Pleasant Valley News

Motorists who travel through O'Hara will be subject to a slew of road closures this summer.

WARRENSBURG, Mo.--Jason Bodenhamer of Centerview won his 100th and 101st career feature races Saturday night at Central Motor Speedway.

Reflective label, multi-orientation sprayer put product on target with consumers.

Topic: Obituaries Submitted Obituary : Charles B. Rosenstangle Published Online Jun 02, 2008 - 01:38 PM Charles B. Rosenstangle, a 75-year-old resident of 505 E. Seventh St.

A former Clay County sheriff’s deputy pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal civil rights and obstruction of justice charges related to the mistreatment of a handcuffed suspect.Though the incident leading ...

A Pleasant Valley woman sustained minor injuries Sunday, when a car she was riding in struck a deer on a Cass County road, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported.

Dozens of classmates who attended one-room schoolhouses gathered Thursday, swapping childhood memories and sharing old photographs.

“I just hit the brakes and was able to miss”

LAMONTE, Mo. -- L A Raceway kicked off its regular season Friday night, May 16, after five consecutive weeks of rainouts, with 121 cars checking in at the pit gates. via DigitalBURG

“He's just the best kid in the world”

Two Monroe Career & Technical Institute seniors finished in first place and another was honored as Student of the Year at the state's SkillsUSA vocational trade contest in Hershey last week. via Pocono Record

“But Skilled Healthcare runs a very good operation (and the offer) fit in well with our plans and made sense for us to go ahead and sell.”

The former Sandpiper Bay Health & Retirement Center and its adjacent Waterfront Inn Assisted Living at Sandpiper Bay -- both near Central and I-235 -- have new owners.

Skilled Healthcare Group Inc., based in Foothill Ranch, Calif., announced Thursday that it had acquired the senior-living facilities for $13.2 million. The sale closed Tuesday.

The transaction included the real property and assets of the 152-bed skilled nursing facility and the 34-unit assisted-living facility.

'This area was chosen because of its great location and given that it is a good-sized community with strong health care support systems already in place,' Melody Chatelle, Skilled's spokeswoman, said in an e-mail. 'Also, Wichita is near Kansas City, where the company has strong support operations as well.' Read more

“The children, that's where her heart was”

Who: Salvation Army Capt. Donna Horn, 44, of Pleasant Valley, Mo.How and when she died: March 20 of stomach cancer.Serving others: For the past five years, Donna Horn and her husband, Capt. via KansasCity.com

“It's in a good location to serve our elementary schools.”

A decision is expected within a month on the proposed purchase of a 62-acre Flintlock Road site for Liberty’s third middle school/junior high campus.Assistant Superintendent Mike Brewer said the district ... via KansasCity.com

Afternoon wreck sends two to hospital via Rome News - Tribune

“This has been building for a long time”

There's been no public sparring by the combatants in Saturday's vote that could unionize 200 dealers at the Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa in Riverside.

Jim Stoufer, president of United Auto Workers Local 249 in Pleasant Valley and active in the organizing effort, said he didn't think any Argosy employees were willing to go public with their grievances and risk possible reprisals.

Certainly none has come forward.

So what is this union fuss all about?

Argosy general manager Tom Burke said he had no idea. Read more

“The county has an obligation to distribute funds from sales tax revenues in an amount at least equal to the amount that each of the respondents would have been entitled to before the roads and bridges levy was reduced in 1989.”

A Missouri Court of Appeals panel on Jan. 22 upheld an earlier Clay County Circuit Court judge's ruling that the county shorted several road districts a total of $6.1 million over several years dating back to ... via KCCommunityNews.com

“There was something in there that started leaking. And I put it in there to so it wouldn't leak on our floor.”

Investigators in Pleasant Valley are trying to unravel the mystery behind a cloud of smoke that forced an apartment evacuation and was originally thought linked to a meth lab Thursday. via KSHB-TV Kansas City

Competition will benefit food pantry Northland Neighborhoods is sponsoring its holiday food collection contest through Jan. via KansasCity.com

“What that money does do is allows us to do a few more intersections and streets”

Homeowners in Clay County received an unwelcome letter in the mail last week. Clay County property tax bills arrived with an additional 24-cent road and bridge tax, which Clay County commissioners voted earlier ... via The Johnson County Sun

The Pearson Creek Heritage Society will bring back the "olden days of learning" with a presentation about the area's one-room schoolhouses. via Springfield News Leader