CLAY COUNTY — In time for the giving season, the Courier-Tribune is highlighting local charitable organizations that are available to help those in need around the holidays and sharing details on how the community can help.This week, we feature food pantries in Kearney, Liberty and Smithville.
Holiday safety is an issue that burns brightest from late November through January as families across the country and the world gather for the holidays.According to the National Fire Protection Association, the number of cooking fires on Thanksgiving is more than three times as high as any other day of the year.“Cooking causes 52% of all reported home fires, nearly two of every five home fire injuries and it is a leading cause of home fire deaths,” reports NFPA.
The following is a list of things to do Thursday through Wednesday, Nov.
LIBERTY — The Liberty Sertoma Club honored Joe and Ann Dugdale with the 2023-24 Service to Mankind Award.
By Amanda LubinskiALubinski@cherryroad.com Decorating homes and businesses is a long-standing tradition around the holiday season, with many putting up Christmas decorations around the Thanksgiving holiday.… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
By Amanda Lubinski ALubinski@cherryroad.com Two Kearney teens were killed and another was seriously injured in a multi-vehicle wreck Sunday, Nov. 17, on Interstate 29 near the… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
There has been a lot said concerning a potter’s field, Block 174, and a 118-year-old grave marker in Fairview Cemetery (in Liberty), that the city sold in 1900.They were just simply poor, working men of Clay County.
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LIBERTY — With the start of a new campaign approaching for Liberty North girls basketball, the program is set to enter its second season under coach Sydney Ritter.In the Eagles’ first campaign under Ritter, they finished with a 25-3 overall record, undefeated in conference and with their first KC Suburban Gold Conference title in program history.Ritter and company will look to build off their first season together after graduating three starters from last year’s squad: Kennedy Herrig, Ava Levings and Gabby Rose.
LIBERTY — Eagles boys basketball is looking to revamp with its first season under new head coach Ryan Rippee.Rippee and the Eagles will look to improve on a 9-16 overall record and first-round exit in districts a season ago and will look to do so after losing three heavy contributors from last season: Matthew Barno, Gabe Perry and Kale Staats.However, Liberty North returns three athletes with playing experience: senior shooting guard Jack Huyser, senior forward Ryne Jensen and senior forward Bleu Renfrow.