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🌱 Liberty sighting helped officers track escaped Tennessee inmate

Liberty, Missouri Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Liberty! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Liberty sighting helped officers track escaped Tennessee inmate
  • Liberty church weighs in on Calvary Chapel's women's ordination dispute
  • Liberty woman faces probation violation warrant in Daviess County

Also on today's calendar: ThankFALL Sugar Cookie Decorating Class and 5 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 66 and low of 39 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and cooler, temps: high: 49, low: 29.
  • Friday: Chilly with plenty of sun, with a high of 45 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Tennessee inmate Jacob Morley appears in federal court after escaping TDOC (actionnews5.com) — License plate readers and a Liberty store parking lot helped officers track escaped Tennessee inmate Jacob Allen Morley, according to a federal affidavit. Officers found the stolen truck at Savers on MO-291 before following him to Norborne, where he was arrested. He appeared in federal court Monday on a firearms charge.
   

2. Calvary Chapel Pastors Push Back Against Costa Mesa's Ordination of Women (christianitydaily.com) — Calvary Chapel Liberty has publicly opposed ordaining women as pastors or elders, joining a wider disagreement within the Calvary Chapel movement. Senior Pastor Scott Gurwell said the church wanted to clarify its stance after California's Costa Mesa congregation affirmed women's ordination, a practice its leadership says has existed there for nearly a decade.
   

3. Liberty woman served probation violation warrant in Daviess County (kttn.com) — A Liberty woman was served a probation violation warrant in Daviess County on Nov. 9, following her guilty pleas last December to domestic assault and resisting arrest. Sara E. Ishmael's bond was set at $2,500 cash only. Available records do not identify the alleged probation violation or the latest proceeding's outcome.
   

4. 2026 Church Music Festival ‘Love Without End' Fills Tabernacle With New Hymns (churchofjesuschrist.org) — An arrangement by Liberty's Sam Fleming drew praise from choir members at the Nov. 7 Church Music Festival in Salt Lake City's Tabernacle. His arrangement of “Fight the Good Fight,” added to the Latter-day Saint church's new hymnbook earlier this year, was performed as part of a program featuring more than 300 singers and musicians.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday November 12
  • Campaign Buttons: A History
    Harry S Truman National Historic Site Visitor Center
    10:00 am
    • Friday November 13
  • Boys Varsity Swimming
    Kearney R-i Kearney, MO 64060
    12:01 am
  • PTA Movie Night
    Abraham Mallinson Elementary School, 709 N. Forest Street, Sugar Creek
    6:00 pm
  • Boys Varsity Football
    Kearney R-i Kearney, MO 64060
    7:02 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Looking for someone who has a light hanging business.
    INSURED!! I am needing some Christmas lights fixed on my house (part of the strand fell during high winds) and then removed in January. I’m in… (Nextdoor Liberty North West)
  • Hello everyone I am looking for any work.
    Haul offs any clean ups, etc. I have my truck an trailer and one of my buddies and I will be available from 3 pm to whenever. Please reach out to me… (Nextdoor Bluemills)
  • Cosentino's Food Stores posted a job opening for Food Service Ambassador - Cosentino's Price Chopper South Liberty #120 -Weekends 10am-4pm-Weekdays 3pm-7pm- 896 Rte 291 Liberty, Mo. 64068 in Liberty. Apply here.
  • STS Technical Services posted a job opening for Paint Prep Technicians in Liberty. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Liberty here.

Ok Liberty! 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: "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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