Four-Wheeler accident hurts two juveniles from Nevada

On November 27th around 2:40 p.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Vernon County along with Vernon County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a four-wheeler accident on Panama Road around 2 miles east of Nevada.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when then 2011 Suzuki King Quad 500 driven by a 15 year old male from Nevada began to skid and overturned.

The 15 year old male along with a 11 year old male occupant on the four-wheeler both sustained injuries in this accident and both were transported to the hospital for treatment.

View crash report below:

https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=210618162

Missouri State High School Football Week 14 State Semifinal Scores:

8 Man Semifinal:

Drexel 56, King City 28

Worth County 36, North Shelby 34

Class 1 Semifinal:

Marceline 31, Hayti 30

East Buchanan 34, Thayer 6

Class 2 Semifinal:

Lutheran St. Charles 54, Lafayette County 14

Lamar 21, Richmond 20

Class 3 Semifinal:

St. Pius X (Kansas City) 21, Cardinal Ritter 20

St. Mary's (St. Louis) 62 Mexico 16

Class 4 Semifinal:

Hannibal 42, North County 26

Smithville 40, MICDS 36 

Class 5 Semifinal:

Webb City 35, Jackson 21

Holt 31, Ft. Osage 14

Class 6 Championship:

CBC 48, Liberty North 21

Obituary - Betty Jo Robinson

Betty Jo Robinson, 96, formerly of Nevada, MO passed away on Thursday, November 25, 2021 at Stratford Commons Memory Care in Overland Park, KS.

Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at Newton Burial Park in Nevada. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada.

Memorials are suggested to the Nevada R-5 Foundation c/o Ferry Funeral Home.

48 year drought snapped by the Drexel Bobcats

It's been 48 years since the Drexel Bobcats last played for a State Championship. The would fall to North Shelby 28-20. 

The game was played at South Shelby High School in Shelbina, Mo. This year's squad will face Worth County at Farout Field in Columbia, Mo. on Thursday, December 2 at 7 p.m. for the MSHSAA 8-man Show-Me-Bowl.

Obituary - Michael Roy Whaley

Michael Roy Whaley, 74, Peculiar, Missouri departed this life on Thursday, November 25, 2021 surrounded by love and family.

He is survived by his wife, Jane Whaley of the home; a son, Michael Ryan Whaley, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; two sisters, Saundra Nigliazzo, Brighton, Missouri, Patricia Kern, Republic, Missouri; other relatives and many friends.

Cremation. A Celebration of Life Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at the Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri.

A complete obituary will be posted when it becomes available.

Drexel Bobcats Football team will play for a 8-Man Football State Championship

The Drexel Bobcats punched their ticket to a 8-Man Football Championship game after traveling to King City Friday night and beating the Wildkats 56-28 in the State Semifinal game.

Drexel Junior QB Jacob Coffey rushed for 366 yards in the game against King City. Way to go Jacob! 

Drexel will play the Worth County Tigers on Thursday December 2nd, 7pm at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

We would like wish the Bobcats best of luck and bring home the championship! 

Obituary - Barbara Ann Darby

No public service is planned for Barbara at this time.

Barbara Ann Darby, 63, daughter of Donnie Ray and Sheilia Ann (Hill) Fulton, was born in Kansas City, Missouri March 16, 1958. She departed this life November 25, 2021 in the Lee's Summit Medical Center, Lee's Summit, Missouri.

Survivors include: her companion, Carl Garrett of Appleton City, Missouri; one sister, Kimberly Clark and husband Kenneth of Blue Springs; two daughters: Jennifer Roe and husband Matt and their children Cydney and Cylus Garrett, and Kori Garrett of Independence, Missouri; one nephew, Bryce Clark and wife Mary; and one niece, Alicia Clark and husband Nick.

Update: Elderly couple killed in Miami County Kansas accident involving a train

On November 25th around 6:08 p.m. the Miami County Kansas Sheriffs Office responded to a call from a Union Pacific Railroad employee of a train vs. vehicle injury crash at the railroad crossing of Ridgeview Road and Wagstaff Road in rural Miami County.

When Emergency personnel arrived on scene, they located a 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix approximately 1/2 miles down the tracks from the intersection fully engulfed in flames.

A preliminary investigation has found that the vehicle attempted to drive around the railroad crossing arms and got stuck in the crossing on the tracks. 

The train struck the vehicle and pushed it to its final resting location. Just prior to the train stopping, the vehicle caught fire trapping both occupants. 

Both occupants were pronounced dead at the scene of this accident and it appears all railroad equipment was working properly at the time of this incident.

The occupants are believed to be an elderly couple from Spring Hill, Kansas. The Identity of the occupants haven't been confirmed and will be completed through the Pathologist. 

The Miami County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the crash with the assistance of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office and their crime lab as well as Union Pacific Railroad Police, Miami County EMS, Louisburg Fire Department and the Johnson County Fire District #2 all assisted and the crash scene.

-Miami County Sheriffs Captain Matthew Kelly