The county’s two Class 2 high school softball programs – each having winning seasons going – produced a well-contested battle when squared off at Marceline’s Disney Park field last Monday. As would have been anticipated, when the last out was recorded, the defending Class 2 state-champion Marceline squad had prevailed over Brookfield, but not without a challenge.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, the State of Missouri, and the Brunswick- Dalton Drainage District partnered to sign a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement for a feasibility study on the Brunswick / Left Bank, River Mile 246 area on Sept. 28, in Brunswick.
Jo Ann (Ellis) Langford, 72 of Kansas City, MO, died on September 22, 2022. She was born September 17, 1950 in Kansas City, MO to Rudolph and Kathryn (Whitt) Ellis. Survivors include sons, Rodney Downey and Calvin Langford Jr. (Michelle) both of KCMO; stepson Danny Langford (Laurie), Lusby, MD; daughter Kathy Stevenson (Shane), Cameron, 2 stepdaughters, Irene Borland and Gwen Haslett both of Independence, 1 brother Rudy L. Ellis, Independence, 22 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, and many other relatives. She was preceded by her parents, husband Calvin Langford Sr., significant other Thomas Leonard, 4 brothers, Donald D., Michael W., Robert, and Rudy D. Ellis, 5 sisters, Judith Mackley, Donna Yeisley, Connie Ruhl, Deborah Gregory, Rhonda Huff, son Lawrence Downey, daughter-in-law Angie, stepdaughter Betty Richardson and stepson Darrell Langford. Funeral services were held October 1, 2022 at Delaney Funeral Home, Marceline. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Memorial cards may be mailed to Delaney Funeral Home 1720 N. Missouri Ave., Marceline, MO 64658.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals finally separated themselves from the Milwaukee Brewers in early August after chasing them for much of the season.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs' stunning loss to the Indianapolis Colts was special in all the wrong ways.
In their 10th try of the 2022 season Tuesday, Brookfield High School’s volleyball Lady Bulldogs finally won two games. They didn’t stop there, though.
On the county Class 1 high school softball and baseball scene since the middle of last week, Meadville’s Lady Eagles pushed their winning streak to six with home victories over Novinger (9-6) Sept. 22 and Grundy County R-5/Newtown-Harris (10-0) last Monday.
Hometown utility electric line crews from Missouri and Arkansas are on their way to Florida, to perform recovery work in the wake of Hurricane Ian. Organized by the Missouri Public Utility Alliance, lineworker crews from 13 utilities are traveling to Orlando, where they will be dispatched to Florida municipal utilities that need electric restoration after the storm passes.
The Longhorned tick causes the loss of millions of dollars in agricultural revenue to cattle producers worldwide, and it is now in northern Missouri. Originally found in eastern Russia and the Australasian region, this tick was first found in the United States in 2017 in New Jersey.