Kearney, Liberty celebrate National Night Out
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August 2025
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Christmas begins in July for Kansas City charities
KANSAS CITY — Christmas in July is a real thing for seven charities in the Kansas City area, which will be recipients of the annual Giving Machines generosity this year at Union Station.
Are Americans’ rights being stripped away?
Are citizens to understand that their constitutional rights to privacy by the government of the United States of America continue to usurp those rights?
Reader suggests plant-based ice cream
It’s funny how our government held a big press conference for National Ice Cream Day, with officials praising ice cream like it’s a health food.
MULLING Remember transitions part of life
A noon civic club meeting set me thinking about transitions.
Learn to recognize vision problems in kids
Although vision loss is typically associated with aging, people of all ages can experience issues that contribute to diminished vision. Sometimes parents may be unaware that their children have low vision or other issues compromising their sight, particularly when children are too young to verbalize their impairments. The Mayo Clinic notes additional symptoms, such as squinting while reading or holding reading material closely may be more apparent.
Trump pushing for redraw of Missouri’s Congressional map
President Donald Trump’s administration is pressuring Republicans to redraw Missouri’s eight congressional districts six years early in hopes of squeezing one more GOP seat out of the state in a desperate bid to help the party maintain it’s razor-thin congressional majority in the 2026 midterm elections. Missouri’s congressional map was last drawn in 2022 and consists of six safe Republican seats and two safe Democratic seats.
Smithville athletes take home honors from AAU Junior Olympics
The local area was well represented in this year’s AAU Track and Field Junior Olympics July 26 through Aug. 2 in Houston.
Reader believes Trump missed opportunity
Mr. Trump, you missed your chance to add an additional $100,000,000,000 in vital law enforcement to your Big Beautiful Bill.
Meredith Ruth Littrell
MEREDITH RUTH LITTRELL Meredith Ruth Littrell, age 91, a resident of Chillicothe, Missouri, passed away on Friday, August 1, 2025, at Hedrick Medical Center, Chillicothe, Missouri. Meredith was born the…