By Christina Rice Maryville Public Safety Sergeant Rick Smail will begin a new career adventure in February 2017. Smail is retiring from Maryville Public Safety (MPS) after 28 years and is joining the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Department. Smail joined MPS on December 26, 1988, after serving as a reserve officer for three months. His brother
Jeff Blackford has been named Nodaway-Holt’s new superintendent. He will take over the position on July 1, 2017, following the resignation of the current superintendent, Karma Coleman. Blackford, originally from Hopkins, earned his specialist in education from Northwest Missouri State University in 2010 and earned his doctoral in education from the University of Missouri-Kansas City
Tammy Dickinson, United States attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced a Maryville man who is a registered sex offender was sentenced December 19 in federal court on charges related to child pornography. Edward Grimes, 58, Maryville, was sentenced by US Chief District Judge Greg Kays to 19 years in federal prison without parole.
As the fourth quarter of the December 17 National Championship Division II Football game neared the end, sophomore Emanuel Jones, with help from other Bearcats, proclaims to the world that the Bearcats will win Northwest’s sixth football national championship. Northwest is the only Division II school to win the title six times. Save
On December 19, at a press conference in the Northwest Student Union’s board room, Northwest Athletic Director Mel Tjeerdsma introduced Rich Wright as the next Bearcat football head coach by saying, “he was here when this thing started.” Rich Wright, who has served as the football team’s defensive coordinator for the last six years, began
Northwest Missouri State University Board of Regents heard the annual financial audit results and approved a series of geography and agriculture curriculum revisions during its regular meeting December 15. RubinBrown, LLP, Kansas City, completed the financial audit of Northwest’s financial statements for the 2016 fiscal year, which resulted in an unmodified opinion with no deficiencies
A Cowboy Christmas will be held at 6:30 pm, Wednesday, December 28, at Wibholm Hall on the fairgrounds in Clarinda, IA. Joining the Cowboy Church Band will be special guests Sarah Davison, Nashville, TN, and Seth Sneed, Glasgow, KY. There is no admission charge but a free will offering will be taken. The evening will
Carolyn Wells, 72, Haltom City, TX, died Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at North Hills Hospital. Memorial service will be held January 7 in Haltom City, for her Texas family and friends. A second memorial service will be held in the spring for her Missouri family and friends. She will be interred at the Prairie Home
Edward Rolland Barcus, 85, Maryville, formerly of Clearmont, died Saturday, December 17, 2016, at the VA Hospital in Kansas City. Funeral services were Tuesday, December 20 at Bram-Danfelt Funeral Home, Maryville. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery, Clearmont. Military rites were conducted at the cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Clearmont Baptist Church, Clearmont. Online
Robert Edwin Hartman, 86, Maryville, died Saturday, December 17, 2016, at Village Care Center. Funeral services were Wednesday, December 21 at Price Funeral Home, Maryville, with burial in Nodaway Memorial Gardens, Maryville. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Food Pantry of the Maryville Ministry Center, 971 South Main, Maryville, MO 64468. Online condolences may
