Local News – Thursday, May 6th, 2021
Congratulations goes out to the Salem High School Art Students, who won first place hands down in the District Art Show in Mountain Grove this past Friday, April 30th. Nine schools participated in all, with Liberty taking third place with 94 points, Mountain Grove taking second place with 114 points, and Salem taking first place with 353 points. Salem had four students finish in the top five places. Amy Chen and Olivia Wisdom tied for fifth place with 21 points each. Lara Stevens tied with a student from Houston for fourth place with 23 points. Isabella Knaack won first place overall with 62 points. Chloe Bartz won the “Best in Show in 2-D art” for “Zada”, which is an oil painting of her dog. Overall, 48 Salem High School students won ribbons. Ribbons were awarded for first through fourth place, honorable mention, and student’s choice in 58 categories. The Salem Art instructors were Tana Kettner with help from Angela Dingess.
The Salem Quiz Bowl finished out the season taking 3rd Place in the District Tournament hosted by Potosi High School on Saturday, April 17. Two Salem players finished with All-District Individual Medals, Martin Jones and Ryon Coursen. This was the first in-seat tournament that Salem has played this season due to COVID-19 restrictions. Morning games were round robin pool play with random draws. In the first game, Salem faced off against the home team, Potosi High School, and beat them 210 to 160. Salem then won the second game over Mountain Grove High School by the score of 260 to 70 before beating St. Clair High School in the 3rd game, 220 to 80. The four top teams were seeded after lunch. Salem and St. James both had three wins, but Salem was seeded second because St. James had more total points accrued from the morning games. Salem faced Owensville in semi-finals and lost to the Dutchmen by the score of 270 to 180 sending Owensville to the finals against St. James. The St. James Tigers won Districts beating Owensville, 360 to 110. This win sends St. James to the State Tournament in Columbia in May. The Quiz Bowl team will be losing seniors Captain Martin Jones, Ryon Coursen, Isabella Knaack, Heather Maneely, and Tyler Seabaugh. The Quiz Bowl teams have been coached by Susan Sheeley and Will Hubbs. This was the last Quiz Bowl for Coach Hubbs as Sarah Sanders has agreed to take the position of Assistant Coach next year.
The following reports have been provided by the Salem Police Department. On Saturday evening, April 10th, at approximately 10:00 an officer conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Highways 19 and 32 for a license plate violation. During the traffic stop the officer could smell the odor of Marijuana in the vehicle. A search of the vehicle was held and marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia were located. As a result, a 19-year-old Salem male was arrested and issued summons to appear in court. The next morning at approximately 9:00 officers were dispatched to the area of the Fourth Street Mall for a report of illegal drug activity. Officers arrived and spoke to the suspected parties and during the investigation located a syringe on a subject. The syringe field tested positive for meth. As a result, a 27-year-old Salem male was arrested and placed on a 24-hour pending the application of warrants. Please contact the Salem Police Department at (573) 729-4242 if you have any information regarding an ongoing investigation.
A two-vehicle accident happened Tuesday afternoon at 12:30 in Crawford County on Forest Hill Road at Spring Lake Lane. According to the report released by the highway patrol, a 1990 Ford F-150 being driven by 39-year-old Kristopher Knight of Bourbon, failed to drive on the right side of the roadway when he entered a curve and struck a 2004 Dodge Ram being driven by 40-year-old Steven Osbourne of Steelville. Osbourne suffered moderate injuries and taken to Missouri Baptiste Hospital in Sullivan. The report went on to say that both drivers were wearing seat restraints at the time of the accident. Both vehicles sustained moderate damage and were removed from the scene by Patriot Towing of Sullivan.
An accident happened Sunday afternoon, April 11th at 5:15. According to the report from the Salem Police Department a 2015 Subaru Outback being driven by Mikayla Bigler of Villa Rica, Georgia and owned by Cordell Tatom, Sr of Salem was stopped facing north at the stop sign at the exit of the Wal-Mart Supercenter. At that same time, a 2009 Harley Davidson Heritage being operated by Travis Howell of Salem was traveling east on Highway 32. Bigler started into traffic, making a left turn around a stopped semi-truck that was waiting for her to exit the parking lot. Bigler’s vision was obstructed by the semi and she collided with the motorcycle. The impact caused both Howell and a passenger to be thrown from the motorcycle. Howell was taken by a Salem police vehicle to Salem Memorial District Hospital due to no ambulances being available. The passenger on the motorcycle and the driver of the Subaru were not injured. Both vehicles had minor damage and were driven from the scene.