Harrisonville News

Use of utility poles in the city of Harrisonville now comes at a higher price, at least for Charter Communications.At the Monday night board of aldermen meeting, board members voted unanimously to substantially raise utility pole rental rates to Charter which will, in turn, add to the city's bottom line.

Support the families of troops with some fireworks and fiddling on the Fourth. A country music festival this weekend will donate its concession sales to the 1139th Military Police Support Group, an organization that helps the families of those deployed in the military.

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. a ' A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection to a robbery at The Shoe Department located at 1814 N. M-291 Highway.

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. a ' Family and friends of a Harrisonville woman murdered last November now hope more cash will help them find her killer.

Firefighters are on the scene of an early morning fire that destroyed a house in Lake Annette.The fire was reported about 6:15 a.m. today along Whippoorwill Hill Drive in Lake Annette, which is west of Harrisonville.

KC area fireworks displays, parades and other events planned to celebrate Independence Day on Saturday, July 4, 2009: Leea TMs Summit a ' Legacy Blast: Free fireworks event set to music.

The annual reunion of the Friends of the Youngers is set for this Friday and Saturday, June 26-27 in Pearson Hall, 400 E. Mechanic St., Harrisonville.The highlight this year will be a re-enactment of the 150th anniversary of the swearing in of Henry Washington Younger as the first elected mayor of Harrisonville.

After scoring lowest in the area last year in bus inspections, Apple Bus Company improved scores by more than 10 percent to barely edge out Crabtree Transportation for the top spot.'We made additional efforts and used additional resources to better the process and get better results,' said Mike Oyster, owner of Apple Bus.Last year, Apple Bus ...

DREXEL, Mo. -- Drexel residents are facing an uphill climb as they clean up from a destructive storm that struck the town late Monday night.

A Prairie Village man tried to hire a hit man to kill his ex-roommates new boyfriend, federal prosecutors alleged Monday.The murder-for-hire scheme was only the latest in an escalating series of actions that Doby S. McClellan, 29, took to clear the field so he could move back in with a woman he described as his ex-girlfriend, federal court records ...

Joplin will play host to several historical figures Tuesday through Saturday, June 20.

The Cass County Sheriff's Department has a Harrisonville man in custody for a fatal crash that happened back in February.

Four Harrisonville High School graduates will become the sixth class inducted into the HHS Distinguished Alumni Wall of Fame during the annual Excellence in Academics Ceremony June 18.

Blue bins dotting the community June 2 signaled the beginning of L&K Service's push into curbside recycling in Louisburg.

Vince and Jean Bowman of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner and reception June 6, 2009, at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Hannibal, Mo.

I love working with little kids. I remember one of my favorite parts of my own kids' preschool graduations was when they stood up and shared what they wanted to be when they grew up.

What began with a fit of rage on the night of May 26 ended in the most horrific fashion the following afternoon on U.S. 71 north of Butler, ending two lives instantly and forever changing countless others.A small Ford Focus being driven southbound in the northbound lanes at 110 miles per hour by Nicholas L. Schilling, 26, of Belton, slammed head-on ...

The ninth annual Perry County Community Rodeo will be held this Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6 at the East Perry Community Fairgrounds in Altenburg.

Voters in two area communities will head to the ballot box on Tuesday as elections will take place in both Missouri-side communities.

Washington, D.C. is buzzing this week with the nation's top spellers at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.