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Old hospital demolition planned for January

Crews work to remove trees around the former Cass Medical Center building on East Mechanic Street in Harrisonville. The old hospital building will soon be torn down, making way for an apartment complex and senior living housing development.
Earlier this month, contractors removed the trees in front of the old Cass County Medical Center at 1800 E. Mechanic Street as one of the latest steps in developing the site into hundreds of apartments and dozens of senior living units.
Other news

Student entry for home games changing

Students will have a new entrance to the Harrisonville football game tomorrow due to security concerns from recent home games.  “We have been trying to brainstorm together with regards to …

MoDOT schedules I-49 lane closures

The Missouri Department of Transportation will conduct single-lane closures for pavement work on I-49 southbound and a ramp closure for the I-49 southbound exit ramp to Mechanic Street overnight from …
Harrisonville senior Kenzie Ruth proved a valuable defensive asset for the Lady Wildcats volleyball team, recording 16 digs in the regular season finale against Odessa last week.

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, …

Bobcats push win streak to three

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 …

Roosters’ upset bid falls short

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 …

Lady Cats claim district team championship

Showing off their District Championship trophy were the members of the HHS girls tennis team. Shown are: Tristen Bofenkamp, Linn Latussek, Maddie Eggers,  Coach  Myron Deiner, Angela Rodriguez, Mariah Coffey and Kinley Brockman.
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 …

Wildcats get back in the win column

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 …

Vikings vanquish depleted Whirlwinds

It didn’t take long for Midway’s Blake Russ to make an impact on Friday night’s game against Archie as the outran the Archie defense scoring on the opening kickoff. The Vikings dominated much of the game and came away with a  51-18 win.
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 …

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 …