Students bring history back to life

Harrisonville High School Sophomores Emillee Burkitt, Mariah Coffey and Blaire Cecil have created an “Escape the Square” experience centered around Harrisonville History. One of the experiences follows the 1972 shooting on the square and the experience ends at the Marler-Wirt-Allen Park, a memorial park for the three men who lost their lives in the shooting.
Three sophomores at Harrisonville High School have created an “Escape the Square” experience all about Harrisonville history and community. Emillee Burkitt, Mariah Coffey and Blaire Cecil …
Deputy named to HFD
Fire Chief Rusty Sullivan introduced the new Deputy Fire Chief Derek Coulter at the Harrisonville Aldermen meeting Monday night. Coulter has worked with several departments in the area, …
Long meeting produces little
ADRIAN – There was a whole lot of talk, but very little to show for it as the board of aldermen met Oct. 13. For over three hours the board discussed two primary topics: planning and zoning codes …
The Peculiar Harvest Moon Festival is Saturday. One of the highlights is the kids Halloween parade and truck or treat.
Events abound to celebrate spooky holiday
Temperatures and leaves have begun to drop with skeletons, pumpkins popping up in yards is a sign it’s time for the Halloween season. Coming up this weekend will be Peculiar’s 20th Harvest Moon …
Rhett Ernest talks with LifeFlight Eagle pilot James Evangelista about the helicopter and what his job entails as a pilot. Attendees were shown the inside of the helicopter when LifeFlight Eagle held their 30th anniversary open house on Oct. 17.
LifeFlight celebrates 30 years in the air
LifeFlight Eagle, a non-profit emergency air medical transport organization, celebrated its 30th anniversary on Saturday with a community open house at its base location outside the Lawrence Smith …
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Changes coming at Ray-Pec
PECULIAR — There is a change coming at the top of the Ray-Pec School District as Superintendent Mike Slagle announced he is leaving Dec. 31. He will be replaced by current deputy superintendent, Al …
The Peculiar Police Department and city donated two patrol vehicles to the Cass Career Center. Pictured is the Criminal Justice and Crime Scene Investigation Academy with Instructor Chandra Kelly, Peculiar Police Chief Don Shepard and Police Captian Phillip Grabmiller.
Peculiar donates police car
The city of Peculiar and the Peculiar Police Department donated two extra patrol vehicles two weeks ago to the Cass Career Center just in time for the criminal justice class’ traffic stop unit. …
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Tyler Brown of Pleasant Hill helped his little brother roast and build his s’more at the LifeQuest open house Saturday night. LifeQuest Church’s parking lot was filled with bounce houses and games for the kids to play and ended the night with a fireworks show.
LifeQuest brings new life to Harrisonville church
After 40 years of serving Harrisonville and the surrounding communities, the leadership of the Abiding Love Baptist Church decided last year something needed to be done if their congregation was to …
Cleveland preparing for winter
CLEVELAND— The city council met and began discussions with plowing snow and road conditions which need to be addressed before winter begins and the first snowfall. Alderman Bryan Williams …
Convicted killer denied retrial
Pesiding Cass County Judge Mike Wagner denied convicted killer Kylr Yust’s motion to vacate his 2021 convictions in the deaths of Kara Kopetsky and Jessica Runions. Yust was found guilty of …
Bobcat offense comes alive in second half
A dominant second-half performance propelled the Drexel Bobcats to a 60-28 victory Friday night at Jasper and gave the squad their first back-to-back victories of the year. The first half was …
Harrisonville’s Natalie Bell spikes the ball on Archie’s Kayla Esler. The Lady Cats defeated the Whirlwinds 3-1 in a four set battle on Monday.
Lady Cats hold off tough Archie squad
The Lady Wildcats volleyball team fought to a 3-1 victory against Archie High School on Monday. Archie proved tough to put away early on, dropping a close first set 25-21 before bouncing back to take …
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Volleyball districts open tonight in Harrisonville

