Marshall, Missouri · Monday, February 8, 2010
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Missouri Valley Community Action Agency Community Volunteer and Public Relations Manager Ellen Shinkle gave a presentation on the many services offered by MVCAA during the Saline County InterAgency Council meeting Tuesday,...
Jimmy Garrett of Marshall Municipal Services sweeps snow from the walks in front of the City Office Building early Monday, Feb. 8. Garrett was among a crew of three making sure the walkways were clear of an inch of snow that...
Marshall High School junior Brandon Pace has received yet another musical honor this school year, after already being selected as a clarinetist in Missouri All-State Band and a bass in Missouri All-State Choir. Now, Pace has...
Five community members met Wednesday morning, Feb. 3, to discuss Missouri Valley Community Action Agency's community garden project. Currently, three properties belonging to the city of Marshall have been identified as sites...
To assist Haiti in recovering from the effects of the Jan. 12 earthquake, local schools, organizations and churches have gotten involved in fundraising efforts. A Hardeman R-X School District fundraiser that ended Friday,...
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Prep Hoops Round-up: 'Hounds get rare sweep at Concordia
CONCORDIA -- Wins at Concordia have been both rare and difficult for the Sweet Springs boys' basketball team. However, the Greyhounds made it look like business as usual Friday with a 64-46 I-70 Conference victory. Senior Tyler Dohrman hit a pair of three-pointers as Sweet Springs opened with a 19-11 first quarter, then stretched the margin to 20 points by halftime. The Orioles were unable to make a significant dent in the margin during the second half...

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I don't understand why conservatives are depicted as racist when some of the biggest racist are people within there own race. For instance Rev Al Sharpton and Rev Jesse Jackson are some of the biggest racist that get media attention. They could care less about you or me all they care about is their money. The Republicans are often depicted as racist when over the years members of the Democratic party were against civil rights. They also have perpetuated the welfare or entitlements that have destroyed the black family and any other families that have 2 and 3 generations that don't produce anything but more kids to live on the hard earned dollar of the taxpayer. If racism and poverty was going to be fixed the Democratic Party should have fixed it by now because they have been in charge of our federal government for the majority of the last 50 years. If they would actually fix all of the problems that we have then they would lose their voter base because people should be independent instead of dependent on the hard earned resources of someone else. Instead of accusing people of being racist get off your duff and do something for yourself or better yet do something to help someone else because if you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem.

-- Posted by rr3yv0 on Mon, Feb 8, 2010, at 7:53 PM

Palin is a joke.

-- Posted by notgvnasht on Mon, Feb 8, 2010, at 7:19 PM

Meghan McCain: "Tea Party represents 'innate racism'"

http://rawstory.com/2010/02/meghan-mccai...

-- Posted by news across on Mon, Feb 8, 2010, at 5:01 PM

"Fact check: Palin's claims in Tea Party speech debunked"

http://rawstory.com/2010/02/palins-natio...

-- Posted by news across on Mon, Feb 8, 2010, at 4:56 PM

Regarding the Teaparty....

1.) Poll tests like the one they suggest we use have a long history of being used to disenfranchise African-American voters. That is a historical fact.

2.) Many Teaparty members and Palin supporters are openly racist and if you will scroll down and check the many, many, many links I provided you in my earlier post, you can view and hear just how racist these Teaparty members are from their own mouths and signs they created.

I guess you could argue that if we required everyone to wear white sheets and hoods similar to that of the KKK when we vote, that in and of itself is not racist. I guess you could say, "hey they are only white sheets...a kind of style...an article of clothing"...but that sure would feel like a Klan outfit to me.

I am not the one who discriminated against African Americans using poll tests, and I am not the one that told the many racist members of the Teaparty to use racist slogans and make racist statements at their 9/12 march, and I didn't suggest they use them at the Palin mob rallies during the last election.

Frankly, it sounds like some folks want to attack me because I posted the links. Isn't that a lot like attacking the messenger because they don't like the message?

I guess no matter how much lipstick the conservatives try to put on this Teaparty pig...it is still a pig.

-- Posted by news across on Mon, Feb 8, 2010, at 4:46 PM

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Weather or not: Area activities affected by weather Feb. 8
---Santa Fe Agri-Leaders meeting for Monday is postponed. Make-up date to be announced later.
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Forecast
National Weather Service forecast for Marshall, Missouri:

Today
Chance Snow
High: 31
Tonight
Chance Snow
Low: 11
Tomorrow
Chance Snow
High: 24
Low: 12
Wednesday
Partly Sunny
High: 26
Low: 8
Thursday
Partly Sunny
High: 30
Low: 16
Friday
Partly Sunny
High: 33
Low: 22
Saturday
Partly Sunny
High: 35
Low: 21
Sunday
Partly Sunny
High: 36

Warnings
Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 6:00 AM on Tuesday for Saline and other counties
Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 12:00 AM on Tuesday for Johnson County

Advisories for Missouri · All advisories nationwide
Quakes
Most recently recorded earthquakes in the Central U.S. from the Center for Earthquake Research and Information (Times in Central):

Mag.WhenWhere
1.902/07 21:157 mi WSW of New Madrid, MO
1.302/07 20:547 mi WSW of New Madrid, MO
1.602/07 20:457 mi WSW of New Madrid, MO
1.602/07 06:227 mi WSW of New Madrid, MO
1.202/06 20:521 mi NNE of Gladstone, NJ
1.202/05 05:211 mi SE of South Cleveland, TN
1.502/05 04:501 mi NE of Peapack, NJ
1.402/04 05:185 mi W of Parma, MO
3.302/04 03:4112 mi NNE of Vega, TX
1.502/03 06:186 mi NNW of Tiptonville, TN
1.502/03 04:063 mi SSW of Dell, AR
2.502/01 17:4310 mi SSE of Arcadia, OK

State news
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  • McCaskill: Mo. politicians posturing on stimulus
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Claire McCaskill accused Missouri officials of political dishonesty Monday for bashing big spending by Washington while using federal stimulus money to help balance the state budget....
  • Defense seeks new trial in abortion shooting death
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  • 4 people killed in St. Joseph duplex fire
    ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) -- The bodies of two infants have been recovered from the scene of a duplex fire that also killed two other people in northwest Missouri....