Stories from Thursday, January 13, 2011

Beth Ann Harris, 65, of Kansas City, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, at North Kansas City Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 14, at Brumback Funeral Home, Stockton, Mo. Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 14, at the funeral home. Burial will be in Lindley Prairie Cemetery, Stockton...

When Gary Lunkenheimer purchased the old Franklin School building and the adjoining vacant property in late November he did not know exactly what he wanted to do with it. Since then, he has come up with an idea to turn the school building into loft apartments. Tuesday he presented his request to change the zoning on the property from the current R-1, single family, to R-3 apartment house so he can move forward...

Having ousted longtime Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton last November, Hartzler was pleased with her appointments to the Armed Services and Agriculture committees because they will address vital concerns to her 4th Congressional District. "In his opening remarks, Speaker Boehner reiterated that the American people have spoken and we've got to rein in runaway federal spending because it's bankrupting the country and mortgaging our children's future," she said from a telephone interview from Washington.. ...

A Nevada couple will be celebrating their upcoming anniversary in style thanks to a $50,000 Missouri Lottery "Crossword" Scratchers prize. Linda Leimkiller, 53, has wanted to renew her vows with her husband and take a second honeymoon for years, but she was never able to make that dream a reality until now...

The 2011 Nevada High School Matwarming royalty candidates are, from left to right: Amber Reasoner, Katie Brauer, Chalene Fecht, Mercedes Barker, Kelsey Caldwell and Allie Irwin. The coronation will take place at 6 o'clock this evening, in the Nevada High School gymnasium...

A driver for Turner Bros. Trucking of Houston, Texas, prepares to move his load east along Austin Boulevard from the crosswalk lights near Cottey College to the next set of stoplights, where he has to "zigzag" through, because the massive generator base he's hauling is 17 feet high and the traffic lights are 15 feet six inches off the pavement. ...