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Heart-n-Hand Ministries helping those in need

Heart-n-Hand Ministries helping those in need

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Ray-Pec Sunrise Club Vice-President Tom Circo presents Heart-n-Hand Executive Director Alexis Butterfield with a monetary donation. (Courtesy Photo) Heart-n-Hand Ministries helping those in need By Raymore Journal staff The Ray-Pec Sunrise Optimist Club met February 8th at the IHOP Restaurant. Guest speaker for the meeting was Alexis Butterfield, Executive Director of Heart-n-Hand Ministries. Heart-n-Hand, located at 200 B Street in Belton, provides food assistance (through their food pantry, monthly mobile food pantry, and a daily lunch), life-skills classes, recovery groups, day center...

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Inclusive playground, more residents coming to Raymore

Design of the Hawk’s Nest inclusive playground

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A conceptual design of the Hawk’s Nest inclusive playground that will be completed as soon as late summer. (Courtesy Photo) Inclusive playground, more residents coming to Raymore By Raymore Journal staff About four years in the works, the Hawk’s Nest inclusive playground is about to become a reality as soon as this summer. That could attract people to move into one of the hundreds of new housing units being proposed in Raymore. After Cub Scouts Pack 4111 led the Raymore City Council in the Pledge of Allegiance, council members went straight to work on Valentine’s Day. Love was not exactly...

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Ray-Pec High to produce comedy: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’

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Ray-Pec High to produce comedy: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ By Raymore Journal staff Raymore-Peculiar High School announces its upcoming production of the musical The Play That Goes Wrong. Performances of the show will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10, 11, and 12, and at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 13 in the Ray-Pec High School Theatre. The Play That Goes Wrong is the smash hit comedy from London’s West End and Broadway that had audiences howling with laughter. Ray-Pec Theatre is proud to be one of the first high schools in the country to have the opportunity to perform this hilarious show. The play centers on a...

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Raymore Optimist Club

Sheriff briefs Optimist Club on Belton Inn demolition

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Sheriff briefs Optimist Club on Belton Inn demolition By Raymore Journal staff The Ray-Pec Sunrise Optimist Club met Jan. 1 at the IHOP restaurant in Belton. SheriffJeff Weber was the guest speaker. Weber grew up in Belton and has been with the Sheriff’s Department for going on 31 years. He brought the members current on the department to include the purchase and demolition of the former Belton Inn. This site, the gateway to Cass County, will be the North Sheriff and County Annex and bring more services to North Cass County. While other counties around defund their law enforcement, Cass...

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Victim of Homocide

Authorities need help identifying body found in southeast Missouri

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victim-jeans-web-1 victim-Tattoo-1 victim-Tattoo-2 Authorities need help identifying body found in southeast Missouri By Raymore Journal staff The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control and the Shannon County Sheriff’s Department need the public’s help in identifying a body recently discovered. On Jan. 12, the law enforcement agencies discovered human remains o the state right of way on U.S. Highway 60 near Winona, Mo. According to a press release, an autopsy has determined that the cause of death was homicide. The Missouri State...

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Ray-Pec Optimist Club students of the month: Kennedy Kinnick and Bryon Gooding

Optimist Club students of the month: Kennedy Kinnick and Bryon Gooding

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Ray-Pec Sunrise Optimist Club students of the month: Kennedy Kinnick and Bryon Gooding By Tyson Fisher Congratulations to Kennedy Kinnick and Bryon Gooding, both Raymore-Peculiar High School seniors, for being recognized as the Ray-Pec Sunrise Optimist Club students of the month. Kinnick is heavily involved with Ray-Pec High School’s theater and choir and programs, including the Chamber Choir. Although spending most of her time in the theatre acting (she played Ariel Moore in “Footloose”), Kinnick is assistant director for the play “The Play That Goes Wrong,” a comedy written by Henry Lewis,...

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Cass County Sheriff’s Citizens Academy

Cass County Sheriff’s Citizens Academy accepting applications

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Cass County Sheriff’s Citizens Academy accepting applications By Raymore Journal staff The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is now accepting applications for the 2022 Spring Sheriff’s Citizens Academy. The program is an eight-week course that gives citizens an in-depth look and hands on training into the career of law enforcement at the sheriff’s office. Citizens are instructed by deputies on the subject of patrol, jail, communications, investigations, court, and community policing. The academy is an 8-week program, in which courses are held once per week on Wednesday from 6:30 p.m. until approximately...

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Cass County high school winter sports season entering midway point

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Trissi Hardin / Raymore Journal Belton High School freshman Amaya Crowder shoots from the free throw line last week in the Lady Pirates’ 48-15 loss against Kansas City North. Cass County high school winter sports season entering midway point By Christian D. Orr, Raymore Journal editor The 2021-22 high school winter sports seasons are past the opening stages, but not to the finish line yet as they work to prepare themselves for that final stretch in around a month. Teams across Cass County continue to experience highs and lows throughout each season with some teams searching to find...

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Cass County property tax season continues to set records

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Cass County property tax season continues to set records By Raymore Journal staff Cass County Collector of Revenue Chris Molendorp has released December 2021 property tax disbursement figures for Cass County’s local political subdivisions.  Molendorp announced $112,862,768.88 was disbursed to 70 separate local political subdivisions and the State of Missouri. This represents the largest December disbursement in Cass County history. Cass County’s public-school districts were the largest recipients with total disbursements of $66,830,189.75. Of those districts, Raymore-Peculiar R-2 received...

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