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| County offices facing cutbacks
State cutbacks, lower sales tax revenues and declining interest rates on bank accounts have whittled away much of the funding Saline County is used to having for county offices and departments. But just how bad is the situation? “This is the worst since I’ve been here in 10 years,” said Southern District Commissioner Mike Dillon. Anticipating a decline in funds, the commission trimm-ed the county budget earlier this year. One budget-trimming ac-tion was placing a hiring freeze on county offices, meaning that no new positions can be created although vacant positions can be filled. But a l...
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| One caught, one escapes during Sunday manhunt
Saline County Sheriff Wally George is attributing Sunday’s manhunt and resulting arrest to guilty consciences. George said the search actually began in the late afternoon with a domestic disturbance call in southern Saline County. Sheriff’s Deputy William Renken was dispatched and left Marshall, ...
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| Parents as Teachers’ Messy Night to serve as sensory learning session
If preschoolers won’t eat their oatmeal, maybe they will at least learn from it as they engage in sensory activities at Messy Night Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Indian Foothills Park in Marshall. “Oh My, Oatmeal Pie” is the title of one of the stations that will be open for children up to kindergarten age...
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| Marshall netters qualify for Junior Olympics, Yokeley claims SMSG title
 | | Myles Yokeley | The summer is drawing to a close, but the Marshall Junior Tennis Club is hardly finished. The eight-member Marshall team placed third in the U.S. Tennis Association’s Missouri Valley Section 15- to 18-year-old Team Championships at Overland Park, Kan., July 2 to advance to this week’s Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics in Detroit. The four boys on the MJTC squad are Myles Yokeley, Hunter Hsu, Jeremy Gilpin and Jesse Murphy. The girls are Nicki Erickson, Krystle Chase and sisters Ariel and Sydne Parkhurst. In the World Team Tennis format being utilized, there is one round each of girls’...
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| Prep softball coaches holding clinic
COLUMBIA — The Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association (MHSFCA) will be conducting its first day-long softball clinic Saturday at Hickman High School in Columbia. All fast pitch coaches – from the college and middle and high school levels to youth league and traveling teams – are invit...
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| McGraws win Couples Scramble
Chad and Crystal McGraw won first place in the Championship Flight of the Pocahantas Golf Club’s annual Couples Scramble on Sunday at Indian Foothills Golf Course. The top four places in each of the five flights won cash. Among the contest winners were Laura Richardson and Roy Hunter for longest ...
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