Sports

Eagle girls basketball defeats Kansas team to advance to home tournament championship
LIBERTY — With a week at home, Liberty North girls basketball is taking advantage as it moves onto the Liberty North Invitational Championship.
- Eagle girls basketball defeats Kansas team to advance to home tournament championship
- Gallery | Kearney football wins state championship
- Gallery | Boys basketball Clay County clash
- 2nd-half effort propels Liberty boys basketball to win over Kearney
- Voting live for Athlete of the Week: Dec. 1-Dec. 7
Education

District leadership faces challenges calling school due to snow
CLAY COUNTY — Making the decision to call off school due to bad weather can be challenging, according to local superintendents.
- District leadership faces challenges calling school due to snow
- Smithville DECA wins 2 awards at Mizzou’s AdZou Challenge
- LPS counselor named MSCA director of year
- Smithville elementary, middle schools named top schools
- Board selects superintendent search firm
Outdoors

Leave leaves alone this fall, early winter
Pollinators want you to sit back and take it easy this fall.
- Leave leaves alone this fall, early winter
- Fall hiking requires some preparation
- Willet, Allen win fundraising fishing tournament for veterans
- Registration open for 2026 Master Gardener online course
- MDC seeks public comments on changes to spring turkey hunting
Sports

Eagle girls basketball defeats Kansas team to advance to home tournament championship
LIBERTY — With a week at home, Liberty North girls basketball is taking advantage as it moves onto the Liberty North Invitational Championship.
- Eagle girls basketball defeats Kansas team to advance to home tournament championship
- Gallery | Kearney football wins state championship
- Gallery | Boys basketball Clay County clash
- 2nd-half effort propels Liberty boys basketball to win over Kearney
- Voting live for Athlete of the Week: Dec. 1-Dec. 7
Education

District leadership faces challenges calling school due to snow
CLAY COUNTY — Making the decision to call off school due to bad weather can be challenging, according to local superintendents.
- District leadership faces challenges calling school due to snow
- Smithville DECA wins 2 awards at Mizzou’s AdZou Challenge
- LPS counselor named MSCA director of year
- Smithville elementary, middle schools named top schools
- Board selects superintendent search firm
Outdoors

Leave leaves alone this fall, early winter
Pollinators want you to sit back and take it easy this fall.
- Leave leaves alone this fall, early winter
- Fall hiking requires some preparation
- Willet, Allen win fundraising fishing tournament for veterans
- Registration open for 2026 Master Gardener online course
- MDC seeks public comments on changes to spring turkey hunting
News

Vandalism at Smithville Lake costs staff time, taxpayer dollars
CLAY COUNTY — Vandals have struck again at Smithville Lake. This time it was on Dec. 1.
- Vandalism at Smithville Lake costs staff time, taxpayer dollars
- Ramp closure slated for Dec. 11
- Consider becoming Community Insider business
- Lane closures on 169 continue through Dec. 19
- Kearney Fulfillment House leadership announces expansion plans
Community Living

Ukulele club learns Christmas songs, shares new passion
LIBERTY — A group of senior residents at Our Lady of Mercy Country Home brought a bright note to a gray Thursday with a small concert of familiar Christmas tunes.
- Ukulele club learns Christmas songs, shares new passion
- SENIOR NEWS LINE: Do seniors need vitamin supplements?
- DIVAS ON A DIME: Easiest candy many afraid to make, but should try
- DONNA ERICKSON’S BEST BITES: Bring leftovers together in meatloaf mash-up
- Christmas events still on tap this weekend
Multimedia

Gallery | Kearney football wins state championship
Kearney football’s win over Hannibal in the Class 4 State Championship Saturday, Dec. 6 at Missouri Western’s Spratt Stadium in St. Joseph.
- Gallery | Kearney football wins state championship
- Gallery | Boys basketball Clay County clash
- Holiday happenings take over communities
- Hillcrest Hope Giving Thanks 5K counts blessings on Thanksgiving morning
- Community Spotlight: Talented 3rd-graders take on Courier-Tribune assignment to disguise some tricky turkeys
Special Sections
Entertainment

Northland student takes on role in KC Rep’s ‘A Christmas Carol’
A Northview Elementary fifth grader is shining bright on the professional stage.
- Northland student takes on role in KC Rep’s ‘A Christmas Carol’
- Hometown filmmaker releases 3rd feature ‘Winterset’ with Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Host that memorable Thanksgiving
- MOVIE REVIEW: Nazi, psychiatrist part of ‘Nuremberg’
- Plein Air art on display at Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary
Opinion

Time to look for extraordinary in ordinary moments
Years between then and now haven’t erased the memory.
- Time to look for extraordinary in ordinary moments
- Finding gratitude in the everyday
- We take a moment to say thanks
- Editor shares mammogram experiences
- Project 2025 damages government




