The “machinery of death” is back to work in Missouri as the Missouri Supreme Court has issued an execution date of May 3 for Carman Deck. James and Zelma Long were fatally shot during a robbery in their home in Desoto in 1997.
Linda Ellen Harris, 77, Lee’s Summit, MO, April 29, 2022. .
The equipment for Sam and Lindsey’s Playground needed to be replaced due to wear and tear. A remodeling project has given Jackson County Parks + Rec a chance to keep the namesakes’ story alive and to reimagine the small playground at the Hartman-Heritage Trailhead on the Little Blue Trace Trail off Jackson Drive in southeast Independence.
A big four-run first inning, fueled by cleanup hitter Nate Campos’ three-run double, paved the way for a productive 14-4 win for the host William Chrisman Bears. “I saw the bases loaded and wanted to unload them,” a grinning Campos said after the Bears used nine hits to top crosstown rival Van Horn and make a winner of starter Alex Smith Thursday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Helen Mirren graces People magazine’s “The Beautiful Issue” in a cover story that touches on her thoughts of beauty and how the Oscar winner still gets nervous before filming a role. The issue hit newsstand Friday.
It’s not exactly a secret. Movie theater operators hate it when Hollywood studios release films for home viewing and in cinemas at the same time. It kills their box office and encourages piracy, they say.
President Biden announced last week that another $800 million in military aid would be sent to Ukraine to help in the fight against invading Russian forces, and he asked for more this week. The president remarked that his actions “sent an unmistakable message to Putin: He will never succeed in dominating and occupying all of Ukraine.”
Lena “Lily” Turner, 81, Napoleon, MO, April 25, 2022. .
Michael (Mikie) Thomas Franklin, Jr. born 4/27/93, passed away peacefully while surrounded by his family and close friends at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City on the morning of 4/22/2022. He was preceded in death by his father, Michael T. Franklin, Sr., his grandparents Orville and Oma Franklin. He is survived by his mother and stepfather Angela (Hayes) and Bryan Cady of Blue Springs, his brothers Jacob D. Franklin, Julian, Elias and Sullivan Cady, his sisters Justine Franklin and Adrienne Cady, and his uncle Richard Hayes of Broken Arrow, Ok.
Peggy Ann Barker 86 Blue SpringsApril 27, 2022 .