Winning Club Keno Ticket Sold In Belton

We've got another Club Keno winner! 

A 7-spot ticket with Bulls-Eye worth $40,475 was sold at Price Chopper in Belton.

Learn how to add Bulls-Eye to your ticket: https://bit.ly/3cQkWVG

Obituary - Cherie Bernhardt

Cherie Bernhardt, (86), formerly of Belton, MO, passed away peacefully at her home on January 23, 2022. 

Cherie was born in 1935, in Red Creek, New York. A career Civil Service employee, her final placement was with Marine Corp finance where she worked for twenty plus years. Cherie, her husband and family moved to Belton in 1966 with the USAF. 

She is survived by her sons, Mark, (Glenda), of Nampa, ID, and Randy, (Keri), of Gautier, MS, and their children and grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles and her son, Jeffery.

A memorial service will be held on February 19th at 11:00 am, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Raymore.

Antenna replacement in the city of Nevada

1/31/2022

Press Release
Ref: Antenna replacement

On February 10, 2022, we will have crews in town to replace the antenna on the Commercial Street water tower. The work will begin around 10 am, this will require the crane crew to close one lane on Commercial Street. 

We know this will create some more inconvenience while the detour of the overpass. If drivers can plan accordingly and take other routes that day, it will help us get repairs and replacement of the antenna and coax for our repeater for radios.

Troy Denney, Fire Chief of Nevada 

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back!

The Harrisonville Police Department is excited to announce that Corporal Tim Mikelson is back with the HPD family after being sworn in earlier this morning.

Winter Storm Tuesday Night into Thursday

Well... enjoy the 50°s and 60°s today while you can, because this warm spell will end abruptly Tuesday night as winter makes its way back into our lives. 

The majority of the region is under a Winter Storm Watch from Tuesday night into Thursday for snow. Also, once again, the KC Metro will likely get split with snow haves and have nots. 

Be safe, the rush hour Wednesday morning will more than likely be impacted as travel conditions become hazardous. Keep following your trusted forecast sources for the latest information.

Obituary - Marian Elizabeth (Wheatley) Eikenbary

Marian Elizabeth Eikenbary, 101, passed away at MedicaLodges in Butler, Missouri, on January 26, 2022. Marian was born on September 11, 1920 at home to Fred and Nell (Ayer) Wheatley. The third of nine siblings, she was the oldest girl. She was a tireless help to her mother and sewed her own clothes and those of her younger sisters.

Marian attended Rich Hill High School and graduated class of 1938. The love of her life, Lloyd Eldon (Pete) Eikenbary courted her on horseback, and they waited until she graduated to marry. They were married November 26, 1938, in the Methodist parsonage at Butler, Missouri, and started family life in a one room home in Rich Hill. They moved shortly afterwards out east of Rich Hill to Pete’s parent’s farm with an old stand of pecans, right on the Marais des Cygne river. Marian always had a love of swans, maybe because of her home place.

Soon, Eldon was born, then Kay, then Oran. She was a capable wife and mother, keeping her children safe and well fed while her husband worked jobs that took him, and their only car, away from the family Monday through Friday. She was strong, steady, self-reliant, frugal and hard working. Her joy was in her children, her pride was in her homemaking. She was a consummate housekeeper and it was well known you could eat dinner off her floor, her house was kept so spotless. She crocheted beautiful afghans and doilies, sewed clothes and doll clothes, and mended and patched Pete’s work clothes invisibly. She canned and pickled, gardened, raised meat chickens, and harvested pecans. They hosted a yearly pecan picnic and many family dinners. Her private time was often spent in writing thousands of notes to friends or writing in her journal. She was the family’s ‘recorder’: remembering everything, putting notations on backs of photos and under knick-knacks, and keeping genealogy records.

Marian travelled quite a lot in her life, though she never had a car or ever learned to drive. They purchased a streamlined (compact) 1960’s trailer so she could accompany him to his job sites. They lived in the towns of Lebanon, California, Bethany, Cameron, Lexington, Mexico and Lathrop (all in Missouri). Because she had near neighbors and could walk into town, she enjoyed this break from the farm. They spent time with their adult children and grandchildren at Mountain Home, Arkansas, in San Francisco, and went on a cruise to Alaska as well as taking various trips to visit relatives in far flung parts of the U.S. Her grandkids remember fondly staying with grandma in the trailer and visiting the town shops, or staying on the farm and playing in the pasture, and learning to make pickles, crochet and sew. And Marian enjoyed going to ball games, horse shows and track meets to watch her grandchildren.

