Cass County News

Nevada Daily Mail columnist Carolyn Gray Thornton, who co-authored "Family Fun and Games A 100-Year Tradition" with her sister, Ellen Gray Massey, will take part in a "Meet the Authors" event slated for 10 a.m., Saturday, July 11, at the Harrisonville branch of the Cass County Public Library.

One of today's earlier posts notes that chef and slow-food promoter Jasper Mirabile changes up his recipes depending on what berries are in season.

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. a ' A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection to a robbery at The Shoe Department located at 1814 N. M-291 Highway.

Overturned semi-truck is blocking all lanes of south bound US 71 Hwy just south of Hwy 150 in Jackson County.

The problemJack Lipscomb of Greenwood was taken aback when he saw a city limit sign at Missouri 150 and Missouri 7, indicating that Pleasant Hill might be a mile north of where Lipscomb thought it was.

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A line of strong thunderstorms moved through the Kansas City area overnight, causing power outages, wind damage and flooding concerns.

DREXEL, Mo. a ' Powerful storms knocked out power and dumped about four feet of water inside a grocery store in southwestern Cass County late Tuesday night.

The Cass County Sheriff's Department has a Harrisonville man in custody for a fatal crash that happened back in February.

Five people were injured in an two-vehicle accident Friday in Cass County. Casey N. Lane, 6, Brandon E. Lane, 7, and Amanda L. Lane, 15, all of Kansas City, were transported by ambulance to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City.

A man wanted in a deadly car accident in Columbia is now in Boone County jail. Michael Ladd, 42, of Harrisonville was arrested in Cass County on several charges, including first-degree manslaughter.

Four Harrisonville High School graduates will become the sixth class inducted into the HHS Distinguished Alumni Wall of Fame during the annual Excellence in Academics Ceremony June 18.

By Eric L. Wesson CALL Staff Writer The first step in an effort to oust Mayor Mark Funkhouser from office came up 129 signatures short, but organizers of the effort say they will not give up.

What began with a fit of rage on the night of May 26 ended in the most horrific fashion the following afternoon on U.S. 71 north of Butler, ending two lives instantly and forever changing countless others.A small Ford Focus being driven southbound in the northbound lanes at 110 miles per hour by Nicholas L. Schilling, 26, of Belton, slammed head-on ...

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.

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

A Vinita man was killed when his pickup was hit head-on by a car whose driver was fleeing from police Wednesday, authorities reported.

A father and son returning from a family trip were the innocent victims in a fatal crash that followed a high-speed chase in Bates and Cass counties on Wednesday afternoon.

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.

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