Stories from Monday, December 19, 2016

NAIA football scores for Saturday, Dec. 17

Second selection for Santa Fe middle hitter

Barbara A. Champion, 82, of Marshall, died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, at McLaughlin Funeral Chapel in Sedalia, with the Rev. Loy Hoskins officiating. Burial will be in the Mineral Creek Cemetery in Leeton. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the First Christian Church of Marshall...

Jo Anne Haynes, 85, of Slater, died Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, at Life Care Center in Carrollton. Funeral arrangements are pending at Weiker Funeral Home in Slater.

The Arrow Rock Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution hosted its annual Christmas luncheon at Stone Hedge Golf Club in Marshall. Marshall and Patsy Gregg chapters also attended this event. The Marshall High School Choraliers provided the program with Christmas music...

As the end of the year approaches, people seemingly embrace change for themselves more than at any other time of the year in the form of New Year's resolutions. According to researchers at the University of Scranton, more than 40 percent of Americans make these annual resolutions, while just 8 percent actually achieve their goal...

After recently finishing renovations to the second floor, Jamie McClanahan and Pete Welton's home was open for viewing during the Christmas Homes Tour, sponsored by Friends of Jim the Wonder Dog, to benefit the Jim Museum and Garden, on Sunday, Dec. 11...

A Slater man faces a class C felony charge of second degree burglary, as well as a class A misdemeanor of theft / stealing (value of property or services less than $500) for a reported burglary from the Slater city offices. The charges were filed against Dusty A. ...

Cargill Meat Solutions and UFCW (United Food & Commercial Workers) Local No. 2 hosted a taco sale and TV raffle on Friday, Dec. 16. UFCW Local No. 2 and Cargill each purchased one 60-inch TV to be raffled off during the lunch hour and the later shift on Friday. Employees of Cargill purchased tickets during the week before the raffle, while tacos, with meat donated by Cargill, were sold during each lunch break on Friday...

The Sweet Springs Board of Education heard a presentation from two student council representatives during its regular meeting Wednesday evening, Dec. 14. Student council members Lacey Taylor and Olivia Hager updated the board on current organization activities. ...

Appointments were a key point of discussion for the Marshall City Council Monday, Dec. 19, and the amount of positions subject to appointment by the mayor and approval by the council could be growing. Mayor Mark Gooden presented three board re-appointments for consideration -- Spencer Fricke to the Board of Public Works for a four-year term and Michael Varner and Hank Thomas for three-year terms to the Police Personnel Board, all of which were approved by the council in a single 7-1 vote...

The Saline County Prosecutor's office filed charges of first degree burglary, a class B felony, and misdemeanor theft / stealing (value of property or services less than $500) against Destiny D. Rose, 26, of Marshall, Saturday, Dec. 17, as well as two more counts of each offense Tuesday, Dec. 20...