The Salem Boys Basketball Tigers will take on the Hartville Eagles tonight at 6:00 at the Mountain Grove gym as part of the Family Pharmacy Basketball Tournament. Salem enters the game with a 9-7 record while the Eagles are 15-3 on the year. You can hear the game on KSMO Radio and online at ksmoradio.com.
The Salem Lady Basketball Tigers will be at Steelville tonight to face the Lady Cardinals starting at 6:00 with the JV contest with the varsity game to follow. The Lady Tigers are 12-4 on the year.
The 2015 City of Salem Youth Winter Basketball sign-ups for all boys and girls in 1st thru 6th grade and will take place Today, January 29th and Friday, January 30th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm and on Saturday, January 31st from 9:00 am to 12:00 (noon) and on Thursday, February 5th and Friday, February 6th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. All signups will be held in the front lobby at the Salem Community Center @ the Armory, located at 1200 West Rolla Road in Salem. The cost is $20 per child. For more information, contact Greg Nash at the Parks and Recreation Department by calling 729-6290.
The St. Louis Blues are back from the All-Star break and will host the top team in the NHL Central Division, the Nashville Predators starting at 7:00. KSMO will join the game in progress after Salem Tiger basketball. The Blues on this seven game home stand have a 5-0-1 record.
In a move made to accommodate two players in need of new surroundings, the St. Louis Blues sent forward Maxim Lapierre to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for forward Marcel Goc.
The Missouri Tigers will host the Kentucky Wildcats tonight at the Mizzou Arena. Game time is set for 8:00. The game will not be heard on KSMO due to the St. Louis Blues Hockey. Missouri is 7-12 on the year and have lost their last five games. They are 1-5 in SEC play.
Obituaries [TOP]
Funeral Mass for Carol Timson of Salem, age 87, will be Friday at 10:30 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Salem. Visitation will be tonight from 5:00 to 9:00 with a prayer service at 7:00 at the James and Gahr Mortuary in Salem. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association and/or Food for the Poor.
Funeral services for Isaiah “Little Bear” Hyde of Rolla, age 25, will be held Friday at 4:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be from 2:00 until service time on Friday. Interment will be in the Two Moons Family Cemetery in Montana.
A memorial service for Larry Ray Treat of Rolla, age 73, will be held this Saturday morning at 10:30 at Salem Full Gospel Church on Highway 19 North in Salem with Brother Gary Chilton officiating.
Funeral Mass for John W. Bell, of Salem, age 81, will be held Saturday at 2:00 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Salem. Visitation will be held from 1:00 until service time. Interment will be in the Bourbon Cemetery in Bourbon. All arrangements are under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary of Salem.
Weather [TOP]
Today..Mostly cloudy, breezy and cooler, high of 46.
Tonight..Mostly clear, low of 25.
Friday..Mostly sunny, high of 42.
Friday night..Partlly cloudy early, becoming mostly cloudy late, low of 25.
Saturday..Cloudy with a 50% chance for rain in the afternoon, high of 42.
Saturday night..A 70% chance of rain in the evening changing to snow after midnight, low around 30.