Kellie Houx

Kellie Houx

Verimore Bank merges with Clay County Savings Bank

First Missouri Bancshares Inc., the holding company of Verimore Bank – a community bank since 1934 with locations throughout the Kansas City Northland and Northern Missouri – announces its merger with Clay County Savings Bank, a Liberty-based institution with a century-long legacy of service. Effective July 28, all Clay County Savings Bank locations reopened as Verimore Bank, extending Verimore Bank’s footprint across Liberty, Kansas City and Kearney.

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.