Clay County

The U.S. Route 62 bridge over the St. Francis River is now open to traffic.

The bridge, located at the state line from Dunklin County to Clay County, construction was initially anticipated to be completed December 1st.

Route F in New Madrid County will be reduced to one lane as Modoc crews perform pavement repairs.

This section of road is located from Route ZZ to County Road 346.

So that'd be St. Charles, St. Louis County, St. Louis City, Jefferson County.

And then you have like Springfield, which is Greene County, and you have Kansas City, which is Jackson County, Clay County, and Platt County, plus a couple surrounding ones.

And where we are here in Northwest Missouri in Buchanan County, Most of the larger populated counties with bigger cities, more urban, voted no on overturning the reproductive freedom constitutional amendment.

And most of the more rural counties, of which there are many, voted yes.

Jesse James.

was born and raised in Clay County, Missouri, an area in the western part of the state surrounding Kansas City.

As I think we mentioned in our episode with Devin O'Shea, Missouri was something of a gateway state, connecting the north to the south, as well as the eastern states to the territories and nascent states across the western frontier.

So when it came to the Civil War, Missouri had split allegiances.

Clay County was an area which had been largely settled by people hailing from neighbouring northern southern states like Kentucky and Tennessee.

As a matter of fact, it had a nickname, Little Dixie.

So, you can guess which side of the war Jesse James' family were on.

The following year, Jesse joined Frank in a smaller but comparable massacre of homebound Union soldiers in Centralia, Missouri.

They opened up in Missouri at 6.

Northland right now, the consensus appears to be easy in and out, hearing from folks in Platte and Clay County.

Now, Clay County had a 145% increase in early voter turnout, so there's obviously a little less juice on the Missouri side.

You would probably expect that.

But everything I'm hearing, Mark and John have heard from folks on the phones who just don't have the time to hang on because they're in line.

Speaking of the election vote, this is from Channel 9.

Voters in Clay County, Missouri, are heading out to the polls in big numbers ahead of tomorrow's midterm election.

After 11 days of advanced voting, nearly 30,000 voters have cast their ballots.

That is up 145%.

compared to 2022's midterm election.

Wow.

And only one location in Clay County is open for advanced voting today.

It's at the Clay County Elections Office in Liberty.

They must die." It's a cold January evening, about one year after the Gads Hill train robbery.

Around midnight, agents of the Pinkerton Detective Agency swarm around a farmhouse in Clay County, Missouri.

This is the place that Jesse and Frank grew up, and these agents have reason to believe the infamous outlaws are inside.

Ever since the Gads Hill train robbery, Alan Pinkerton has been hot on Jesse's trail.

Number four.

We go to Clay County where early voting is running well ahead of the last midterm election.

According to the Clay County Election Board, voter check-ins through Wednesday are up 145% compared to the same point in 2022.

That is also a 244% increase compared to the August 2026 primaries.

So the busiest day so far, according to the Clay County Election Board, was last Friday when 1,200 voters checked in.

So that's a big number.

You guys are voting early up there in Clay County.

Pretty impressive stuff.

And it's beyond frustrating to watch.

And then I had somebody up in Clay County send me a note on, this must have been Sunday.

And they said, hey, Pete, I heard from someone that they said that they had heard on your show that yes was the way to go on Amendment 6.

And I was like, well, maybe they heard a commercial.

That might have been the case, but they didn't hear that from me.

Here was the text.

Pete, here in the Clay County Republican Committee, there was a member who said she was talking to a friend who was voting yes on six because they heard it on Mundo.

Any idea what that might be referring to or the context of such a comment? Well, number one, I just kind of show up and give you my opinions on stuff.