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Ashley Vasquez/The Smithville Herald OPAA Food Management provided a special lunch for students at the Smithville Upper Elementary School on the last day of summer school July 1. Students enjoyed a picnic lunch ...

Smithville -- An attorney for the owners of a restaurant that were told by the state to remove 'drugstore' from the name said the demand infringes on free speech.

From the MO Highway Patrol: Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer of Troop A, announces the results of two sobriety checkpoints conducted in Clay County on July 5 and July 6, 2008.

Who: Salvador Cervantes, 59, of Smithville.When and how he died: June 4 as the result of Waldenstrom’s disease, a cancer of the immune system.A rough beginning: Salvador Cervantes grew up in Kansas City ...

Smithville's racial profiling statistics look as if they are some of the worst in the Kansas City area, however, the way the Attorney General's office calculates the results skews the numbers, according to ...

The Smithville Board of Aldermen officially spent all of the 2007 property tax money on various infrastructure projects as it originally promised.

Anna Faltermeier/The Smithville Herald Amber Long, 11, center, and Harley Hardway, 9, right, both of Smithville, sing songs by the lake during Smithville Girl Scout camp Thursday, June 5, at Kelsey Short Youth ...

The Smithville R-II School District will end the 2007-2008 budget year with a deficit and the budget for 2008-2009 isn't expected to be any brighter.

The city of St. Joseph has begun some early flood preparations this morning while waiting on a revised river stage update from the National Weather Service.

Jacobs Construction, a builder at Johnson Ridge, won a Grand Award in the 2008 Spring Homes Tour, sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City.

Contact Don Ledford, Public Affairs 426-4220 400 East Ninth Street, Room 5510 Kansas City, MO 64106 FORMER CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY CHARGED WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE, OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE KANSAS CITY, Mo.

With the end of the school year approaching, divorced and separated parents need to plan ahead for summer visitation arrangements for their children and make sure the exchange is a positive experience, ...

A former Clay County sheriff's deputy was charged Tuesday with violating a defendant's civil rights by using unreasonable force during an arrest.

The St. Joseph Police Department have identified the five people involved a car wreck on Mitchell Avenue late Friday, in which two people were killed. via St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, MO

“We had someone watching him 24 hours a day and had a vet come out every day”

A 17-year-old Thoroughbred with the Kansas City police mounted patrol had to be euthanized after a brief illness that shut down his kidneys.Truman’s health problems began more than a week ago when he ... via Kansas City Star

“We've got eight houses so far we're going to tarp.”

City officials, the American Red Cross, Neighbors and even strangers all pitched in to help storm victims in the Auburndale Estates Neighborhood in Kansas City north. via KSHB-TV Kansas City

“But this year we decided it just got too expensive.”

U.S. drivers are doing something they haven't done for nearly two decades: consuming less gasoline. via Hispanic Business

“It certainly could bring an appearance of conflict.”

Rep. Bob Onder is drawing scrutiny for employing one of the state's most powerful legislators to work on his Ninth District congressional bid. via Columbia Daily Tribune

" Clay County officers have busted a burglary ring that allegedly reached from Smithville to Houston. via NBC Action News