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Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” is Elon Musk

Written on December 15, 2021. Posted in Uncategorized. No Comments on Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” is Elon Musk

Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” is Elon Musk The Associated Press Calling him a “clown, genius, edgelord, visionary, industrialist, showman,” Time magazine has named Tesla CEO Elon Musk as its Person of the Year for 2021. Musk, who is also the founder and CEO space exploration company SpaceX, recently passed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the world’s wealthiest person as the rising price of Tesla pushed his net worth to around $300 billion. He owns about 17% of Tesla’s stock, which sold for almost $1,000 each on Monday. Time cited the breadth of...

Amid tension, Southern Baptist women lead where they can

Written on December 15, 2021. Posted in Uncategorized. No Comments on Amid tension, Southern Baptist women lead where they can

Amid tension, Southern Baptist women lead where they can By BOB SMIETANA of Religion News Service and HOLLY MEYER of The Associated Press Jacki King, the women’s minister at Second Baptist Church in Conway, Arkansas, first felt a call to ministry as a college student. She decided to follow it, giving up her pre-med major and her spot on a college softball team for ministry training at a small Bible school with a mostly male student body. She picked Criswell College because it was where her pastor was a dean. She wanted to teach the Bible the way he did. King thought at the time she only...

Insurer agrees to $800M settlement in Boy Scouts bankruptcy

Written on December 15, 2021. Posted in Uncategorized. No Comments on Insurer agrees to $800M settlement in Boy Scouts bankruptcy

Insurer agrees to $800M settlement in Boy Scouts bankruptcy By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press Attorneys in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case have reached a tentative settlement under which one of the organization’s largest insurers would contribute $800 million into a fund for victims of child sexual abuse. The agreement announced Monday calls for Century Indemnity Co. and affiliated companies to contribute $800 million into the fund in return for being released from further liability for abuse claims. The payment would bring the amount of money in the proposed trust to more...

AP seeks answers from US government on tracking of journalists

Written on December 15, 2021. Posted in Uncategorized. No Comments on AP seeks answers from US government on tracking of journalists

AP seeks answers from US government on tracking of journalists By BEN FOX Associated Press The Associated Press sought answers Monday from the Department of Homeland Security on its use of sensitive government databases for tracking international terrorists to investigate as many as 20 American journalists, including an acclaimed AP reporter. In a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, AP Executive Editor Julie Pace urged the agency to explain why the name of Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Martha Mendoza was run through the databases and identified as a potential confidential...

Cass County hits record-high property tax disbursement

Written on December 14, 2021. Posted in Local News, Raymore News, Uncategorized. No Comments on Cass County hits record-high property tax disbursement

Cass County hits record-high property tax disbursement By Raymore Journal staff Property tax season began in November, and the numbers already suggest that Cass County’s economy is thriving. For the month of November, Cass County distributed nearly $36.5 million in property tax revenue. According to Cass County Collector Chris Molendorp, that is the largest November property tax disbursement in county history. Raymore received nearly $1.3 million, second only to Belton’s $1.7 million portion and followed by more than $360,000 to Pleasant Hill. Peculiar took in more than $280,000. Schools raked...

Harrisonville soccer team earns 1-0 win in Class 3 state opener

Written on November 15, 2021. Posted in Local News. No Comments on Harrisonville soccer team earns 1-0 win in Class 3 state opener

The Harrisonville Wildcat boys’ soccer team scored a 1-0 victory over Chillicothe this past Saturday in the opening round of the Class 3 state tournament. To read full story PLEASE buy the Nov. 18 edition of the Raymore Journal.

Ray-Pec students repairing car to be donated to veteran

Written on November 15, 2021. Posted in Local News. No Comments on Ray-Pec students repairing car to be donated to veteran

A group of students in the Raymore-Peculiar High School Enterprise & Design program are fixing up a car for future donation to a veteran or first responder. To read full story PLEASE buy the Nov. 18 edition of the Raymore Journal.

Holiday Craft Fair to be Saturday

Written on November 15, 2021. Posted in Local News. No Comments on Holiday Craft Fair to be Saturday

The 2021 Holiday Craft Fair will be 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 20 at the Raymore Activity Center. To read full story PLEASE buy the Nov. 18 edition of the Raymore Journal.

Harrisonville boys’ soccer qualifies for Class 2 state

Written on November 8, 2021. Posted in Local News. No Comments on Harrisonville boys’ soccer qualifies for Class 2 state

While most of the 2021 fall sports seasons are complete, the Harrisonville Wildcat boys’ soccer team is still alive and playing after the Wildcats won the Class 2, District 7 championship past week and advanced to the Missouri High School Activites Association’s Class 2 state tournament. To read full story PLEASE buy the Nov. 11 edition of the Raymore Journal.