Marian died peacefully after an extended stay at MedicaLodges, where she resided after Pete’s passing. She had her wits about her until the end and was sharp as a tack and not afraid to tell the nurses and caregivers what was what, in her gentle and brooking-no-argument tone of voice. Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband of 80 years, Pete (99); son Oran (40); brothers Kenneth, Jim, Warren, and Forrest; her sisters-in-law Elnora, June, and Doris; and her brother-in-law Floyd Buhr.

Left behind to cherish her memory are son and daughter-in-law Eldon and Karen Eikenbary (Basehor, KS); daughter and son-in-law Elvin and Brenda (Kay) Henley (Kansas City, MO); brothers Alan Wheatley and wife Delores, Wayne Wheatley; sisters Joanne Buhr (Adrian) and Janice and Ronald Bolser; sister-in-law Phyllis Wheatley and dear friend Mitzi Knight, all of Rich Hill, MO; grandchildren and spouses Brad and Ruthie Eikenbary (Kansas City, KS), Renata and John Mogilnicki (Rich Hill), Brian and Julie Eikenbary (Basehor, KS), Tracy and Brett Harrington (Prairie Village, KS) and Ryan Henley (Kansas City, MO). great-grandchildren Tanner, Ashley (Boos) and Dylan Eikenbary; Austin, Arlo and Madelyn Henley; Chloë and Lanam Harrington; Adelle, Corey and Lilliane Eikenbary; and nephews, nieces, great-nephews and great-nieces too numerous to name; and friends and neighbors dear to her.

Visitation is at 1pm, Saturday, January 29th at Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill, followed by services at 2pm. Burial to follow at Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, MO. Contributions to the Mark Wheatley Scholarship Fund or Papinville Historical Association, please.

Obituary - Lois Marie Reeder

Lois Marie Reeder, age 84, resident of Ft. Scott, KS, died Friday, January 28th, at the Via Christi Emergency Room, Ft. Scott. She was born March 30, 1937, in Richards, MO, the daughter of Ross and Alvaretta Richmond Rowland. 

She married Roy Reeder on September 26, 1961. He preceded her in death on November 30, 2016. Lois worked most of her life on the family farm. 

She also worked at Key’s and Citizens National Bank in Ft. Scott, and later as a CNA at nursing homes in Uniontown and Moran until retirement. She enjoyed gardening, crossword puzzles and spending time with her grandchildren. Lois was a member of the Grace Baptist Tabernacle.

Survivors include a daughter, Annette Leighty and husband Jerry, Ft. Scott; 2 brothers, Raymond Rowland, Richards, MO, and Ronald Rowland, Springfield, MO; 2 sisters Louise Rowland and Loretta “Jopey” Erwin, both of Nevada, MO; 4 grandchildren, Rose Briggs, Christopher Lamb, Raven Paul, and Jake Leighty; 6 great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Loraine Deming, and her parents.

Rev. Paul Rooks will conduct funeral services at 10:30 Tuesday, February 1st, at the Grace Baptist Tabernacle. Burial will follow in the Deerfield Cemetery, Deerfield, MO. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 10:30 Tuesday prior, to the service at the Church. 

Memorials are suggested to Grace Baptist Tabernacle and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.

Osceola man injured in St. Clair County crash

On January 30th around 10:00 am the Missouri State Highway Patrol in St. Clair County along with St. Clair County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a one vehicle accident on route B around 4 miles west of Osceola.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 1998 Ford Ranger driven by 42 year old Ricky J. Sherlin of Osceola, Missouri ran off the roadway and struck a ditch.

Mr. Sherlin sustained serious injuries in this accident and he was transported to Mercy Hospital in Springfield by Life Flight.

The vehicle received minor damages and it was towed from the scene of this accident by Bray's Tow of Osceola. 

View the crash report:
https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=220049703