Belton News

Mystic - Army Pfc. David J. Jones has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill in Oklahoma.

A family was reunited with nearly all of their belongings and memories Thursday.

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Those that remember the summer of 1980 are becoming increasingly edgy as one oppressive afternoon melts into another.There's no George Brett around to assault the .400 batting average mark as there was that year.

The Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad Company offers something unique for the whole family.

Antique cars made there way down Belton's Main Street Saturday as a part of the parade and the festivities for Belton Community Days sponsored by BCPI.

After scoring lowest in the area last year in bus inspections, Apple Bus Company improved scores by more than 10 percent to barely edge out Crabtree Transportation for the top spot.'We made additional efforts and used additional resources to better the process and get better results,' said Mike Oyster, owner of Apple Bus.Last year, Apple Bus ...

You may have heard something about the new iPhone. But have you heard about the Harmonized Tariff Schedule? That's the giant book of guidelines by which import specialists like Brett Ewing and Jim Henderson classify everything from wood flooring to handheld gizmos for importing into the United States.

" The "Oscar" awards for U.S. cities and civic leadership are about to go out and Belton is one of 29 finalists that have made cut from 200 applications.

Who: Charles L. Beard Jr., 65, of Belton.When and how he died: May 23, of leukemia.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. a ' The NBC Action Weather team is tracking a line of storms that could produce some severe weather in and around the Kansas City area.

The Raytown Board of Aldermen agreed to raise sanitary sewer rates by a dime. The city held a public hearing a couple weeks ago, and held another public hearing, and read the ordinance on second ready June 2. The proposal was to raise sanitary sewer rates from $4.87 per 1,000 gallons of water to $4.97 per 1,000 gallons of water.

A Belton man allegedly stabbed the family dog and threatened a woman hours before he drove the wrong way and crashed on U.S. 71, killing himself and another man.Authorities had charged Nicholas L. Schilling, 26, with four counts relating to the incidents early Wednesday.

Authorities are investigating after a fleeing driver was involved in a deadly crash on U.S. 71 in Bates County.

A Vinita man is dead and his 14-year-old son is in serious condition after a suspect being pursued by police in Missouri crashed into their car Wednesday.

A chase that spanned two counties ended in a head-on collision Wednesday afternoon that killed two people.A male suspect who was being pursued died, as did a person in the vehicle he hit.

BATES CO., Mo. a ' A chase along U.S. Highway 71 ended in the death of a suspect Wednesday afternoon.

Two road construction projects have cracked the Missouri Department of Transportation's top 10 work zones that are most likely to cause delays this summer.

Reported by: Ryan Kath Email: kath@nbcactionnews.com Contributor: Lisa Benson Last Update: 5/15 10:22 pm BELTON, Mo.

Missouri State Rep. Chris Molendorp of Belton said he has not been contacted by any law enforcement agency.