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Some Marshall police officers were constricted to a neighborhood near the old habilitation center several days ago, but not in response to criminal activity. It was reported via social media that there was a call on Friday, April 30, for a yellow patterned snake that appeared to be a python, approximately 5-feet-long, and it was chased into a storm drain...

A 47-year-old man is being held on $15,000 bond and facing a class B felony after an incident that allegedly took place on Thursday, April 8. According to a probable cause statement filed with the Saline County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, a female called 9-1-1 shortly after 1 p.m. and stated she just returned home after working out of town for several days to find a strange man sleeping in her bed...

Because Southern Commissioner Monte Fenner is a representative on the Marshall-Saline Economic Development Corporation's board of directors, a county resident inquired about the employment status of the MSDC Executive Director Sandy Allison. “The director resigned last week and she said that she’s staying in the community starting a consulting business, doing economic development,” resident Jill Hollabaugh stated during a county commission meeting Tuesday, April 20...

During the Marshall City Council meeting on Monday, May 3, Councilman Dewey Hendrix asked if there was anything the city could do about the Dairy Queen drive thru issue. Not only has he received several complaints about the crowded roadway on Morrow Street, but so has Municipal Services Director Bill Anderson and the Marshall Police Department...

After a long year of virtual meetings, the Arrow Rock Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was delighted to meet on April 20, at Brown’s Chapel in Arrow Rock. The highlight of the meeting was honoring the chapter’s 2020 American History Essay Contest winners...

The Marshall School Board met in a special session on Thursday, April 29, to discuss an emergency waiver of Policy GCBA and Administrative Procedure GCBA-AP, that had been requested by building principals. According to the unofficial meeting minutes, the waiver would remove the 10-year experience limit on the teachers’ salary schedule for hiring new teachers. The waiver would become effective during the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic school years...

A 1996 Honda Accord was traveling northbound on Route 41 in Saline County on Friday evening, April 30, when it struck another vehicle at the intersection of between 41 and Highway 240. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, as the Honda — driven by a female juvenile, 16, from Marshall — was heading north on 41, a 2014 Jeep Patriot — driven by Karen Stevens, 62, of Marshall — was traveling westbound on 240. ...

An update was given on City Administrator David Haugland during the Marshall City Council meeting on Monday evening, May 3. The council had voted to suspend him with pay and benefits, during a closed session on April 9. “The city has received notice of David Haugland’s resignation effective today (Monday),” Mayor Julie Schwetz said. “So I would ask the council for a motion to accept that resignation.”...

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Marshall all-stater signs with Avila