🌱 Kearney's Flock camera debate leaves residents divided

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In today's newsletter:

• Kearney's Flock camera debate leaves residents divided
• Kearney's high-scoring Bulldogs face unbeaten Savannah in the playoffs

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 66 and low of 38 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and cooler, temps: high: 50, low: 29.
• Friday: Chilly with sunshine, with a high of 46 and low of 25 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Kearney holds community meeting over Flock camera usage (kctv5.com) — Kearney residents remained divided over police license plate cameras after Tuesday's community meeting, where officers demonstrated the technology and described safeguards. Critics questioned privacy protections and the $35,000 annual cost. The city says removing the cameras would require an aldermen's resolution and payment of the remaining multiyear contract.
   

• 2026 Missouri High School Football Top 25 Rankings - Nov. 10 (on3.com) — Kearney's Bulldogs head into this week's playoff matchup against undefeated Savannah after beating Benton 56-7, their fourth straight game scoring more than 50 points. Featured near the top of Missouri's latest Massey rankings, Kearney has outscored opponents 492-56 through its first 10 games.
   

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Friday November 13

• Boys Varsity Swimming
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  12:01 am
• Boys Varsity Football
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  7:02 pm

Saturday November 14

• Boys Varsity Swimming
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  12:01 am

Thursday November 19

• Boys Varsity Basketball @ Van Horn High School
  Kearney R-i Kearney, MO 64060
  6:45 pm
• Boys Varsity Basketball @ Park Hill South High School
  Kearney R-i Kearney, MO 64060
  7:15 pm
• Boys Varsity Basketball @ Blue Springs South High School
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  7:45 pm

Friday November 20

• Girls JV Basketball
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  5:00 pm
• Kearney JV Girls Basketball Tournament
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  5:00 pm
• Boys Varsity Football
  Kearney R-i Kearney, MO 64060
  7:02 pm

Saturday November 21

• Girls JV Wrestling @ Staley High School
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  12:01 am

Monday November 23

• Girls JV Basketball
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  5:00 pm
• Kearney Girls JV Basketball Tournament
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  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Luke was the best server we have had in a long time .
  Food was great and the Margaritas was even better. (Nextdoor Plattsburg Rd)

• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Shift Lead in Kearney. Apply here.
• Subway posted a job opening for Sandwich Artist in Kearney. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kearney here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Excelsior Springs

• Excelsior Springs Named Missouri's Most Neighborly City — Ag... (excelsiorcitizen.com)
• Water bills rising in Excelsior Springs: What Northland families are paying across the region (kshb.com)
• Lisa Goldman (ottumwaradio.com)

Liberty

• Wagner Logistics plans expansion in Liberty Missouri creating 79 new jobs. (intelligence360.news)
• Liberty woman served probation violation warrant in Daviess County (kttn.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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