Stories from Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Monday, Dec. 2: Before noon, Saline County Ambulance District No. 3 treated and transported to a hospital four people experiencing a medical emergency requiring advanced life support, one person experiencing a medical emergency requiring advanced basic life support and one person experiencing a medical non emergency requiring basic life support...

High school basketball scores for Monday, Dec. 9

The Luck O' the Irish Dinner, which supports project graduation will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15, in the Marshall High School gymnasium. Tickets for the dinner are $100 and only 300 tickets will be sold. Included in ticket price is a prime rib dinner for two served by members of the MHS class of 2014. As in past years, the large grand prize will go to the last ticket called during the evening. A $500 price goes to the 299th ticket drawn...

12SA-CR00796: Brown, Justin D., born 1987, 520 Pelican Island Apt. 7, Florissant; class a misdemeanor possession of up to 35 grams marijuana; class a misdemeanor unlawful use of drug paraphernalia; count I -- $1,000 fine; count II -- $1,000 fine; 13SA-CR00730: Flyzik, Kimberly L., born 1974, 769 W. Yerby, Marshall; class A misdemeanor domestic assault - 3rd degree - 1st/2nd offense; suspended imposition of sentence with 2 years unsupervised probation;...

Mary Louise Driskell, 86, of Marshall, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. Memorial graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, at Ridge Park Cemetery in Marshall, with the Rev. Wayne Doolin officiating. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church in Marshall, in care of Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall. Friends may sign the online register book at www.campbell-lewis.com...

William H. "Bill" Nichols, 55, of Marshall, died Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. Funeral arrangements are pending at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

Stephenson, Sims go undefeated

Prep Hoops Round-up: Marshall (B/G), Santa Fe (G), Sweet Springs (G)

First win over Kirksville since 2008

13SA-CR00585: Bozmann, Joanne, born 1971, 117 W. High St., Marshall; class A misdemeanor violation of order of protection for adult; sentenced to 15 days in jail with a suspended execution of sentence of 2 years unsupervised probation and a $250 fine;...

13SA-CR00668: Amlong, Jordan Matthew, born 1990, 821 N. Lincoln, Marshall; class B misdemeanor Dwi-alcohol; class C misdemeanor exceeded posted speed limit (exceeded by 6-10 mph); count I -- suspended imposition of sentence with 2 years unsupervised probation; count II -- $250 fine;...

Marshall's The Cellular Connection has partnered with Marshall Cinema to host a food drive Sunday, Dec. 15, to give back to the community. Marshall Cinema will be playing Will Farrell's "Elf" on the big screen at 3 p.m. and admission to the event is a bag full of canned goods or other nonperishable food items to be donated to the Community Food Pantry...

J. Huston Tavern hosted its first "Christmas with Dickens" dinner Saturday night, Dec. 7, at Arrow Rock. Guests were welcome to dress in Dickens' fashion and listened to readings from Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas Carol" as a six-course meal, based on the book "Chrismas with Dickens," was served. The book was written by Cedric Dickens, the great-grandson of Charles Dickens...

Jim Steinmetz and Bill Sleeper attended the Tuesday, Dec. 10, Saline County Commission meeting to seek the approval of bylaw changes. Steinmetz and Sleeper, both representing Saline County Historic Preservation Committee, asked the commission to approve three bylaw changes...

This year, Dec. 1 was identified as World AIDS Awareness Day by the World Health Organization. On Dec. 1 and during the month of December, world governments, healthcare providers and humanitarian organizations seek to call attention to AIDS to educate the general public about the disease and what can be done to limit its impact...