Stories from Monday, August 17, 2015

"Vanilla" offense gains little yardage

Carl D. Young, 66, of rural Gilliam, died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. Arrangements are pending at Weiker Funeral Home in Slater.

Additional information has been provided in regard to recently filed felony charges against Dwight Gregor. According to circuit court documents, in January of this year, Gregor was named in an Order of Protection (restraining order) request. The request was made by the grandmother of the minor Gregor was accused of harassing in the recent charge...

Stella M. Lear to Erica & Raymond Coleman, pt SW ¼ of S29 T49 R22. Pro Touch Investments, Inc. to Colin & Sarah Vaillancourt, Lots 7 & 8, Blk. 5, 1st Ext. Vers Ad., Marshall. Barbara A. & Ivan L., Sr., Johnson to Monica & Richard Luebbering, Lot 7, Gorrell Sub., Marshall...

Robert Runyan, 60, of Bosworth suffered moderate injuries in a one-vehicle accident on US Highway 65 Sunday afternoon, Aug. 16. Runyan was northbound on US-65 around 12:25 p.m. when a tire on his vehicle rapidly deflated, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. This caused the vehicle to veer off the left-hand side of the road before striking a ditch and overturning...

Have you seen a debit or credit card with a small metallic square on its face? It's a microprocessor chip -- known as an EMV chip -- and is one of the newest tools credit card issuers in the United States are using to keep consumers protected. Rather than swiping your card and signing at the point of sale, utilizing the chip requires putting the card into a slot on the card reader so it can interact with the system. ...

When it comes to being safe online, it's better to be more like a turkey and less like a deer. "A turkey notices something wrong and he goes the other way," Jim Kiser of CDS Internet said. "Deer get shot because they're curious. Turkeys survive because they're not."...

Governor Jay Nixon, along with key business leaders and city officials were present at Coreslab Structures in Marshall Friday, Aug. 19, to recognize Saline County as a Certified Work Ready Community (CWRC). The CWRC links workforce training programs with the economic development needs of the community, according to press release from Gov. Nixon's office. It stated the program matches appropriate applicants to jobs based on skill level...

Crews with Marshall Municipal Services continue resurfacing the road that leads into Indian Foothills Park Monday morning, Aug. 17.