Sports

Liberty football rolls to win over Liberty North in crosstown showdown
- Liberty football rolls to win over Liberty North in crosstown showdown
- Kearney softball defeats Ray-Pec for 2nd win of week
- Liberty North volleyball falls to Ray-Pec in home opener
- Gallery | Softball crosstown showdown
- Liberty softball defeats Liberty North in crosstown showdown
Education

Smithville FFA chapter helps pack 177,000 meals at state fair
- Smithville FFA chapter helps pack 177,000 meals at state fair
- William Jewell College names interim president
- Atkins-Johnson Farm & Museum receives Freedom’s Frontier NHA grant to aid with field trips
- Horizon Elementary 5th-grade teacher returns to Smithville
- Districts prepare for school year with convocations
Obituaries
Sports

Liberty football rolls to win over Liberty North in crosstown showdown
- Liberty football rolls to win over Liberty North in crosstown showdown
- Kearney softball defeats Ray-Pec for 2nd win of week
- Liberty North volleyball falls to Ray-Pec in home opener
- Gallery | Softball crosstown showdown
- Liberty softball defeats Liberty North in crosstown showdown
Education

Smithville FFA chapter helps pack 177,000 meals at state fair
- Smithville FFA chapter helps pack 177,000 meals at state fair
- William Jewell College names interim president
- Atkins-Johnson Farm & Museum receives Freedom’s Frontier NHA grant to aid with field trips
- Horizon Elementary 5th-grade teacher returns to Smithville
- Districts prepare for school year with convocations
Obituaries
News

Smithville petitioners gain enough signatures to pursue audit
SMITHVILLE — According to results from the Clay County Board of Election Commissioners, the petitioners seeking an audit of the city of Smithville have the proper number of signatures.
- Smithville petitioners gain enough signatures to pursue audit
- Excelsior Springs woman dies in traffic crash Aug. 30 in Liberty
- District, state leaders break ground on Northland Workforce Development Center
- Commission discusses hiring economic development director
- Small plane crash claims 2 lives
Community Living

SENIOR NEWS LINE: Check on expired products at home
By Matilda CharlesWhen the pandemic began over five years ago and our stores were keeping odd hours and sometimes the shelves were empty, many of us stocked up on food and supplies when we could get them. We chose canned goods and dry boxed foods like pasta, as well as staples like bleach and sanitizing…
- SENIOR NEWS LINE: Check on expired products at home
- TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Understand association between ‘the pill,’ cancer
- DONNA ERICKSON’S BEST BITES: Bake puff pancake for breakfast
- Collection drive Sept. 6 for Liberty Public Schools Necessities Closet
- SENIOR NEWS LINE: Are there retirement regrets?
Multimedia

Gallery | Softball crosstown showdown
Crosstown showdown between Liberty and Liberty North softball Wednesday, Sept. 3.
- Gallery | Softball crosstown showdown
- Despite gray skies, Kearney Labor Day races bring out families
- Gallery | Tim Nixon Invitational
- Splash Bash fun unites community before school start
- Kearney, Liberty celebrate National Night Out
Special Sections
Entertainment

Kearney Parks hosts free kids festival Saturday
KEARNEY – Kearney Parks and Recreation invites families to join the fun at the free Kids Fall Festival from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at Jesse James Park, 3001 N. Highway 33.This free community event promises an afternoon filled with activities for children of all ages, including bounce houses, snacks, refreshments, games and…
- Kearney Parks hosts free kids festival Saturday
- A Place For Us Productions presents ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!’
- 17th Quilt-Rs & Craft-Rs Market Saturday
- MOVIE REVIEW: I hate to ‘Relay’ this isn’t a thriller
- Big Shoal Farm Sunflower Festival Aug. 16
Opinion

Wishing students, teachers, staff great start to school year
During my years as a reporter, I have seen many first days of school.
- Wishing students, teachers, staff great start to school year
- Are Americans’ rights being stripped away?
- Reader suggests plant-based ice cream
- MULLING Remember transitions part of life
- Trump pushing for redraw of Missouri’s Congressional map
Outdoors

Learn to craft with turkey feathers at a virtual MDC event Sept. 4
Looking for ways to use the feathers from a turkey recently harvested? Seeking ideas to tap into that creative side? Join the Missouri Department of Conservation at a free virtual program from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 4. This program will showcase different ways that turkey feathers can be used.
- Learn to craft with turkey feathers at a virtual MDC event Sept. 4
- Buy native trees, shrubs from MDC state forest nursery
- MDC, partners host 3rd Annual Governor’s Mentored Deer Hunt in early October
- Missouri Department of Conservation seeks community’s help for Missouri’s native bees
- MDC Aug. 3 virtual program will have tips on buying archery equipment