Stories from Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Sunday, Aug. 21: Before noon, Saline County Ambulance District 3 treated and transported two people experiencing a medical emergency requiring advanced life support and treated and released one person. Monday, Aug. 22: Before noon, Saline County Ambulance District 3 treated and transported five people experiencing a medical emergency requiring advanced life support...

Water bills across Sweet Springs were on the rise, and the cause is uncertain. Public Works personnel reported performing an estimated 150 re-reads on customers' water meters in August due to the unusually high readings. At a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen Monday, Aug. ...

Helen Lorene Crane, 80, of Marshall, died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, at University Hospital and Clinics in Columbia. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall with Dr. Mike Parris and the Rev. ...

14SA-CR00135-01: Highfill, Victoria E., born 1967, 20 East 27th St., Higginsville. Class C felony, DWI -- drug intoxication, aggravated offender. Probation revoked; sentenced to 7 year with the Department of Corrections. 13SA-CR00783-01: Garner, Edward James, born 1962, 129 Broadway, Slater. Class C felony, passing bad check $500 or more, no account/insufficient funds. Suspended execution of sentence; ordered to complete a 120 day detention sanction...

The Saline County Commission met Tuesday, Aug. 30, where a letter from the commission was read in reference to a new role for the old Fitzgibbon hospital property in Marshall. The letter announces the Zimmer Development Company is proposing an adaptive re-use of the Marshall Court Senior Housing facility and plans are in place to renovate the old hospital into a housing development for the elderly...

Shirley D. Mendenhall, 85, of Slater died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, at Big Bend Retreat in Slater. Funeral services will be Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Slater, with the Rev. David L. Duncan officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Marshall. Visitation will be from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday at the church. Memorials are suggested to Alzheimers Association or Crossroads Hospice in care of Weiker Funeral Home in Slater...

David Stanely Smith, 50, of Marshall, died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, at Fitzgibbon Hospital. Services to be held later. David was born April, 24, 1966, in San Diego, Calif. Survivors include his daughters, Caylah Larsen of Marshall and Callie Culver of Warrensburg; and his siblings, Kimberly Thomason of Gravois Mills, Shawna Smith of Florida, and Richard Smith...

Contracting for the renovation of the Sweet Springs city pool remains a question mark for the city. In April, the city's voters elected the city to issue $305,000 in general obligation bonds in order to finance improvements to the city's pool. However, the bidding process has not been easy to navigate. The city remains undecided on the scope of the work that needs to be done and where it would be best to utilize that money...