PECULIAR – Karin Velez recently won a big award in her business realm for the work she’s done in front of a microphone.

A Pleasant Hill Elementary School student is hospitalized in after a large tree branch fell during recess Tuesday.

At the annual Cass County Soils and Crops Conference in January, area farmers were warned that the profit outlook was not good for the 2024 growing season.

PECULIAR — On Monday night, the board of aldermen voted unanimously to remove data centers from the approved list of uses for Light Industrial zoning.

Lisa Cothran is doing what she likes best: baking sweet things like chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies and gooey cinnamon rolls.

Cass Regional Medical Center is one of the first hospitals in the region to offer 3D mammography using Hologic’s SmartCurve™ breast stabilization system.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has selected the Harrisonville Area Chamber of Commerce to host the 2025 National Civics Bee, a nonpartisan initiative to encourage American youth to learn civics and engage in their communities.

With little fanfare or discussion, the Harrisonville Board of Aldermen passed a series of ordinances Monday night dealing with topics from animals locked in cars to approving zoning changes for a development of duplexes.

Last week, Cass County Public Library Director Robin Hudson made what many would consider an unexpected announcement at the monthly board of trustees meeting.

WARRENSBURG – A University of Central Missouri fashion student debuted her collection during Kansas City Fashion Week last month.

ADRIAN — “The church is the people, and we will rebuild the building.” Bridget Cashman reiterated this point to her congregation last week following a fire that engulfed the Adrian Untied Methodist Church.

PECULIAR– At the board of aldermen meeting on Monday, Mayor Doug Stark issued an apology to the board, city administrators and the public for his altercation with persons attending the previous board meeting. 

Harrisonville residents will likely be seeing increases in their water and sewer bills in the near future as the board of aldermen accepted the results of a rate study which showed severe shortfalls in the utility budgets.

This summer, Missouri’s law enforcement canines finally got the long-overdue respect they deserve, according to Cass County Sheriff Jeff Weber.

ADRIAN — A landmark in the community was destroyed by a fire today.

The city of Harrisonville has issued a boil advisory for a portion of town after a water main broke on the northwest part of the city.

Dave Powell and Keith Stidham, co-owners of Powell’s Exteriors KC in Pleasant Hill, are coordinating their second-annual “Windows for Warriors” nominations campaign this month.

The reins of the Harrisonville Police Department were handed over to Randy Moody last week as he became the department’s new chief.

An Adrian man is in jail after a shooting Saturday night.

Cass Regional Medical Center Foundation will host the 14th annual Celebration Basket raffle event this week.

The stage is set for this year’s Log Cabin Festival in Harrisonville, and along with the annual highlights will be a variety of music and performing acts.

A Garden City was arrested early Wednesday morning and remains in jail facing multiple charges.

Crews are back at the site of former Cass Medical Center at 1800 E. Mechanic, tearing out the remaining bones of the former hospital building. But despite work resuming this week, the future of the proposed apartment complex on the site remains unclear as both city officials and developers remain at odds.

PLEASANT HILL – The city has given its approval as a member of the Middle Big Creek Subdistrict Sewer System to increase by $12 million the $106 million in revenue bonds approved in 2021-22 for infrastructure improvements and expansion.

ADRIAN – The city is considering selling its water and sewer services to a private company.