11/15/07)
The Missouri Department of Transportation announced that maintenance crews will reduce traffic to one lane on the I-70 Bridge at the U.S. 65 interchange in Saline County, and temporarily close cloverleafs at the interchange to make repairs in the area...

Youngster bags 2 bucks on first hunt (11/09/07)
It was the first day of the youth deer hunting season. It was the first day of her first hunting trip. And within four hours, Tricia Hefner of St. Louis had bagged her first deer, a six-point buck, while hunting near Marshall Junction. Hefner and her father, Terry Hefner, had been in the stand for a few hours Saturday, Oct. 27, when they spotted two deer...

Despite lull in new projects, there is good news for local economic development scene, MSDC official says (10/09/07)
The Marshall-Saline Development Corporation has hit a lull in new projects, but there is good news on other economic development fronts, according to MSDC Director Roy Hunter. In his report to the MSDC board of directors Tuesday, Oct. 9, Hunter noted that not much progress had been made in recent weeks on several business relocation projects and no new projects have emerged lately...