Tonight marks not only the end of a year, but a decade. As a few hard-core timekeepers, like myself, keep pounding away, the year 2020 was not the first year of the […]
Here’s to a better year, decade ahead
Wildcats come up short against Center
By Christopher Tenpenny The Harrisonville Wildcats boys’ basketball team fell to Center on Dec. 17 in the semifinals of the Missouri River Valley Conference (MRVC) Tournament, 70-64 at Harrisonville. Both teams look […]
A poet’s Christmas lament
“I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day*” is a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem “Christmas Bells” by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem tells of Longfellow’s despair, upon hearing […]
Special memories remain of iconic Cass County farm
By Chance Chamberlain For decades families have loaded into their vehicles to go to a Christmas tree farm to choose the perfect tree to place in the living room. Christmas Tree Lane […]
Obituaries
John Mark AlleyNov. 20, 1931 – Dec. 11, 2020 John Mark Alley died peacefully at his home Dec. 11 while taking an afternoon nap and watching “Bonanza” with his beloved wife of […]
Making Christmas memories a matter of time
It is a sad confession to say that I am a fan of those cheesy Christmas movies. I know, they all have the same basic plot,some guy/gal is highly successful in the […]
Obituaries
George E. Brewster Feb. 22, 1931 – Dec. 7, 2020 George “Gene” Eugene Brewster, 89, Raymore, died Dec. 7 at Foxwood Springs Living Center in Raymore. Gene was born Feb. 22, 1931, […]