Deloris Barton

Obituary & Services: Deloris Joan Barton

Deloris Joan Barton, age 81, a resident of Liberty, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at her residence. Joan, the daughter of William and Ruth Swigart, was born on August 29, 1940, in Chillicothe, Missouri. She was a 1958 graduate of Princeton High School. Joan was united in marriage to James Barton on […]

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Senate committee approves bill that could overturn Missouri Medicaid expansion

(Missouri Independent) – A constitutional amendment asking Missourians to let lawmakers decide year-to-year whether the state will offer Medicaid to working-age adults moved closer to passage on Wednesday. By an 8-5 vote, the Senate Appropriations Committee sent the House-passed proposal to the full Senate for debate. Only Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, voted with Democrats to oppose the measure, which […]

Terry Campbell

Obituary & Services: Terry Campbell

Terry Campbell, 58, of Unionville, Missouri, passed away unexpectedly at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia, Missouri, on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Terry had battled cancer in the past but succumbed to a recent recurrence. Terry Gerald Campbell was born in Davenport, Iowa, on February 13, 1964, the son of Gary Lee and Margaret Ann (Pitsenbarger) […]

Loren Ray Parkhurst

Obituary & Services: Loren Ray Parkhurst

Loren Ray Parkhurst, 89, Eagleville, MO, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at a Des Moines, IA hospital. He was born on July 24, 1932, the son of Orville and May (Hunsicker) Parkhurst. He was the second of six children. Loren attended grade school at a country school just a few miles from home. He […]

Gloria Evelyn Midgyett

Obituary & Services: Gloria Evelyn Midgyett,

Gloria Evelyn Midgyett, age 70, a resident of Chillicothe, Missouri, passed away Monday, April 11, 2022, at North Kansas City Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri. Gloria was born the daughter of Thomas Lee and Clara Etta (Bentley) Midgyett on July 10, 1951, in Marceline, Missouri. She was a 1969 graduate of Marceline High School. She was […]

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Obituary: William S. Draper

William S. Draper, a 93-year-old Trenton resident, passed away at 3:09 a.m., Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton. Draper is to be cremated under the direction of Slater Neal Funeral Home. William S. Draper was born December 17, 1928, in Mansfield, MO to William Fredrick and Faye (Rockwell) Draper.  On July […]

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Obituary and Services: Sandra Kingsolver

Sandra June Kingsolver, age 77, a resident of Chillicothe, Missouri, passed away on Monday, April 11, 2022, at her residence. Sandra was born the daughter of Leroy and Lois Virginia (Hannah) Scott on June 27, 1944, in Los Angeles, California. She was united in marriage to James Everett Kingsolver on May 22, 1960, in Brookfield, […]

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Obituary and Services: Bessie Wilford

Bessie Wilford a 90-year-old former resident of Galt, MO, passed away at 10:30 p.m., Monday, April 11, 2022, at Sunnyview Nursing Home of Trenton, where she had resided since March 4, 2016. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Friday, April 15, 2022, at the Galt Christian Church. Burial will follow in Galt West Cemetery. […]

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Missouri Attorney General’s office and Moberly School District reach agreement in Sunshine lawsuit

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that the Attorney General’s Office has reached a favorable resolution in a lawsuit the Office filed against Moberly School District over alleged violations of the Sunshine Law. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office filed suit against the Moberly School District in November 2021 for failing to comply with the Sunshine […]