ADRIAN – The board of aldermen unanimously voted to add a noise ordinance to city code during its meeting Monday night. City Administrator Ryan Wescoat explained the ordinance. “Most communities …
Robert Ray Graham, 41, of Peculiar has been arrested and charged after allegedly firing his gun into someone’s home early Monday morning. Graham has since been charged with first-degree assault, …
The Peculiar Police Department, with assistance from the Cass County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Response Team, executed a search warrant this afternoon in the 200 block of Shari Drive. Peculiar PD …
The Adrian Fire Department hosted its 22nd annual 9/11 remembrance parade and ceremony Saturday morning. The parade made its way through town en route to the Optimist Building, where the ceremony is …
Beginning next weekend, Cass and Bates Counties will be hopping with festivals being hosted almost every week through the end of October. The first of those will be the Freeman Fall Festival on Sept. …
PLEASANT HILL — The circus is coming to town. The Optimist Club of Pleasant Hill is sponsoring two performances by The Culpepper & Merriweather Circus on Saturday. The performances will be at 2 …
The Central Cass County Fire Protection District is hosting an open house for its ribbon cutting ceremony and dedication of the new station. The open house will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 16. …
“Everything happens for a reason” is a rote idiom passed from generation to generation. Some people accept it as true by blind faith, others discount this notion as archaic and inadequate. …
The Cass County Library board meeting room was filled to standing room only last week for a special meeting and work session held Aug. 30 when the board readdressed the 2024 annual bond rate. The …
The case against a 63-year-old Pleasant Hill woman who allegedly stole thousands of dollars from the Oakland Cemetery Association in Harrisonville was continued by Judge James Eftink to Oct. 18. The …
Harrisonville High School homecoming 2023 activities are taking place this week. The theme for this year’s event is “Happily Ever After.” Students throughout the district have been …
A few miles east of Pleasant Hill in a place called Mystic Glen lives a fairy called Pixie Pine Cone. This fairy is a performer, composer and teacher of music. She sometimes performs with a troupe …
Harrisonville Police officers Tim Mikelson and Derek King are serving as the SRO’s in the Harrisonville School District. Both said they find working with students as a police officer rewarding as …
PECULIAR – The police department found no evidence to support allegations that a man reportedly pointed a gun at another man on the evening of Aug. 9 during the Peculiar Farmer’s Market. …
Two Harrisonville High School juniors, Preston Baker and Ryley Wood, were among the top 30 FFA juniors in Missouri who went to Jefferson City for three days in June to participate in an FFA event. …
JEFFERSON CITY – After two consecutive years of more than 1,000 fatalities on Missouri’s roadways, Gov. Mike Parson signed the Siddens Bening Hands-Free Law, prohibiting all drivers from using a …
On Monday morning, lifelong Harrisonville native John Foster revived a 150-year-old tradition. Middle School Principal Chris Grantham welcomed students to the school’s front lawn where Foster rang …
No history of Cass County is complete without the story of Order No. 11 and its resulting burnt district. The Sharp-Hopper log cabin near the Harrisonville square, the Burnt District Monument near …
For nearly 50 years, the Sharp-Hopper Log Cabin has sat near the northwest corner of the Cass County Information Center in downtown Harrisonville as an artifact bringing a significant part of the …
The Cass County Library Board voted to lower the tax levy Aug. 16. Each year, the board approved the annual bond rate for the coming year. Usually, the tax rate remains either unchanged or is …
Steven Williams Sr., 64, Kansas City, has been sentenced to 40 months after assisting two federal inmates who escaped from jail. Williams was also charged in the indictment with aiding or assisting …
Progress continues to be made on getting a new apartment development on the site of the former Cass Medical Center at 1800 E. Mechanic. On Monday night, the Harrisonville Board of Aldermen voted 6-0 …
“Is kissing sex? Is hugging sex? Is holding hands sex?” This query was posed at the Cass County Library Board of Trustees meeting Aug. 16 by trustee Roger Toomey when talking about the definition …
CLEVELAND – Theresa Hawkins and Michael Bigg were set to take their oaths of office at last night’s fire board meeting. Hawkins lives in the Cleveland area of the Western Cass Fire Protection …
PLEASANT HILL — A major item of discussion at Monday’s council meeting pertained to what City Administrator Shelby Teufel said city staff is internally referring to as “Prop P”, which stands …