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3 suspects in custody following gunpoint robbery

J.T. | April 30, 2009

A Peculiar man and two Freeman women are being held by Cass County Sheriff’s Office authorities in connection with the armed robbery of a 20-year-old Harrisonville man April 19 south of Belton.

Civil War “Burnt District” remembered

J.T. | April 29, 2009

Civil War re-enactors with the 10th Missouri Light Artillery of Garden City (above) fire a salute at dedication ceremonies held over the weekend for a new “Burnt District” memorial on the grounds of the Cass County Justice Center in Harrisonville. The memorial commemorates the hundreds of women, children and other civilians living on the Missouri-Kansas border who suffered and lost so much as a result of General Thomas Ewing’s infamous Order #11.

MARC gives a little cash to Cass County

J.T. | April 29, 2009

The Mid-America Regional Council Board has allocated $51 million in federal stimulus funds to local transportation projects. Cass County will receive $1,512,244 of that.

Big Brother may soon be watching…

J.T. | April 28, 2009

The House Transportation Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 58, which will most likely expand the use of Red-light cameras in Missouri.

The Bill is known as the Missouri Universal Red Light Enforcement Act (MURLE) and would regulate how the cameras are to be used, in addition to sending some money to the state, via the “Red Light Enforcement Fund”. There will be a $500 fee for each camera installed and the “money in the fund shall be used to conduct audits to ensure agency compliance with the provisions of sections 304.271 to 304.281, including, but not limited to, ensuring that the agency is distributing the fines collected as required under section 304.288.”

Belton police report April 20-26

J.T. | April 27, 2009

Belton Police Department
Reported incidents for 4/20-4/26

Tax rates in Raymore

J.T. | April 26, 2009

Here is the info for sales tax and property tax in Raymore -

Raymore police report: April 13-19

J.T. | April 26, 2009

RAYMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT Accident, Crime and Arrest Activity for April 13, 2009 through April 19, 2009

Ike Skelton: Obama has made Washington more partisan

J.T. | April 26, 2009

SPRINGFIELD — More than 500 Democrats gathered in Springfield today for the 86th annual Jackson Day.

U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, a Democrat from Lexington, Mo. who has been in Congress since 1977, says he’s routinely asked what “change” Barrack Obama has brought to Washington, D.C. since being elected president.

Pleasant Hill offense/incident summary 2008

J.T. | April 24, 2009

OFFENSE/INCIDENT REPORT SUMMARY

UCR INDEX OFFENSES 2006 2007 2008 % +/-
Homicide 0 0 1 ***
Aggravated assaults 2 6 1 <84>%
Burglary 45 20 37 +85%
Larceny 131 154 124 <19>%
Sexual Assaults 1 2 0 <100>$
Vehicle Theft or Recovery 14 7 9 +28%
Robbery 0 0 0 —

More drama over the MIAC report

J.T. | April 24, 2009

This article from STL Today says that “Missouri House Speaker Ron Richard has agreed to appoint a special committee to investigate the political profiling done by the state’s “fusion center” known as MIAC.”

For those who don’t remember, the MIAC report was a state-sanctioned report that tried to link 3rd party voters with domestic terrorists, otherwise known as militias. Even though the Federal and state constitutions each mention militias in a positive manner, apparently today the term militia is supposed to conjure up images of machine-gun wielding psychopaths whose sole purpose in life is the destruction of the U.S. government.