Miami late start tomorrow

Miami schools will have a two hour late start on Tuesday. There will be no preschool and no breakfast served as well.
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Miami school board meeting postponed

The regularly scheduled Miami R-1 Board of Education Meeting, scheduled for 7PM tonight Monday 2/16/15 has been postponed due to weather conditions.

It has been rescheduled for Wednesday 2/18/15 at 7 PM in the Board Room at the school.
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Obituary - Larry Wheatley

Larry Wheatley, of Nevada, passed away on Friday, February 13th at his home in Nevada. He was 61. Arrangements are under the direction of Heuser Funeral Home in Rich Hill. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, February 18th at Heuser Funeral Home with burial in the Green Lawn Cemetery in Rich Hill. 

The family will receive friends from 10:00 A.M. until the hour of the service. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Rich Hill Memorial Library or the Rich Hill Lion's Club Foundation, in care of Heuser Funeral Home.

Obituary - Kaitlyn Elaine Turner

Funeral services for Kaitlyn Elaine Turner will be 1 p.m. Friday, February 20, 2015 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri with Judy Bone officiating. Visitation will be prior to services from 12 - 1 p.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Cremation to follow services. 

Kaitlyn Elaine Turner, age 22 of Butler, Missouri died Sunday, February 15, 2015 in Kansas City, Missouri as a result of a motor vehicle accident. She was born September 8, 1992 to Tony Pumilia and Linda Kay Carmichael.

Kaitlyn is survived by a daughter, Avery Turner of Butler, Missouri; one sister, Andrea Barton of Butler, Missouri; her father, Tony Pumilia and wife Robin of Minnesota; her maternal grandparents, Dennis and Rhonda Carmichael of Mercer, Missouri; and maternal great-grandfather, Dean Marolf of Lineville, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her mother, Linda Carmichael Owens.
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Obituary - Ida Juanita Jacobs

Funeral services for Ida Jacobs will be 11 a.m. Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. Visitation will be prior to services from 10-11 a.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Cremation to follow services. Contributions to American Heart Association. 

Ida Juanita Jacobs, age 88 of Butler, Missouri died Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler. She was born July 14, 1926 to Alonzo and Ida Hill Pointer Lee in Butler.

Ida is survived by one son, Robert Edmond Jacobs of Butler, Missouri; one daughter, Ida Jacobs of Kansas City, Missouri; four grandchildren, Robert, Matthew, Cardiss and David; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and one sister, Berdie Potts.
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Job Opening in Harrisonville

Young's Tire and Wheel Center located at 1305 S. Commercial Street in Harrisonville is looking for a technician to work tires and would be working around 30-35 hours a week. 

Come in and fill out an application. Experience preferred but not required (will train right worker).

Clinton Teenager injured in Henry County crash

One person was injured in a one-vehicle accident on Feb. 16 in Henry County on Highway 52 around 177 feet east of County Road NE 350.

Austin X. McClure, 17, Clinton, wearing a seat belt, westbound in a 2004 GMC, lost control of his vehicle on the ice covered roadway. The vehicle crossed the center line, returned to the roadway, traveled off into a ditch and then overturned.

Austin X. McClure experienced minor injuries and was transported by private vehicle to Golden Valley Hospital. His vehicle was totaled and removed from the scene through towing by a private vehicle.

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