Stories from Friday, December 9, 2022

At the closing of Tuesday evening's council meeting, council member Lyndon Eberhard wanted to discuss the City's recent decision to publish a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the 1972 train caboose that currently sits at Earp Park. Eberhard noted the public response to the post made by the City on its social media page...

Melvin Dale Klotz Sr., 86, affectionately known as Mel, reunited with the Lord and his beloved wife on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center, following a battle with chronic illness. Melvin was born on July 12, 1936, at home in Gorham, Kan., to Matilda Klotz. ...

The Lady Tigers continue to push through the year with wins, as they beat the Clinton Lady Cardinals at home Wednesday evening with a final score of 47-41. “We were a little tired there to kind of start, but I felt like we definitely came out and set the tone early,” quoted Head Coach Blake Howarth. ...

A criminal complaint was filed Wednesday, Dec. 7, in the Western District of Missouri Federal Court charging two individuals with escaping confinement and a third individual with assisting them. Trevor Scott Sparks, 33, Kansas City, Mo., and Sergio Perez Martinez, 43, Panorama City, Calif., were charged in a two-count criminal complaint with escape from confinement and aiding or assisting in escape from confinement. ...