Torrence Allen will be taking the helm at Belton High School as lead principal starting in July of 2022, replacing Phil Clark, who has...

By Dan Brower Director, Cass Co. Public Library The passage of Proposition L in 2020 is bringing a lot of exciting changes to Cass County...

By Allen Edmonds allen@northcassherald.com PARKVILLE – Former Belton City Manager Alexa Barton was hired to serve as Parkville’s new City...

Sondra Sue (Debo) Medley’s entire family learned of her passing on Jan. 3, 2022, despite her actual death occurring nine months to the...

A Belton man was arrested by the Cass County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Apprehension Unit late Wednesday afternoon in a stolen 2019 Kia...

By Allen Edmonds allen@northcassherald.com A 39-year-old Kansas City man is being held in the Cass County Jail on $25,000 bail following...

By Allen Edmonds allen@northcassherald.com HARRISONVILLE – The Cass County Commission on Dec. 10 voted unanimously to halt all...

One of the world’s greatest laughs has been silenced, a most generous heart has been stilled. Larry Joe Meador, 64, died suddenly...

During its regular meeting on Thursday night, the Raymore-Peculiar Board of Education voted 6-1 to continue with its current practice of...

By Allen Edmonds allen@northcassherald.com The area’s two largest school districts are now both officially mask-optional, but only by the...

One might think that if I were to address the shock and dismay I felt at the conclusion of the Raymore-Peculiar School District Board of...

By Allen Edmonds allen@northcassherald.com HARRISONVILLE – Cass County Health Department Director Andrew Warlen will leave to accept a...

By Laurie Bassett-Edmonds laurie@northcassherald.com RAYMORE – The Raymore City Council approved the first reading Monday evening, in a...

I’m not used to this. I don’t know if it means I’m getting old or if we’ve simply entered a new and unfamiliar era. In my lifetime,...

By Allen Edmonds allen@northcassherald.com Two emotionally tense but restrained school board meetings this week yielded similar results,...

By Allen Edmonds allen@northcassherald.com Former State Sen. Ed Emery, a candidate for the U.S. House seat being vacated by Vicky...

By Allen Edmonds allen@northcassherald.com The Belton City Council approved final plats for the Southview Commerce Center’s 4th and 5th...

By Laurie Bassett-Edmonds laurie@northcassherald.com RAYMORE – The final step of housekeeping following the resignation of Dale Jacobson...

By Allen Edmonds allen@northcassherald.com RAYMORE – After just the third homicide in nearly 21 years since the millennium, the Metro...

Allen Edmonds allen@northcassherald.com It’s the stuff of nightmares. You know the ones. You wake up sweating, panicked, maybe even...