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Excelsior Springs August Primary Election Ballot Information
As we near the August primary elections the election boards are reaching out with information. Clay County Election Board has released a new website with helpful information for voters, including voter registration, a list of elected officials, previous election results, sample ballots, and absentee voting information.
Sheriff’s Office golf tournament benefits nonprofits
SMITHVILLE — A charitable golf tournament on June 28 will benefit not-for-profits that assist Clay County Sheriff’s Office employees in financial crisis and provide for community engagement. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office Charitable Golf Tournament will tee off at 8 a.m. June 28 at the Paradise Pointe Golf...
Hoffner-Allen Charged with Murder
A Kearney man is deceased and his wife is charged with the crime. A caller to 911 reported that a man had been shot in a home at 10 pm on Tuesday. The victim, later identified as 50-year-old Ricky Allen, was shot in a home at the 16200 block of Kountry Ridge Drive and died at the scene.
Missouri Woman Kills Husband After He Tells Her To “Shoot Me” During Domestic Altercation
A Missouri woman has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of her husband. Melissa I. Hoffner-Allen, a 48-year-old woman from Kearney, Missouri, shot and killed her husband Ricky Allen, 50, deputies say. According to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a 911...
Missouri Husband Shot Dead by Wife after Heated Argument; Husband Brutally Assaulted Wife: Authorities
Kearney, MO: A Kearney woman has been arrested and is now facing charges in connection with the death of her husband. Deputies from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in the northeastern part of Kearney, specifically in the 16200 block of Country Ridge Drive, located just south of Jesse James Farm Road. The incident, which was reported around 10 p.m., involved a shooting.
Clay County woman says she was choked by husband before fatally shooting him: Police
Melissa Hoffner-Allen, 48, has been charged in the death of her husband Ricky Allen, 50. Hoffner-Allen told police that Allen had been choking her before she shot him in the chest.
Sheriff: Rural KC-area woman charged with killing her husband
KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a homicide that occurred Tuesday northeast of Kearney, Missouri, according to a statement from the Clay County Sheriff. At 10 p.m. June 18, a 911 caller reported a man had been shot at a home in the 16200 block of Kountry Ridge...
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