Dozens of community members came out Friday morning to pay their respects to Captain Vernon Collett, who died in the line of ...

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

A Johnson County, Mo. fire captain will be honored for his service. Capt. Vernon Collett died on March 8. He collapsed after ...

Johnson County, Missouri, is mourning the loss of Captain Vernon Collett, who died on Saturday while battling a brush fire.

Gov. Mike Kehoe issued an order for flags to fly half-staff on Friday after a Johnson County firefighter died in the line of ...

Missouri honors Captain Vernon Collett by flying flags at half-staff on March 14, 2025. Collett, a dedicated volunteer ...

WARRENSBURG, Mo. (KCTV) - A tight-knit community is left mourning after the tragic loss of a fire captain over the weekend.

Vernon Collett, 60, collapsed while fighting a field fire in rural Missouri Saturday afternoon. Collett had been with the ...

Capt. Vernon Collett died at the scene of a half-acre field fire on a property near Knob Knoster, Missouri, around 3 p.m. on Saturday.

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

Funeral arrangements have been announced Johnson County, MO, Fire Capt. Vernon Collett who collapsed while responding to a field fire March 8.

Capt. Vernon Collett, a lifelong resident of the county he served, was with the Johnson County Fire Protection District for ...