Stories from Thursday, January 4, 2018

Fitzgibbon Hospital and Marshall Women’s Care announce the birth of the first baby born in 2018. Landon Joseph Thomas was born Tuesday, Jan. 2, at 4:56 p.m. to Chasitie Payton and Tyler Thomas. Baby Landon weighed in at 6.1 lbs. and measured 18-inches long. The delivering provider was Deanna Donnell, a certified nurse midwife at Marshall Women’s Care...

The city of Marshall issued 28 permits in the month of December, according to a report released Thursday morning. Of those 28 permits, 16 were categorized as building permits, with a total value of construction at $277,900. The largest estimated costs were for two new/single family/residential properties at $100,000 each on Redman Avenue and Yerby Street...

The Saline County Commission met Thursday, Jan. 4, where they reappointed a board member of the Marshall-Saline Development Corporation. Chris Wilson, a representative of the county on the MSDC board, was reappointed after his one-year term came to an end...

A Carrollton woman was injured when the 2003 Ford Ranger she was driving crashed near Malta Bend Wednesday, Jan. 3. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the crash occurred as the driver — Kathy Norris, 49 — fell asleep while traveling north on U.S. Highway 65 at Gilham Street. The Ford ran off the left side of the highway and struck a culvert, the report stated...

On Dec. 14, Saline County Career Center DECA received a donation from Kuecker Logistics in Belton. The $1,500 donation will help support and sustain the chapter's funding this year. There are several members who are preparing for competition, which is held at Independence Center on Feb. 7. State competition will be March 11-13, and will be at Westin Crown Center in Kansas City, Mo. This year, the international competition will be held in Atlanta, Ga., on April. 20-25...

On Thursday, Jan. 4, an arrest warrant was issued for Cyrus Allen Blackerby, 29, of Marshall, for felony related charges dating back to July and August of 2017. He has been charged with one class C felony, three class E felonies and a class D felony...

High school basketball scores for Wednesday, Jan. 3

The Marshall Parks and Recreation Board met in a regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 3, where they discussed the park fund’s financial report. According to the financial report, the park fund’s expenses were down this past December, at $84,619, compared to last year’s $152,784...