Local News – Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
The 2020 Honoring our Heroes Marathon will be held Saturday, November 21st and this year will offer the full marathon, half marathon, the marathon relay, 10k and 5k runs. The marathon and marathon relay will begin at 7:00 in the morning at the Dent County Commons while the half marathon will begin at Lake Spring at 8:00 in the morning. The route those runners will be going will mostly be on Highway 72 then to Lions Club Drive and then finish in the Lions Club Park. The 10k and 5k runs will be mostly at the Rolla Lions Club Park with the 10k diverting to the Veteran’s Park in Rolla before coming back to the Lions Club Park, and they will start at 8:00 in the morning. Registration for the marathon and half marathon will end Saturday. The cost to register for the full marathon is $95 and there are seven openings left, the cost to register for the half marathon is $50 and there are five spaces left. The marathon relay is already full. The cost for the 10k run is $55 and $40 for the 5k run. Those races will increase in cost by $5.00 after November 18th. There are unlimited spaces available for the 10k and 5k runs. This year, there are also virtual races that you can sign up for where you run the races when you want where ever you want. You can also sign up to volunteer to help out at the event. This year’s Pasta Party is already sold out due to the COVID-19 restrictions on the number of people that can congregate and it will start at 5:00. The party will be lived streamed for those who cannot attend from the Honoring our Heroes website with the speakers starting at 5:30. For more information or to sign up, please visit https://www.heroesmarathon.com.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol would like to remind the public that driver examination stations throughout the state will be closed on today in observance of Veterans Day. Normal operations will resume on Thursday, November 12th. Examinations stations will also be closed on Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th in observance of Thanksgiving. Normal operations will resume on Monday, November 30th. Follow the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Twitter @MSHPTrooperGHQ
The Missouri Department of Conservation reminds hunters not to forget their hunter orange before heading out the door for opening weekend of firearms deer season starting this Saturday and lasting through Tuesday, November 24th. Hunters must wear a hunter orange hat and a hunter orange vest, shirt, or coat. The color must be visible from all sides. Camouflage orange does not satisfy this rule. Hunter orange clothing makes it easier for one hunter to spot and recognize another hunter because nothing in nature matches this color exactly. Hunters must wear hunter orange if they are hunting any species of game during firearms deer season. Hunters must also wear orange if they are hunting on an area that is having a managed firearms deer hunt, or they are serving as a mentor to another hunter during firearms deer season or while on an area that is having a managed firearms deer hunt. Hunters must also wear orange if they were selected for the elk firearms season that will be held December 12th through the 20th. The late youth portion of deer season will be Friday, November 27th through Sunday, November 29th, followed by the antlerless portion from Friday, December 4th through Sunday, December the 6th. Finally, the alternative methods portion for deer will be Saturday, December 26th through Tuesday, January 5th, 2021. Hunters can find more information about hunting seasons at https://huntfish.mdc.mo.gov or by reading MDC’s 2020 Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations & Information booklet at https://short.mdc.mo.gov.
The Salem Police Department has released some reports. On Saturday morning, October 24th at around 9:37, an officer was dispatched to the 800 block of west Highway 32 for a report of a female who appeared to be impaired and slumped over the drivers’ seat. Contact was made and she was showing signs of impairment. During a consent search items used in the consumption of narcotics were located. As a result, a 28-year-old Salem woman was arrested and placed on a 24-hour hold pending the application of warrants. On Sunday morning, October 25th at about 2:00 in the morning, an officer conducted a traffic stop for a vehicle exceeding the posted speed limit. Upon further investigation, it was found that the driver appeared to be intoxicated. As a result, a 28-year-old Salem man was arrested for driving while being intoxicated. He was released on a summons. During the afternoon of Tuesday, October 27th around 1:52, an officer was on routine traffic patrol and noticed a female that he knew to have an active warrant for her arrest. The warrant was confirmed and the 38-year-old Salem woman was arrested and incarcerated at the Dent County Jail. During the evening of October 28th near 9:22, an officer was dispatched to an accident where the driver had fled the scene. During the investigation, the driver was later located passed out behind the wheel near the intersection of Highway 72 and Route J. As a result, a 40-year-old Salem woman was arrested and placed on a 12-hour hold at the Dent County Jail. Please contact the Salem Police Department at (573) 729-4242 if you have any information regarding an ongoing investigation.