Laurie Everett, newscaster for KMBC-TV Channel 9 of Kansas City, served as celebrity emcee of the Zed Martin Day parade on Saturday in Platte City. She was assisted in announcing the entries by Platte City residents Bill Brown and Jim Palmer. Pictured along with Everett was Mary Ann Brooks, one of the chief organizers of the Zed Martin Day festival.
A Clay County jury was unable to reach a verdict in a child molestation case Thursday, and Platte County Prosecutor Todd Graves immediately moved for a new trial. “It is unfortunate that the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict, but child molestation cases are tough and we’ll stick with it until the job is done,” Graves said. “We have already begun preparing to go to trial again in November.”
Lori Hevalow of Smithville and Dallas Shipley of Archie, Mo. were united in marriage Oct. 1, 1994, at Park Hill Baptist Church in Parkville. The bride is the daughter of Tom and Connie Hevalow of Smithville. The groom is the son of Jim and Mary Shipley of Archie.
Jack and Polly Rudnay of Lake Lotawana announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Amanda Lee Rudnay, to Christopher Michael Sherwood, son of Harold and Sharon Sherwood of Gower.
