December 2021

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Ralph J. Smart

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Ralph J. Smart, 96, North Kansas City, MO (formerly of Rayville, MO), died December 17, 2021 at his home. Graveside services will be 1:30 PM Thursday, December 23rd at Crowley Cemetery, near Rayville. 

John Naylor

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John Naylor, 75, of Excelsior Springs, Missouri passed away on December 4, 2021 at home. Visitation will be held from 11:00am-12:30pm, Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at Rock Falls Baptist Church, Excelsior Springs, Missouri. A graveside service will follow the visitation at Crown Hill Cemetery, Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Mr. Naylor was born on October 21, 1946 in Roxsboro, North Carolina. John attended Excelsior Springs High School and volunteered for the Army during the Vietnam War. He was in communications and classified as a sharp shooter.

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FENTANYL DRUG SUMMIT FOCUS

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PLEASANT VALLEY – Sheriff Will Akin opened the Community Drug Education Summit with the reason for calling together law enforcers, mental health specialists and the public: “We are investigating an unprecedented number of cases involving deaths due to drug overdoses. We’re talking about teens and young adults here.” A DRUG HUB Poorly made, deadly drugs – primarily fentanyl, a synthetic opioid – flow into Ray, Clay and Jackson counties.