By Dean Backes With just a few weeks remaining during summer break, Harrisonville High School is in search of a new leader after Wildcat Principal Mark Wiegers turned in his resignation last […]
HHS principal leaving
Rotary guest tells of life in Kenya
By Christopher Tenpenny The Harrisonville Rotary Club welcomed a special guest as Emily Woods, a member of a Rotary Club in Kenya, spoke at the club’s weekly meeting July 7 at the […]
Where is complaint desk for fabled cash giver?
By Dennis Minich This getting old stuff is getting old. It seems like just about every day another ache or pain comes along. I remember when occasional discomfort seemed otherworldly, but gradually […]
New trash service hits streets Aug. 2
By Dennis Minich Relief is on the way for Harrisonville trash customers complaining about the service provided by Municipal Waste Management. The board of aldermen voted last month to cancel the contract […]
Stars, stripes and snow cones
Ainslee Threadgill made sure to show off her red, white and blue while enjoying a snow cone during Drexel’s Fourth of July Celebration Sunday. The annual celebration included a parade, car show, […]
Three votes OK $34M budget
By Dean Backes The June 29 Harrisonville R-9 School Board Meeting appeared to be rolling along. Then it hit the dreaded budget and that was when confusion and, at times, embattlement took […]
Split board fires teacher
By Dennis Minich By the narrowest of margins, the Harrisonville R-9 School Board voted June 30 to terminate the contract of tenured teacher John Magoffin. In a release, the district said, “The […]
