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MU report looks at population trends in Missouri
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Warm weather is here, which ideally would coincide with ending the coronavirus restrictions that have kept us isolated for well over a year. Are you ready to come out now?
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LIBERTY — Liberty police officers were dispatched to the Crossroads Apartment Complex in the 300 block of South Forrest Avenue around 9 a.m. Thursday, June 10, in response to reports of someone being shot.
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One Smithville woman died and another suffered moderate injuries in a three-vehicle crash that occurred Friday, June 4, in Jackson County.
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LIBERTY — Liberty Public Works crews will have Conistor Street closed from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily Monday through Wednesday, June 7 to 9, for a storm pipe replacement.
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The Missouri Department of Transportation made traffic changes as part of a two-year bridge rehabilitation project on the Interstate 435 bridge over the Missouri River.
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CLAY COUNTY — Through joint efforts with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and Missouri Attorney General Office, Christopher Meagher, proprietor of Metro Restoration, was arrested on consumer fraud charges filed in 2019 by the Missouri Attorney General in Clay, Jackson and Platte counties.
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LIBERTY — A bomb threat called into Clay County’s Probation and Parole Office in Liberty around lunchtime Wednesday, June 2, turned out to be a false alarm, said Liberty Police Public Information Officer Capt. Andy Hedrick.
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A motorcyclist died Friday, May 28, from injuries he suffered in a collision in Dallas County.
Coronavirus
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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced a partnership between the Area Agencies on Aging, local public health agencies, and Emergency Medical Services to ensure homebound adults have a streamlined and accessible vaccination experience across the state, according to a …
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SMITHVILLE — Smithville American Legion Auxiliary’s Memorial Day program will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, at Smithville Memorial Cemetery, 126 N. U.S. Highway 169.
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SMITHVILLE — St. Luke’s North Hospital–Smithville presented a Spirit of Spelman Care Van to the Ruff family of Smithville. Adele Ducharme, hospital president and CEO, and Bob Graham, auxiliary president, gifted the van to the Ruff family on behalf of St. Luke’s.
Attorney General Eric Schmitt has determined his office cannot investigate an alleged violation of Missouri’s open records laws by the governor’s office, an interpretation of state law that has transparency advocates alarmed.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has so far declined to pardon Kevin Strickland, a man prosecutors say is innocent of murder and has wrongly served 41 years in prison.
Damaging storms hit Excelsior Springs Friday afternoon; a look at damage where two homes fell on a home.
Two people -- including a 3-year-old child -- are dead and a third person is missing after being swept out by strong currents at a beach near Tampa, Florida, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said.
At least 14 people were injured in a mass shooting in downtown Austin, Texas, officials said. CNN's Pamela Brown talks to Austin Mayor Steve Adler about the arrest of one of the two suspects.
What can an 8-year-old do when his sick dog’s life is on the line?
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St. Luke’s North Hospital medical staff and foundation awarded six employees at St. Luke’s North Hospital with the Arch E. Spelman scholarship for continuing education in health care.
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KEARNEY — A chamber of commerce ribbon cutting for a Kansas City Cannabis Co. dispensary in Kearney will take place at 11 a.m. Friday, June 11. The medical marijuana dispensary opens to patients Saturday, June 12, at 310 Platte-Clay Way.
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LIBERTY — In its more than 130 years, Corbin Mill Place at 131 S. Water St. has served many businesses and functions in the Liberty community. It started as a flour mill in 1889 on land given by a presidential grant to those displaced by the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812.
The Northland Education and Business Alliance focused on ways to improve workforce development in a recent roundtable with Clay and Platte County leaders in business and education.
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SMITHVILLE — Smithville Music Studio moved to a new, renovated space. A chamber of commerce ribbon cutting at the new facility at 1500 S. U.S. Highway 169 will take place at 11:30 a.m. June 2. The public is invited to attend.
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Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. A rainbow of colors that delight kids when they appear like magic, streaming across the sky after a shower.
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On Saturday, June 19, people can use a paint brush to learn the differences between rainbow and brown trout, according to a release from the Missouri Department of Conservation.
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The Missouri Department of Conservation reports the presence of emerald ash borer (EAB) in 89 Missouri counties and the City of St. Louis. Unfortunately, ash trees in forests across Missouri will soon be dead, as EAB continues its march across the state.
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