Dave Stocks, representative of the VFW, presented the Patriot’s Pen award to Jayden Minneman, an eighth grader at JCMS. He is ...

Johnson County Fire Capt. Vernon Collett was laid to rest Friday, with more than 100 friends, family members and fellow firefighters there to honor him.

Captain Vernon Collett was laid to rest on March 14 and flags were ordered to be flown half-staff in Johnson County, Missouri, in his honor.

Dozens of community members came out Friday morning to pay their respects to Captain Vernon Collett, who died in the line of duty March 8 while fighting a natural cover fire.

Gov. Mike Kehoe ordered flags be flown at half-staff in honor of Johnson County Fire Protection District Captain Vernon Collett. While battling a fire on March 8, Collett collapsed from a medical ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — In honor of Johnson County Fire Protection District Captain Vernon Collett, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe Thursday ordered U.S. and Missouri flags be flown at half-staff at government ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe ordered U.S. and Missouri flags at Johnson County government buildings to fly at half-staff on Friday in honor of Vernon Collett. Collett, 60, was a captain at the Johnson County ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe ordered U.S. and Missouri flags at Johnson County government buildings to fly at half-staff on Friday in honor of Vernon Collett.

Capt. Vernon Collett, a lifelong resident of the county he served, was with the Johnson County Fire Protection District for more than 29 years at station No. 6 near Valley City. He was 60 years old.

Johnson County, Missouri, is mourning the loss of Captain Vernon Collett, who died on Saturday while battling a brush fire. Collett was the first to arrive at the scene of the brush fire off MM ...