Blue Mills News

FORT OSAGE, Mo. - Investigators are searching an area near a Fort Osage fire station for remains that may belong to a 12-year-old girl who disappeared in 2002.

As one way to observe the 2011-2015 sesquicentennial of the Civil War, local Clay County Archives volunteers David and Linda Smith have undertaken the task of preparing a book listing and telling the stories of Civil War soldiers buried in Clay County.

The Battle of Liberty, Sept. 17, 1861, was fought three miles south of Liberty Square between 600 United States troops and 600 Missouri State Guard troops.

Area fire investigators suspect that an early morning house fire in Sibley was accidental, and may have been caused by electrical issues.Fire fighters with the Fort Osage Fire Protection District responded about 5:15 a.m. to a residence in the 26000 block of East Blue Mills Road.The district transported one of the homes two occupants, who suffered ...