Stories from Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Van Raymond Howery, 81, of Marshall, died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, at Big Bend Retreat in Slater. Graveside services with military rites will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, at Union Cemetery, north of Marshall, with William W. Harlow officiating. There will be no visitation. Memorials are suggested to the charity of donor's choice in care of Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home. An online guestbook is available at www.campbell-lewis.com...

Chad Michael Simpson, 38, of California, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, at his home. Visitation will be on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the funeral home, with funeral services to follow. Bro. Eddie Schoeneberg will officiate. ...

Emergency Management Director Tony Day said the county is in desperate need of Red Cross volunteers during the Saline County Commission regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 1. "Right now we have one person in the county that's a Red Cross volunteer," Day said. "All the shelters are supposed to be Red Cross-run. If we have a disaster, (volunteers) are supposed to come in and run them."...

Receipts: 1291 Week Ago: 461 Year Ago: 554 Compared to last week, steer calves sold 3.00-7.00 higher and heifer calves sold steady to 5.00 higher based off of very limited comparable sales. Several loads and part loads of yearlings were on offer and made up the majority of the sale, however no recent sales to compare to for a price trend. ...

Sunday, Oct. 23: Before noon, Saline County Ambulance District 3 treated and transported one person experiencing a medical non-emergency requiring basic life support. After noon, Saline County Ambulance District 3 treated and transported one person experiencing a medical emergency requiring advanced life support and one person experiencing a medical non-emergency requiring basic life support...

A rollover crash in rural Saline County Tuesday, Nov. 1, results in the death of Edward L. McDaniel, 60, of Marshall. McDaniel, headed westbound on Missouri Route 240, left the roadway near the intersection of 240th Road at approximately 1 p.m., the Missouri State Highway Patrol reports. ...