Steven Howard Bateman, 76, of Holts Summit, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. He was born on July 29, 1949, in Kansas City, ...

Back in late January, the City of Homestead contracted A&B Paint & Body Shop at 142 SW Fifth Ave. to repair significant damage to the front and rear of a city-owned Ford Expedition driven by Mayor ...

Phil Spinella, owner of A&B Body Shop in Homestead, insists the damage he repaired on Mayor Steve Bateman’s city-issued SUV was caused by a blown tire. “There is no question about it,” Spinella said ...