Stories from Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Area high school basketball and wrestling scores for Tuesday, Jan. 17

Mary Scott, 67, of Sweet Springs, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Funeral Services will be at 12 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at Sweet Springs Assembly of God Church in Sweet Springs. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Marshall. Condolences can be sent to htmayfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, donations for the family can be sent to Alexander-May Funeral Home in Sedalia...

Bill Monte "Gabby" McCrary, 79, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away Thursday, January 12, 2012. Bill was born on Dec. 4, 1932, in Marshall and grew up in Sedalia where he was Senior Class President and excelled as an athlete in football, basketball and track at Smith-Cotton High School, earning a first place award in the Missouri State long jump. ...

Helen Williams Gooden, 88, of Marshall, formerly of Malta Bend, died Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall. Visitation will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Malta Bend Cemetery. Memorials may be made to American Heart Association. Friends may sign the online register book at www.campbell-lewis.com...

Marshall places fifth in Joe Arbisi Invitational

Prep Hoops Round-up

Standley, Benedick win by fall

Philip Hontz of Marshall had just purchased a 210 Chevy four-door wagon -- a 1956 model he was planning to overhaul. Though he originally thought the car would be a basic investment, he didn't realize that one month after the purchase, it would be tagged with graffiti...

Saline County officials continued discussions Wednesday, Jan. 18, about how to trim costs in order to balance the budget, including proposals for reducing the contribution to the Assessment Maintenance Plan and delaying health insurance for new hires...

Interesting news and features published in our print edition and E-edition January 19. On page 2: News of the Weird (Chuck Shepherd): "Obsessions: Kings of cleanliness, young and old" / Local Story: "Malta Bend legion makes Honor Flight donation" On page 3: Advice from Annie's Mailbox: "Son's bad remodeling job creates rift"...

Two-dozen pictures of pit bull look-a-likes hung on a board at Slater City Hall. Each dog carried the coloring or stereotypical markings of the animal, but only one tested DNA positive for pit bull blood. Veterinarian Jane Waller failed to identify it by its picture, which represented a portion of the difficulty enforcing breed specific laws. At the Slater animal ordinance hearing on Jan. 18, she cautioned against breed specific legislature...

Carrollton's Theopolis Johnson II has incurred a second charge of statutory rape on Jan. 18 as well as a class D felony of attempted escape on Dec. 24, 2011. The new statutory rape charge stems from an incident occurring between May 15 - June 15, 2011 according to a press release from the Prosecuting Attorney of Carroll County, Cassandra Brown. If convicted, Johnson could serve five years to life in prison for each charge...

The yellow fire engine rested outside the smoldering house, as members of the Arrow Rock Community Fire Department circled the structure. Off to the side, a small crowd of neighbors gathered with the home's owner, Ida Elsea. Less than three hours before, they'd watched the same structure burn...