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 Fire ...

A Johnson County, Mo. fire captain will be honored for his service.Capt. Vernon Collett died on March 8. He collapsed after responding to and fighting a wildfire near Warrensburg.To honor Collett for ...

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

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 ...

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

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

New information about the death of a Missouri Fire Captain as his funeral arrangements continue to come together.

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.

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

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