Kearney News

A Missouri man who told police that his then-six-year-old victim "is built like she is 13" was sentenced to 18 years in prison for raping a child, Clay County prosecutors said on Friday.

A Kearney man who told authorities that a 6-year-old girl he was accused of sexually assaulting was built like she is 13 was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison.Mark Schmollinger, 55, pleaded guilty in Clay County Circuit Court to first-degree statutory sodomy stemming from an incident involving a child on Aug.

A local mother has been placed on probation because of a fight. Sherri Turner pleaded guilty on Monday to endangering the welfare of a child for her role in a fight involving her daughter and another girl.

A motorcyclist was killed Saturday afternoon in a collision with a car on a rural Clay County highway.

Kyle Myers, 18, of Liberty, was killed about 5 p.m. Saturday when his motorcycle was struck by a car at an intersection near Kearney in Clay County.The Missouri Highway Patrol said Myers was eastbound on N.E. 164 Street when his motorcycle struck a westbound car making a left turn onto Ray Lee Drive.

COLUMBIAHe's a blues music enthusiast, an avid biker and a man who loves a challenge.

Who: Phyllis Green, 66, of Kearney.When and how she died: May 5, of lung cancer.Growing up: Phyllis and her cousin Mary Heimbruch were just two months apart in age and acted more like sisters than cousins.

He called himself Maverick and lived on a boat at Table Rock Lake in southern Missouri.He regaled his neighbors and local police with stories of his time with the ATF, and he didnt let retirement prevent him from helping area law officers from time to time.Driving a 2001 Ford Crown Victoria equipped with lights, sirens and two-way radio, he was ...

Say the name Jesse James and the imagination conjures up images of gun fights, bank and train robberies, and the legend of Robin Hood in the style of the Old West.

After four years at the event, Anderson Dearborn thinks of the Heart of America Annual Stand Down as a reunion.“It’s a big picnic,” Dearborn said.

KEARNEY, Mo. a ' A Lathrop, Mo., man died Tuesday in a two-vehicle accident, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

Can I help you to jail, sir?A police officer stopped to assist two people on motorcycles Wednesday morning and helped one into handcuffs.The officer approached the man and woman because their bikes were on the sidewalk and they appeared to need help, police said.

Model Ford wants you to hear his Chicago juke-joint blues. Fat Possum Records artist T-Model Ford has booked a July 15th date at Davey's . Opening up for the 85 year-old blues singer is Denver's Rev.

Police sergeant resigns in DUI caseA police sergeant charged with drunken driving has resigned.Scott Lininger, 42, was arrested shortly before midnight March 13 after a Raymore officer saw him driving erratically, including steering his vehicle over a curb.

Sherri Turner was charged April 8 with endangering the welfare of a child after she allegedly provided transportation for girls to a fight.

" Huge construction discounts are up for grabs in Kearney, Mo. City officials approved a mini-housing stimulus Monday night.

Help for teens in crisis can now be added to the list of things that can be found at many of the Northland's public libraries.

Donald Devens was caught on videotape back in 2005 beating Wesley Lewis during a traffic stop near Kearney, Mo.

A murder trial is postponed while several school districts continue their search for new superintendents.

The Columbia Board of Education announced the selection of two candidates as finalists for the position of superintendent of schools.