Current assistant chief to head Liberty fire department
LIBERTY — Current Support Services Assistant Chief Chris Young will assume the role of Liberty’s next fire chief as of Jan.
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Liberty City Council approves Country Village final plat
LIBERTY — In 2022, Liberty saw a development known as Vintage Estates, north of the intersection of Buckingham Drive and South Withers Road, begin development.
Voters to decide women’s reproductive freedom rights
Voters in Missouri’s November election will decide women’s right to reproductive freedom and whether to reverse the state’s near total-ban on abortion with Amendment 3.The ballot language asks voters if they want to amend the state Constitution to: “establish a right to make decisions about reproductive health care, including abortion and contraceptives, with any governmental interference of that right presumed invalid; remove Missouri’s ban on abortion; allow regulation of reproductive health care to improve or maintain the health of the patient; require the government not to discriminate, in government programs, funding and other activities, against persons providing or obtaining reproductive health care; and allow abortion to be restricted or banned after fetal viability except to protect the life or health of the woman?”
Missouri Bar evaluations of judges on ballot available to voters
CLAY COUNTY — Voters in Clay County are being asked to make a host of decisions on the November ballot including whether 10 judges should retain their current positions on the bench.In order to help voters decide, the Missouri Bar Association evaluates judges and publishes findings online at yourmissourijudges.org.“The Missouri judicial performance review process was developed after a committee studied model rules and best practices from the American Bar Association and more than 20 judicial performance evaluation systems in the nation,” reports the Missouri Bar Association.The review committee reviews the performances of judges who sit on the state Supreme Court, the court of appeals and each judicial circuit judge selected through the Missouri Non-Partisan Court Plan, including the 7th Circuit of Clay County.
Voters to decide national, state races
CLAY COUNTY — Voters who cast their ballot in the Tuesday, Nov.
Pleasant Valley man faces felony after standoff
PLEASANT VALLEY — An armed domestic disturbance in the 7100 block of Fulton Road in Pleasant Valley ended after a six-hour standoff with Clay County Sheriff’s Office STAR teams Monday, Oct.
Smithville aldermen considering sales tax on April 2025 ballot
SMITHVILLE — The Smithville Board of Aldermen are considering placing a half-cent sales tax back in front of voters in April 2025.
Fire damages multi-family residence
LIBERTY — Around 10 a.m.
Amendment 5 asks voters if they want casino at Lake of the Ozarks
On the November ballot, voters across the state are being asked if they want to expand casino license options in the state to include one along the Osage River at Lake of the Ozarks.
Voters to decide increased minimum wage, paid sick leave
Voters in Missouri will decide if they want to increase the state’s minimum wage and let employees earn paid sick time by voting on Proposition A.