JOHNSON COUNTY — Johnson County Clerk Diane Thompson announced that the clerk's office will be hosting an “I Voted” sticker design contest for the 2024 election year. more

Members of the Chilhowee FFA Chapter joined more than 700 FFA members and agricultural leaders at the Missouri State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 15, for the Missouri State FFA Food Insecurity Day of Service held in conjunction with the Missouri Farmers Care Foundation Drive to Feed Kids. Together, members packed 160,000 meals to feed food-insecure Missouri families. more

Holly R. Headley, 32, was arrested on Aug. 12 when officers were dispatched to a business on East Cooper Boulevard for a theft report. Headley was arrested for stealing-shoplifting. more

The Warrensburg Schools Foundation recently announced the recipients of its 2023-24 Classroom Impact Grants. Members from the Foundation’s board traveled to Warrensburg High School and Warrensburg Middle School to award four grants totaling $7,969.25. more

WARRENSBURG — Maggie Burgin has joined Warrensburg Main Street as the Marketing and Event Coordinator. more

Warrensburg resident injured on Sept. 1 more

SEDALIA — An often overlooked thought after a diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer’s is the pre-planning for family members and caretakers. One Sedalia woman knows this firsthand. more

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Beginning Monday, Aug. 28, a Missouri law will penalize drivers for using their cell phones while the car is moving. more

State education officials continue to cautiously move ahead with a plan to implement social-emotional learning standards for all Missouri students, though concerns about possible political blowback hang over the process. more

Missouri Main Street Connection Inc. presented downtown awards recognizing performance excellence during Missouri’s Premier Downtown Revitalization Conference on July 28 at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark. more

In a significant step toward fostering community growth and service excellence, the Johnson County Board of Services signed over property deeds to three establishments – RISE Vocational Center, RISE Center for Growth, and RISE Group Home – at its Aug. 22 Board of Directors meeting. more

Centerview resident injured in Aug. 28 wreck more

WARRENSBURG — The City of Warrensburg and Public Works Department will be launching a new program on the city website. See, Click, Fix will soon be available for Warrensburg residents to report infrastructure needs within the city. more

WARRENSBURG — The Warrensburg Historic Preservation Commission along with members from the Lakota Group, an urban planning department based in Chicago, hosted a public meeting to discuss the future preservation plan for the city on Tuesday, Aug. 29. more

WARRENSBURG — The Warrensburg City Council presented a proclamation to recognize September as Big Brothers Big Sisters Month during the City Council meeting on Aug. 28. more

Within a half-hour drive of the University of Central Missouri, rows of neatly placed headstones line the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville, honoring individuals who served in the United States military. With only small bits of information etched into each of the hundreds of gray granite monuments that dot this vast burial ground, the life stories of many underrepresented World War II veterans mostly remain untold. This will soon change, however, thanks to a $399,000 Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration grant that will also cover project work at Fort Scott National Cemetery in Fort Scott, Kansas. more

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