Stories from Friday, October 16, 2015

Martha A. (Akeman) Hatfield, 66, of rural Sweet Springs, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, at Country Club Care Center in Warrensburg. Private family memorial services will be held. Private inurnment will be held in Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville. Memorials may be made to ALS Association in care of Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home. Friends may sign the online register book at www.campbell-lewis.com...

Limback sisters pound the ball for Lady Chiefs

Slater's Grimes gets honorable mention nod

Rivera, Umana each score twice for Marshall

Marshall hopes to get well heading into district

Central Methodist is Valley's first South District foe

Cheers at the Marshall High School Football field Friday morning, Oct. 16, had nothing to do with that evening's game. Students, grades 5-8, from Bueker Middle School stopped at the field to enjoy refreshments and enjoy a break during the 10th annual Pink Week Walk-A-Thon. ...

The Sweet Springs Board of Education heard a number of upcoming events for both the elementary school and high school at its monthly meeting Thursday, Oct. 15. Elementary Principal Melanie Schlup stated attendance was at 97.57 percent. The end of the first quarter is Monday, Oct. ...

A proposal submitted to the Missouri State Office of Administration by Marshall-Saline Development Corporation would keep 140 jobs in Marshall if approved. The proposal, authorized to be submitted at the regular MSDC board meeting, Oct. 5, would build a new 15,000-square-foot Hab Center administration building and two crisis group homes in Marshall, and therefore keep those jobs from being relocated...

Area high school football scores for Week 9

Ham Hill Farms Inc., located in rural Marshall, took a pause from their busy schedule to be identified as a leader in the agricultural industry. Brent Sandidge, third generation owner and operator of Ham Hill Farms, was the recipient of the Governor's Agricultural Achievement Award on Friday, Oct. ...

"Intervention" is defined as "an interference in the affairs of others." While it's often seen as a reaction to stop a negative habit, staff members at Slater Public Schools are using it in an effort to promote the development of students' skills. High school Language Arts teacher Ginger Newman and third-grade teacher Tonja Boggs attended the Slater Board of Education meeting Thursday, Oct. 16, as representatives of the district's "data team."...