KEARNEY — Bulldog community members are invited to a pancake breakfast fundraiser for the Kearney School District Education Foundation and tour the recently improved facilities at Kearney Elementary from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 22.
Many students find the start of a new school year to be daunting. While excited about the possibility of making new friends and other experiences, there is often concern about how they will measure up and if they can manage the many responsibilities that the new school year will bring.
Members of the Smithville FFA joined more than 650 FFA members and agricultural leaders on Tuesday, Aug. 12, for the Missouri State FFA Day of Service, a component of the Missouri Farmers Care Foundation Drive to Feed Kids, according to a press release.
LIBERTY — The William Jewell College Board of Trustees has named Dr. Drew Van Horn as interim president. Van Horn’s higher education experience includes 10… Login to continue reading Login…
GLADSTONE — While parents and kids are getting ready for the school year to begin, others within the educational community are preparing too.
SMITHVILLE — Horizon Elementary fifth-grade science and social studies teacher Alana Hollingsworth is starting her fifth year of teaching back home in Smithville.
CLAY COUNTY — Words like action, calling, hope, opportunities, flexibility and resiliency were part of convocations last week as Kearney, Liberty and Smithville districts got ready to head back to the class.
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves thanked Caden Tyler of Liberty for completing a summer internship in his Kansas City District Office.
CLAY COUNTY — There’s a steep learning curve coming this fall and it’s not necessarily due to academic changes.
August has arrived and with it the 2025-2026 school year. The Missouri State Highway Patrol would like to encourage parents to include conversations about safety when preparing their students for school. It’s also important that drivers be prepared for the change in traffic patterns as students begin another year of instruction. In 2024, seven people were killed and 345 injured in traffic crashes involving a school bus. In Missouri last year, a total of 843 traffic crashes involved school buses.