SMITHVILLE — Nellie's Sweet Shoppe will celebrate a decade in business with a day of activities starting at 11 a.m. and ending at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at 115 E. Main St.

LIBERTY — During fall cleanup week, Liberty residents can get rid of excess trash, furniture, minor maintenance materials and carpet. Items should be placed at the curb or roadway on the  regular trash day for the property.

KEARNEY — Bulldogs soccer had a nice week.

SMITHVILLE — The Smithville Parks and Recreation Department, in collaboration with the Smithville PoliceDepartment’s Shop With a Cop program, will host Cornhole for a Cause, a beanbag-tossing tournament, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28.

GLADSTONE — The Atkins-Johnson Farm and Museum will present the annual Big Shoal Cemetery tour at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21.

KEARNEY — After one previous aldermanic discussion that raised questions about its operations and the promoter pulling his initial request for the event, Kearney’s Board of Aldermen denied a request by failing to secure a second for a motion that would have allowed the Kelly Miller Circus to…

LIBERTY — Interim Parks Director BJ Staab said the Liberty Parks Board took action on three items at its Thursday, Oct. 5, meeting.

Col. Sandra K. Karsten, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, reminds drivers that deer are more active and create hazards for Missouri motorists this time of year. Last year, drivers in Missouri experienced 4,604 traffic crashes in which deer-vehicle strikes occurred. One dee…

KEARNEY — Truckin for D-Ray, a family fun day benefiting local teen Dalton Hanna, who is battling cancer, will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at D’Creamery, 110 E. Sixth St. in Kearney.

KEARNEY — A deal that would have meant a $700,000 profit for the school district and a home for a senior living complex similar to Centerville Cottages behind Price Chopper fell through after a meeting with proposed neighbors in the Jamestowne subdivision disintegrated into accusations, inte…

LIBERTY — Liberty Schools Superintendent Jeremy Tucker presented at the first Coffee with the Community Sept. 21 to a group of parents and other district leaders. He offered a “look back and a look forward.”

KEARNEY — People passing by the former Price Chopper grocery store at the corner of Missouri Highways 92 and 33 will soon see changes as work commences on the Kearney School District’s Early Education Center this month. The work is part of the district’s bond-financed projects.

I’ve grown increasingly dismayed over the years by the massive federal and state government bureaucracies that intrude into our daily lives, diminish our liberties and stifle innovation and economic growth. Although I believe regulations generally are created or expanded upon out of a desire…