CLAY COUNTY — Since July 1, Red Cross reports the national blood supply has fallen by more than 25%. “It’s critical hospitals have both type O positive and O negative blood ready to go for patients in the most life-threatening situations,” said Eric Gehrie, executive physician director for the Red Cross.
GLADSTONE — Best of the Northland-winning cover band One Night Stand will be playing starting at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug.
Juan Gomez, Bailey Ashton, Ashley Long, Sky Pearson, Kerwhin Valette-Toirac and Ashlee Joplin were named to the winter 2024 president’s list at Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester. The winter term runs from January to May. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum GPA of 3.7 for the reporting term are named to the president’s list.
CLAY COUNTY — The county public health center of Clay County awarded Food Safety Excellence and Pool Quality of Excellence Awards for outstanding efforts in 2023. In 2023, the Environmental Health Protection Section of Clay County Public Health Center conducted 416 routine recreational water inspections.
GLADSTONE — The 12th Annual Down Syndrome Breakfast sponsored by Elks Lodge No. 2376 will be from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Since 2004, Missouri has been participating in a sales tax holiday starting the first Friday in August to help families ease the burden on their wallet while back-to-school shopping. The 2024 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday begins at 12:01 a.m.
Summer has quickly come and gone and backto- school festivities are kicking off. Parents understand that a strong start to the school year begins with a healthy child and a visit to the doctor.
Starting school for the first time or returning to campus after another summer break can lead to mixed feelings. For students in Kearney and Smithville school districts, the first day of school is Aug. 20 and in Liberty, it’s Aug. 21.
Children will soon be trading in the chimes of neighborhood ice cream trucks for the bells of school as summer vacation gives way to the start of a new academic year. August through September is prime back-toschool season, with children all across the country stocking their backpacks and shopping for new school wardrobes.