Stories from Thursday, April 12, 2012

A pancake breakfast will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday, April 14, at Applebee's in Marshall. Menu will include pancakes, sausage, bacon and scrambled eggs. Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased from an MS Team member or at the door. Proceeds will go to help raise funds against the fight of multiple sclerosis...

Taking naps is vital for many in college, but for some Valley students, this week it'll prove to be a different experience.

The Marshall Philharmonic Orchestra will close out its 49th Season Sunday, April 15, with a 2:30 p.m. concert in the Harold L. Lickey Auditorium of Bueker Middle School.
The concert will be filled with special events. Of course, the concert will feature its usual professional soloist, but the concert will also inlcude the annual art show directed by Bueker Middle School art instructors Kristen McWhirt and Laura Richardson, with technical assistance by Velma Allen...

William Ray Leimkuehler, 85, of Camdenton, formerly of Saline County, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 14, 2012, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall. Visitation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. ...

An old phone scam resurfaced Thursday, April 12, and Marshall police are encouraging local residents to be wary of the tactic. The Marshall Police Department was contacted by a resident who said she received a telephone call today from someone claiming that her grandson was in jail and needed $1,600 bail money, according to a police spokesman...

Miami R-1 School is holding a pre-kindergarten and kindergarten screening from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday, May 1, at the school on North Highway 41. School officials ask parents or guardians to bring a copy of each child's birth certificate, social security card and immunization record...

Owls' state champion signs with Iowa

Marshall second in Boonville triangular

MVC Round-up: Golf, Softball, Tennis, Track

Interesting news and features published in our print edition and E-edition April 12. On page 2: Local Story: "Hare Ford to host 'Drive One 4 UR School' event April 21" / Smart Money Column (Bruce Williams): "Estranged wife just says 'no' to loan payments"...

The boil order put in place earlier this week has been lifted as of 1:50 p.m. Thursday, April 12, for customers of Public Water Supply District No. 3 in Saline County. George Dehn said the length of the precautionary boil order was due to the time it takes to get water test results back...

The Marshall Board of Education plans to hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in the conference room at the Central Administration Office. The only item on the agenda is to convene in closed session to discuss personnel matters.

"I guess we had a dog fight," quipped state Rep. Joe Aull, D-Marshall. He referred to a hearing Thursday morning, April 12, before the House Tourism Committee to consider testimony on three competing bills to designate a state historic dog. In the running are Jim the Wonder Dog (HB 1863, sponsored by Aull), Old Drum (HB 1778, sponsored by Denny Hoskins, R-Warrensburg) and Seaman (HB 1813, sponsored by Chrissy Sommer, R-St. Charles)...

Fitzgibbon Hospital announced Thursday, April 12, that Darin Haug, D.O., will be returning to the organization as chief medical officer. Haug currently is executive vice-president of Academic and Medical Affairs at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences and dean of its College of Osteopathic Medicine...

The E911 Board of Directors approved election results at their regularly scheduled board meeting on Thursday, April 12. The proposed sales tax increased failed, and E911 Chairman John Fletcher suggested the finance committee come up with an additional way to make the center's ends meet...

The Saline County Treasurer Sam Jones submitted the April 2012 sales tax report, during the Saline County Commission session on Tuesday, April 10. This past month's sales tax revenue accumulated $107,002.97, which is up from March's total of $78,131.09 and up from April 2011's total of $100,730.18...