MARSHALL — A Marshall business owner appeared in Lyon County District Court Wednesday on felony assault and threat charges, court records said. Gregory Scott Taylor, 77, was charged with second degree assault with a dangerous weapon and making terroristic threats. A criminal complaint ...

Dear Heloise: I love to cook with fresh food, and I am not a fan of plastics in my kitchen. They are totally unnecessary and not healthy. -- Hint 1: Save your taller thin glass jars for spring onions or herbs like cilantro or parsley. Rinse them, pat the tops dry, and put the bottoms in their ...

Dear Annie: I’ve been with my boyfriend for over three years. We met when I was a freshman in high school and he was a sophomore. I fell head over heels right away, and we became official nearly a year later. Over time, I learned about his painful childhood -- absent father, a mother who had ...

The Independent calendar lists upcoming meetings, facility hours and events in and around Marshall. To have your group’s events listed, email the information to news@marshallindependent.com or submit the information to our virtual newsroom. Today Household Hazardous Waste Facility, open 8 ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 70-year-old active dentist and pharmacist with chronic lower back pain. My MRI shows a compressed/extruded disc in contact with a specific nerve. It is extruded by 5 mm. I know that this is very common, and not all patients with compressed nerves are symptomatic. I have ...

Discovery is the trailhead to a new path in life. I realize that sentence doesn’t carry any new wisdom for us humans, but we should always follow it. Since the period when humans evolved and began to inhabit the earth, they/we have always been discovering something. No matter what field of ...