Stories from Friday, October 25, 2019

MHS Round-up: Cross Country, Soccer (B), Volleyball

Two Lady Owls make the grade

Either team could claim first-round home game

Valley trying to avoid third straight loss

On Saturday, Oct. 26, the Mar-Saline Branch of the NAACP will host its annual Freedom Fund and Awards Banquet beginning at 1 p.m. at the Martin Community Center. The NAACP is celebrating its 110th year. The local branch is 80 years old. In 1939, the late Professor Frank D. Brown of Pennytown organized the Mar-Saline Branch of the NAACP. Some of the Chartered members were Josephine Lawrence, James Smith, Annie Smith, Prof. Henry Peyton and Lorene Peyton...

Ghouls, goblins, princesses and superheroes descended upon Marshall’s downtown square Thursday evening, Oct. 24, to thwart mayhem and collect candy. The annual Trick-or-Treat on the Square event — organized by the Marshall Chamber of Commerce — typically draws hundreds of youths eager for Halloween. Dozens of Marshall businesses and organizations participated Thursday by handing out candy, creating elaborate scenes, and getting into costumes themselves...

High school football scoreboard for Week 9

E.W. Browning III, 56, of rural Marshall, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City.