Smithville News

Friday, Nov. 13, marks the beginning of Christmas festivities in Smithville with the annual Holiday Open House sponsored by the Smithville Downtown Heritage District.

If your own kitchen isn't giving you the pumpkin kick you're seeking, look to Smithville businesses.

Ita s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in downtown Smithville. Ita s also beginning to look a lot like Veterana s Day down there.

Facing a continued wobbly housing market, local developers and real estate professionals are lobbying Congress to help prop up sales by extending and expanding a homebuyers' tax credit.

A The Smithville Board of Aldermen declined to renew City Administrator Gerry Vernona s employment contract during a Tuesday, Nov.

Smithville police won't forget the mother who spoke at a Board of Aldermen meeting early this year.

The Clay County Public Health Center and the Smithville R-II School District will offer free swine flu vaccines from 4 to 8 p.m. at Smithville High School Monday, Nov.

With Christmas a little less than two months away, the Ministerial Alliance Toy Store in Smithville is gearing up for another season this weekend.

Although it covers four blocks in the heart of the city, most people don't know the Smithville Downtown Heritage District exists.

The new Smithville branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library will not open Monday, Nov.

Joyce "Joy" S. Bryant, of Sedalia, will celebrate her 80th birthday with a reception, hosted by her children, from 1 to 4 p.m. Nov.

The new water tower and line in south Smithville are officially up and running. Earlier this fall, the new tower and line started bringing more water to homes in the south part of town.

Throughout the morning, teachers steadily walked into the Smithville Upper Elementary School copy room.

This year's Octoberfest - held Friday, Oct. 9, and Saturday, Oct. 10, in downtown Smithville - produced many statistics, both big numbers and small numbers.

" Citizen soldiers serving in the 129th Field Artillery Battalion stationed at armories in Maryville, Albany, Chillicothe and Independence have a new commander.

Seven months of planning will culminate this weekend with Smithville's biggest annual event: Octoberfest.

Smithville police do not suspect foul play in the death of a woman whose body was found in a fishing pond, Police Chief Ken Wilson said this morning, Monday, Oct.

Former police sergeant indictedA Clay County grand jury has indicted a former Claycomo police sergeant, alleging he stole more than $500 from a Spanish-speaking worker during a vehicle stop last July.The jury indicted Jason McGinness on Sept.

Police continue to investigate the case of a body they pulled from a pond shortly after noon on Wednesday.

A body was discovered Wednesday in a pond in Smithville, Mo. The Smithville Herald reported City Administrator Gerry Vernon confirmed the discovery.