PECULIAR — Chris Tittle, a self-proclaimed chicken enthusiast, has become known around Peculiar for his love of the barnyard fowl, but now his love is taking him to petition the city government.

Last month was National Pickleball Month, and throughout Cass County communities are responding to the sport’s increasing popularity.

ADRIAN — Quietly and methodically, a private agricultural firm in Adrian is leading a revolution.

ADRIAN — A months-long investigation by the Adrian Police Department resulted in a raid by police and deputies from the Bates County Sheriff’s Department of a suspected drug house on May 9.

On May 20, the Garden City Planning and Zoning Commission will convene to review plans for a proposed travel center on a 14-acre tract north of the interchange with 7 Highway.

PECULIAR — In August, voters will face a question which they previously voted down: whether to approve a $4 million general obligation bond to build a new police station.

The Harrisonville Board of Aldermen heard the first reading of two ordinances which could be voted into law at the May 20 meeting.

The crowded race in the Republican primary for District 1 Commissioner (usually referred to as South Commissioner) thinned out this week as a judge ordered one candidate’s name to be removed from the field.

Once again, Pleasant Hill will be kicking off the high school graduation season, which officially begins tonight and runs through May 19 for the area schools.

Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation Monday, officially ending a nearly two-year effort to stop a proposed landfill development in south Kansas City near Raymore’s northern city limits.

Kevin Argo, 18, pled guilty this afternoon to second-degree felony assault for the April 29, 2023, attack on Harrisonville Police Officer Scott Ramsey at the Harrisonville High School Prom.

ADRIAN – The city appears to be becoming a popular spot for food trucks, but there is little in the city ordinances to regulate them.

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In a packed room at the historic courthouse last week, the Cass County Planning Board heard passionate arguments both for and against Evergy’s application to build a substation on the south side of 267th Street east of Rodier Road.

For Denniele Bohannon of Harrisonville, owner of Louanna Mary Quilt Design, life is a visual and tactile adventure. From teaching classes to compiling books to selling designs, if it’s related to quilting, Bohannon is interested.

A 49-year-old Garden City resident was arrested and charged with 10 counts of child pornography following an operation to check on registered sex offenders in Cass County.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is looking for any information about a hit-and-run accident that happened this morning on northbound I-49.

Students at McEowen Elementary School in Harrisonville made sure their hard work added up to something special for children in need.

PLEASANT HILL — On Monday night, the city council heard two major proposals for development of the downtown area, but no decision was taken on either one of them.

The Harrisonville High School color guard marched off with first place in its class at the Mid Continent Color Guard Association (MCCGA) Championships held earlier this month.

JEFFERSON CITY – Legislation which would effectively kill a proposed landfill just north of Raymore is just a governor’s signature away from becoming law.

PLEASANT HILL — Brice Randolph, a student at Pleasant Hill Intermediate School, is looking forward to this year’s Railroad Days, which begins Friday and ends Sunday.

KANSAS CITY – If the court accepts the plea agreement, a 2017 graduate of Harrisonville High School will spend 20 years in federal prison and pay a fine of $10,000 after pleading guilty in federal court last month to attempting to produce child pornography.

Christopher M. Marshall of Peculiar was convicted last week of the murder of his girlfriend, Alyssa Jordan.

Walls on the east side of two buildings on the Harrisonville square appear to be at risk of collapsing, and the city’s Board of Building and Engineering Appeals gave the go ahead to city staff to take action to remedy the situation.