Grain Valley News

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. - The Grain Valley School District sent a letter home to parents on the proper way to report inappropriate incidents between a teacher and a child.

Prosecutors charged Matthew Nelson, 33, with one count of first-degree child molestation and three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy with a victim less than 12 years old.

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. - More charges were filed Wednesday against a Grain Valley elementary school teacher already charged with child molestation and sodomy of young boys at his school.

Four more young children have come forward to say a suburban Kansas City second-grade teacher touched them inappropriately in his classroom, raising the number of alleged victims to eight.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - How would you like to pay $20 to $30 in tolls to drive across Missouri on I-70? That's a possibility if a Missouri lawmaker gets his way.

Voters in the Grain Valley School District on Tuesday rejected a $3 million bond issue for enhancements at Grain Valley North Middle School.The proposal won 65 percent of the vote, just short of the two-thirds majority required in a special election.

Luke Minx from Grain Valley, a graduate of Lee's Summit North, just got his golden ticket to Hollywood on Thursday night's American Idol.A His family says it's a trip that's been 19 years in the making.

John and Sylvia Skistimas in Grain Valley, Missouri wanted an open wood-burning fireplace that would be efficient, so they consluted with Gene Padgitt from HearthMasters, Inc.

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. - Authorities say that they want to question a man seen in a gas station surveillance video in connection to a Grain Valley home burglary.

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. - In an attempt to better understand the challenges small to medium size businesses are facing, U.S. Congressman Sam Graves is visiting companies throughout his district, which spans from Kansas City north to the Iowa-Nebraska border.

Wednesday afternoon, Matthew Nelson was transported by police from the Grain Valley Police Station to the Jackson County Court House in Independence, MO to be arraigned on charges of child molestation and statutory sodomy.

Jackson County Sheriff's deputies released photographs of a man they want to talk with in connection with a burglary in Grain Valley earlier this month.

Jan 23, 2012 Hermann Jaeger, Ozark Grape Hunter: Saving European Vineyards in the Late 19th Century GRAIN VALLEY, Mo.

A Grain Valley teacher has been charged with child molestation and sodomy of four boys at an elementary school, according to Jackson County prosecutors.Matthew J. Nelson, 33, faces one count of first-degree child molestation and three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy.Nelson has been a teacher for several years at Prairie Branch Elementary ... (more)

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. - Police and investigators from the Children's Division of Missouri are looking into accusations that a Grain Valley elementary school teacher touched a student inappropriately.