The Harrisonville girls volleyball team will be home tonight to open district action after securing the No. 4 seed. The Lady Cats closed the season last week splitting the final two matches. …

Blackhawks weather threat

The Adrian Blackhawks proved they could weather the storm on Friday night, overcoming a rocky start to defeat the El Dorado Springs Bulldogs 28-14. El Dorado Springs struck fast, putting up 14 …

Errors cost Marksmen

Sherwood fell to 3-5 on the season after a 38-7 road loss to Warsaw, plagued by critical special teams and turnover errors. The Marksmen gave up two punt return touchdowns and a costly pick-six, …

Archie girls set for post season

The Archie Lady Whirlwinds wrapped up their regular season with a 3-0 shutout against Lakeland High School on Oct. 13 The victory locked in a 16-9-4 final regular season record for the Whirlwinds as …
The Drexel Bobcats got back to .500 on the season Friday night posting a 34-24 win over New Heights Christian Academy in Joplin. Much like their previous game, the Bobcats fell behind early, but came …
The Pleasant Hill Roosters proved early they had an upset on their mind, scoring two first-quarter touchdowns to take a 12-0 lead over Odessa. But the early spark wasn’t enough as the Bulldogs …
The Harrisonville Lady Wildcats tennis team added another piece of hardware to their collection capturing the district team championship Oct. 14 in Springfield. The victory marks the program’s …
After falling behind 21-6 in the opening quarter, the Harrisonville Wildcats showed resilience on Friday night, rallying for a 33-28 road win over the Clinton Cardinals. Following a high-scoring …
It was not the game many may have anticipated. A few weeks ago both the Midway Vikings and Archie Whirlwinds were top 10 teams in the Missouri 8-man rankings. However, as the season has …
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Obituaries
Lawrence Geoffrey Getty
Lawrence Geoffrey Getty
Lawrence Geoffrey Getty Jan. 12, 1967 - April 10, 2022    “Geff”, 55, of Kansas City, passed away April 10, 2022. On Sept. 20, 2026, we were finally able to bring Geff …
Linda Corn
Linda Corn
Linda Corn Aug. 18, 1954 - Oct. 10, 2026 Linda (Wiggins) Corn, Pleasant Hill, passed Oct. 10 at the age of 72 at home, surrounded by family. Linda was born in Odessa on Aug. 18, 1954, the …
Carol Nadine (Shingleton) Knight
Carol Nadine (Shingleton) Knight
Carol Nadine (Shingleton) Knight of Harrisonville was born on July 7, 1939, to Edward Elijah Shingleton and Jewel May (Williams) Shingleton in Harrisonville. Her heavenly home was prepared and …
Misty Lynn Murrell
Misty Lynn Murrell
Misty Lynn Murrell  November 18, 1974 - September 9, 2026    Misty Lynn Murrell passed peacefully in the privacy of her home, listening to her favorite band, with her …
Richard “ Dick” Dixon Niggley
Richard “Dick” Dixon Niggley
Richard “Dick” Dixon Niggley April 9, 1948 - Sept. 11, 2026 Richard “Dick” Dixon Niggley was born on April 9, 1948 in the hospital in Butler, and lived his first 18 years on his family …
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One ballot issue worth second thought

The Nov. 3 elections are quickly approaching, in fact, “no excuse early voting” opens Tuesday, meaning any registered voter can go to the county clerk’s office and request a ballot and get …

Yes, in fact a damn good newspaper

At least once a week I meet someone and they ask what I do. I say I am the editor of the local newspaper and I usually get one of two responses: “I didn’t know there were any newspapers left” …

Poor decisions can be good publicity

For those of us that were involved in the media when Chris Koster was Cass County prosecuting attorney in the mid-1990s, there was an old joke: the most dangerous place in Cass County was between Koster and a television camera.

Amendments: good intentions, bad policies

Early voting has started and election day is less than two weeks away and the comment I’ve heard regularly is “I have no idea what Amendments 4 and 5 mean.”
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8 personal banking tasks you should automate to save time and money
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