Stories from Thursday, October 4, 2012

The Marshall Democrat-News invites area organizations to list information about Halloween events — haunted houses, trick or treat, parties, etc. — on the newspaper's online and print calendar of events. Fill out this form: www.marshallnews.com/forms/calendarevent...

Area high school sports scores for Wednesday, Oct. 3

Olin W. Durham, 71, of Marshall, formerly of Slater, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at his home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

Joe and Maggie Topel, of Marshall, announce the engagement of their daugther, Kella Jo Topel, to Kurtis Nathaniel Gregory, son of Roger and Ruth Gregory of Blackburn. The future bride is a 2002 graduate of Lighthouse Christian Academy. She is a 2009 graduate of Temple College in Temple, Texas, with a degree as a medical assistant. She is currently employed as a medical assistant at the Doctors Weight and Wellness Clinic in Marshall...

Prep Grid Preview ... Week 7

Marshall gives up 16 first-inning runs

Moberly wins district final, 5-2

Cargill Meat Solutions and the Ashford Agency are partnering again for their third Pig Out for Pink Out event. The Pig Out for Pink Out lunch raises funds for Fitzgibbon Hospital's Community Cancer Center. Tickets are $5 and include a pork sandwich, baked beans and potato salad...

The Marshall square will dazzle visitors Saturday, Oct. 6, as the second annual Marshall Democrat-News Car and Motorcycle Show brings the colorful gleam of sleek machines to the downtown area. And if the weather forecast holds, car and motorcycle show fans will have a crisp fall day to enjoy the festivities with some sunshine to show vehicular works of art in their best light...

The Saline County Commission granted a request Thursday, Oct. 4, from County Recorder Jamie Nichols to hire a new deputy recorder, but when it came to pay rate, commissioners expressed a good deal of trepidation. Nichols plans to hire Laura Jackson at $12 per hour, the same rate the previous deputy recorder was paid...

Pink Week activities help Fitzgibbon Hospital Rehab Department add treatment options. With help from monies generated at last year's Pink Week activities, the Fitzgibbon Hospital Rehab Department has deployed advanced therapies, some of which are targeted to assist breast cancer patients, according to a news release from the hospital...

The Fitzgibbon Hospital Rehab Center has begun a new program involving lymphedema treatment, according to a news release from the hospital. The program has been several months in the making and, with new therapists, is beginning to serve the community...

Four teams lined up Wednesday, Oct. 3, to battle each other and battle for a good cause — the fight against cancer. The annual Pink Week Powder Puff flag football game pitted Marhsall Public Schools staff against Fitzgibbon Hospital staff, and Marshall High School senior girls versus junior girls...

When owners of a local company apparently arrived to open for business Thursday, Oct. 4, they noticed some items had been missing. An unknown amount of copper was apparently stolen from the company, located in downtown Marshall, sometime after it closed for business Wednesday evening. It was reported that business owners were still gathering inventory of their equipment Wednesday afternoon...

A Marshall man was arrested Thursday, Oct. 4, after Marshall police officers and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers served a search warrant on West Jackson Street in Marshall. The search warrant was obtain based on information received about the distribution of crack cocaine from the residence, police officials said...