Stories from Monday, April 1, 2013

A rural Saline County boy suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound over the weekend, according to a Sheriff's Department report. A deputy was called to Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall to investigate the situation. The 14-year-old victim reported he suffered the injury while walking through the woods in southern Saline County when he slipped on a rock and fell on the pistol, which discharged, striking him in the leg...

James Simmerman, director of Saline County Criminal Justice Training Center conducted part two of the Homicide Crime Scene Investigation training series on Friday, March 29. This training was sponsored by Saline County Sheriff Wally George, Meadowbrook Insurance Group and Creative Management Consultants...

Peggy L. Short, 75, of Sweet Springs, died Friday, March 29, 2013, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at First Baptist Church in Sweet Springs, with the Rev. David Goode and the Rev. Jim West officiating. ...

Series concludes today at Osage Field

Curren, Babcock each place in four events

Two Marshall residents suffered minor injuries Sunday afternoon, March 31, in a one-vehicle traffic accident in rural Saline County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. The driver of the 1932 Ford, Stephen Rimmer, 72, declined treatment at the scene. A passenger, Hayden G. Stephens, 8, was taken by private vehicle to Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall for treatment, according to the report...

12SA-CR00432-01: Brownfield, David Ervene, born 1967, 439 E. Yerby, Marshall; class D felony driving while revoked/suspended; sentenced to 4 years in the Department of Corrections; 13SA-CR00022-01: Clark, Ricky G. Jr., born 1980, 115 NW Harlem, Kansas City; class B felony dist/del/manf/produce or attempt to or possess w/intent to dist/del/manf/produce a controlled substance; sentenced to 10 years in the Department of Corrections;...

Malta Bend FFA will be holding a plant sale on Saturday, April 6, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the school greenhouse. A variety of plants will be for sale including marigolds, impatiens, petunias, coleus and pansies. Also available will be some vegetables and a large variety of hanging baskets...

12SA-CR00674: Anderson, William Alexander, born 1975, 439 E. Yerby, Marshall; class A misdemeanor resisting/interfering with arrest, detention or stop; sentenced to 180 days in jail with a suspended execution of sentence with 2 years unsupervised probation;...

Stay tuned to The Marshall Democrat-News website, www.marshallnews.com, where we will have up-to-date coverage of the municipal election as polls close at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 2. We will have a dedicated page for results as they come in throughout the night...

The Marshall City Council amended the city's 2012-2013 budget after City Administrator Connie Latimer announced the city was $414,000 over the projected budget expenditures as of March 31 of this year. Latimer said approximately $350,000 of that comes from an unexpected increase in the workers compensation premium...

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