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🌱 How two officers saved a driver near Claycomo from a fireball

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Hello Claycomo! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How two officers saved a driver near Claycomo from a fireball
  • What an unnamed parts shortage means for Claycomo's F-150 plant
  • Community remembers longtime Claycomo Ford retiree and devoted family matriarch

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 71 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Friday: Clouds breaking; less humid, temps: high: 70, low: 49.
  • Saturday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Video shows Clay County deputy, KCPD officer rescue man from burning truck (kmbc.com) — A recent highway fire near Claycomo saw a Clay County sheriff's deputy and an off-duty Kansas City police detective pull a disoriented driver from a burning truck just before it exploded. The man, rescued along I-35 in the Claycomo area, was hospitalized with leg burns, and officials say the officers' quick actions likely saved his life.
   

• Ford Sent Up to 4,000 F-150 Workers Home for a Week Over a Part It Won't Name. Its Explanation Fits on a Post-it Note. (backfirenews.com) — Ford's Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo is seeing F-150 shifts canceled because of an unnamed parts shortage, slowing output even as the company struggles to rebuild truck inventories. While Transit van production continues, local workers and Claycomo-area truck buyers could feel the impact through reduced shifts, delayed factory orders, and tighter availability of certain F-150 configurations.
   

• Mary Lou DeVoy – Northland 09.28.2026 (meyersfuneralchapel.com) — A longtime Kansas City resident who retired from the Ford plant in Claycomo has died at age 93, leaving a large family and many friends mourning her loss. Known for her strong spirit, storytelling, and decades of hard work in local restaurants and at the Claycomo facility, her family is planning a Celebration of Life, with details to be posted by Meyers Northland Chapel.
   

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    Saturday October 3
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    8:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

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North Kansas City

  • Buildings once slated for KC's Pennway Point entertainment district face demolition (kansascity.com)
  • 29-year-old woman missing from Kansas City's Northland. Have you seen her? (kansascity.com)
  • Unpaid medical bills land hundreds of patients around KC in court each year. It's only getting worse (thebeaconnews.org)

Ok Claycomo! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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