J.T. | July 23, 2009
Ground was broken last week in conjunction with the building of the newest St. Jude Dream home in Raymore.
The four bedroom, 3000-square-foot home will be given to the winner of a raffle on April 17, 2010. The $100 tickets will be available to area residents beginning January 7 of next year and all proceeds will go to St. Jude.
Category: Raymore |
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J.T. | July 22, 2009
The Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative (CCPI) will provide funding to landowners in Cass and 6 other Missouri counties to help them protect water quality and improve habitat that benefits bobwhite quail.
CCPI is a voluntary conservation initiative that enables the use of certain conservation programs with resources of eligible partners to provide financial and technical assistance to owners and operators of agricultural and nonindustrial private forest lands.
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J.T. | July 21, 2009
Michael S. Adams, Jr. has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of his longtime girlfriend Amber Hartwig.
Adams, Jr., 37, allegedly shot Hartwig, 36, in the head with a .45 caliber handgun and then sustained a self-inflicted wound Tuesday evening at the couple’s home in Belton. The couple got into [...]
Category: Belton |
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J.T. | July 20, 2009
Tomorrow (July 21) MoDOT will close the Route 2 bridge one mile east of Freeman for repairs. The bridge should reopen by late August.
Category: Countywide |
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J.T. | July 19, 2009
The West Peculiar Fire Department was responding to an overturned vehicle Wednesday evening, when a semi-trailer ran into a fire truck at full speed.
Category: Hot Topics, Peculiar |
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J.T. | July 18, 2009
If you’re needing buy school supplies for your children, there will be no sales tax on select items the weekend of August 7. Apparently this is the state’s way of saying “we’re sorry for taking all your tax dollars the rest of the year”. The state sales tax, county sales tax and city sales tax will not be in effect during these dates for most of Cass County
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J.T. | July 17, 2009
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has provided Harrisonville with a conceptual report for a new interchange at Hwy 71 and Rockhaven Road. The project could cost anywhere from $7 - 12 million dollars.
The new medical center and a presumed increase in local population appear to be the motivating factors for this proposal, which would provide additional access to Route 71 for the communities of Harrisonville and Peculiar.
Category: Harrisonville, Peculiar |
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J.T. | July 17, 2009
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster says Dish was contracting with customers at one price and billing them at a higher price.
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J.T. | July 15, 2009
Three teenagers were injured in a Cass County accident about 10:45 p.m Saturday.
According to a Missouri Highway Patrol report, a 15-year-old boy from East Lynn, Mo., was driving with two 16-year-old girls from Harrisonville when the accident occurred.
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J.T. | July 11, 2009
For nearly each of the 15 years since its initial development, drainage in the neighborhood just south of M-58 Highway near the city’s center has been a nightmare for homeowners. Stormwater gathers in the area north of the railroad tracks and spreads across lawns, into basements and over streets with an alarming regularity.
Category: Belton |
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