Stories from Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Elizabeth "Libby" (Hanley) Seelen Heinemann, 97, of Columbia, formerly from Marshall, passed away peacefully Nov. 30, 2013, at The Neighborhoods in Columbia. Libby was born Nov. 22, 1916, in Sedalia, to Charles Hanley and Lenox Berry Hanley. She married William Seelen on July 22, 1939, and he preceded her in death on March 10, 1966. ...

High school basketball scores for Tuesday, Dec. 3

Prep Hoops Round-up ... Girls

Prep Hoops Round-up ... Boys

Slater City Council approved a bill to accept the revised budget at the Tuesday, Dec. 3, meeting. "Every year we do a revised budget before we end the year. Keeps the auditor happy," Assistant City Administrator Gene Griffith said. "It's more of a bookkeeping, housekeeping type measure. What I do is I go through and show you where some of the funds have taken in more or taken in less than what we budgeted."...

The Christmas Tree Festival and Homes Tour will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Marshall Welcome Center and various homes in the community decorated in Christmas flair. Larry Arrowood, his wife, LaDonna, and the board for Friends of Jim the Wonder Dog has put a plan together that includes four houses this year and to preview the new Marshall Welcome Center and Jim the Wonder Dog Museum at 101 N. Lafayette Ave...