Clay County News

A Clay County grand jury on Tuesday issued an indictment of the owner of The Staley Farms Golf Club , a private 18-hole golf course in Kansas City, for stealing water from the city.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. a ' Clay County prosecutors have charged three people with kidnapping in the case of Carol Thomas, who was abducted Wednesday and found dead Thursday.

Authorities this afternoon found the body of a woman in a remote area of Ray County.Police are working to identify the body, but they think it is that of Carol A. Thomas, 23, who was kidnapped Wednesday night from Excelsior Springs, said Excelsior Springs police Lt.

Clay County authorities are sifting through two acres full of stolen property found near a secluded home in Missouri City.

Clay County officials are investigating the fatal shooting of a dog Wednesday. Witnesses said a man was walking with his dog to the post office on Wednesday morning when a Rottweiler attacked them.

BeltonBelton voters, by a 72 percent margin, decided against a takeover of the citys park department.Mayor Jimmy Odom and some City Council members proposed to change the citys charter to allow the council to take control of the parks.

A question on renewing a tax that goes to an anti-drug program is one of the key issues in Jackson County, Mo., one of several metro counties and cities with elections Tuesday.

Clay County health officials have announced two H1N1 flu clinics for high-priority groups.

A huge and unexpected surprise greeted Clay County deputies this afternoon when they went to check on a report someone shot at a dog.

Its election day in several parts of the Kansas City area.In Missouri, voters will consider:Renewing Jackson Countys quarter-cent sales tax for the COMBAT anti-drug program.An $85 million bond issue for construction and renovation in the Independence School District.Extending Clay Countys law enforcement sales tax.Other Missouri elections include ...

Smithville R-II School District administrators say sick student numbers send a message: There's no need to panic about the swine flu right now in Smithville.

On Halloween night the state of Missouri will be enforcing its sex offender law requiring registered sex offenders to stay home with their porch lights off and a sign on the door saying they will not be giving out candy.

Kansas City, MO - infoZine - The City of Kansas City, Mo., recently received American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 funding for the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and has created the Kansas City Project Hope to assist Kansas City, Mo., and Clay County residents ...

Standing shoulder to shoulder with Clay County Sheriff Bob Boydston, four members of the Kansas City Council on Oct.

Authorities in Clay County are sweeping the Northland to arrest suspected drug suspects as part of "Operation Twilight." The warrants are based on a year-long investigation, as officers from eight different law-enforcement agencies gathered at the Clay County Detention Center early Friday morning with the goal of making 33 arrests from secret ...

Parents and children started lining up hours early on Wednesday for an H1N1 vaccination clinic in Liberty.

" Northland law enforcement is cracking down on suspected drug offenders. Called "Operation Twilight", the special enforcement effort early Friday morning involves as many as eight northland law enforcement agencies.

Teams of police and other Clay County law enforcement officers went knocking on doors early today, arresting persons wanted on outstanding drug warrants.'Operation: Twilight' is the culmination of a six-month undercover operation conducted by the Clay County Drug Task Force.

Hundreds of parents brought their young children to the Clay County Public Health Center in Liberty Wednesday, Oct.

About 100 people who store their boats at Smithville Lake docks, many of them visibly angry, spent two hours telling Clay County and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials how a new demand would hurt their lifestyles and violate their rights.