Lifestyles

More than 98,000 women across America will be diagnosed with some sort of gynecological cancer this year – or one every five minutes. Of those, an estimated 13,000 women will face invasive cervical cancer. The good news is that cervical cancer is easily preventable and treatable if caught early because of the development of new screenings and vaccinations...

Few things in life can stop us in our tracks like a critical health scare, but that was exactly what Marshall resident, Gary Littrell, was facing this past October. Thankfully, Littrell was able to receive medical care and begin his rehabilitation at the skilled nursing unit at The Living Center. Littrell credits the care he received for helping him make it home so he could celebrate Christmas at home with his family...

William Smith, M.D., board-certified OB/GYN, will rejoin the staff at Marshall Women’s Care, inside the Fitzgibbon Medical Clinic, the first week of December. Dr. Smith delivered babies and cared for women in the Marshall community as an OB/GYN at Fitzgibbon Hospital and Marshall Women’s Care from 1999 to 2009 before joining a practice in Sedalia, where he worked the last 10 years. ...

MARSHALL — Marshall Municipal Utilities has announced Jarad Muller as its “Employee of the Quarter” for the quarter ending Sept. 30.  In nominating Muller, Electric Production Director Carl Crawford highlighted Muller’s role as assistant director in the department. ...

“Dr. Uhrig told me, ‘Well, Jack, you beat the odds,’” said 84-year-old Jack Lenz of Marshall. Two days earlier, after nearly three years and 85 different treatments, he was told he was cancer free. Cancer free. Sweet words for a man who described his experience with the Fitzgibbon Community Cancer Center as “a saga in two parts.”...

Roughly 14 years ago, there was a Papillon dog alone and scared in a puppy mill unable to go anywhere or to ever stop breeding. Then one day, all of that changed when the Papillon was rescued and taken in by a sweet and kind woman from Slater. This is the story of Poppy the Papillon. Poppy's beloved owner, Lucy Brandon of Slater, adopted her when she was 5 years old...