DALLAS COUNTY, MO. —A Kansas City-area man drowned just before 9a.m. Monday in Dallas County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported 75-year-old Dennis W. Steckline of Lee's Summitt drowned near the Barclay Spring Access of the Niangua River.
The circumstances of the drowning are unknown and there were no witnesses, according to MSHP. Steckline was transported to Cantlon Otterness and Viets Funeral Home in Buffalo.