Highlights from Butler Huckster's Day

The weather was great today for the annual Butler Hucksters Day event held on the historic Butler square. 

Thanks to everyone who made this event possible! There was over 75 vendors today! Thank you for coming out today and supporting this event!

Please enjoy some photos from this event today below:

AfterShock 14U Surge Past KC Young Legends 14U Thanks To Big Fourth Inning

AfterShock 14U Surge Past KC Young Legends 14U Thanks To Big Fourth Inning 

By GameChanger Media

AfterShock 14U defeated KC Young Legends 14U 13-3 on Saturday thanks in part to 12 runs in the fourth inning. Aryan Stodgell doubled, scoring two runs, Ella Bauer drew a walk, scoring one run, a steal of home scored one run, Kinley Cook singled, scoring one run, Kamryn Fritts drew a walk, scoring one run, Aryan Stodgell was struck by a pitch, driving in a run, Emalee DeLuca was struck by a pitch, driving in a run, Jordan Porter was struck by a pitch, driving in a run, Ella Bauer drew a walk, scoring one run, and Kaidence Hudson singled, scoring one run.

A single by Kinley Cook put AfterShock 14U on the board in the top of the first.

KC Young Legends 14U jumped back into the lead in the bottom of the second inning after Brooklynn Steadham grounded out, Grace Grotjan singled up the middle, and Grace Grotjan stole home, each scoring one run.

Ella Bauer earned the win for AfterShock 14U. The southpaw surrendered four hits and three runs over four innings, striking out eight and walking none. Adelynn Boone took the loss for KC Young Legends 14U. The hurler went one-third of an inning, giving up one run on one hit, striking out none and walking one. Katie Evans stepped in the circle first for KC Young Legends 14U. The left-handed pitcher surrendered two hits and five runs over three and one-third innings, striking out five and walking five.

Aryan Stodgell, the number seven hitter for AfterShock 14U, led the way with three runs batted in. The right-handed hitter went 1-for-1 on the day. Kinley Cook went 2-for-2 at the plate to lead AfterShock 14U in hits. AfterShock 14U had patience at the plate, tallying 10 walks for the game. Kamryn Fritts and Ella Bauer led the team with two bases on balls each. Kinley Cook, Aryan Stodgell, Kaidence Hudson, Kamryn Fritts, Ella Bauer, and Kiersten Dubray each stole multiple bases for AfterShock 14U. AfterShock 14U stole 17 bases in the game. AfterShock 14U were sure-handed and didn't commit a single error. Kaidence Hudson made the most plays with four.

Grace Grotjan led KC Young Legends 14U with one run batted in. The infielder went 1-for-1 on the day. Katie Evans, Grace Grotjan, Maci Eschliman, and Zoey Boone each collected one hit for KC Young Legends 14U. KC Young Legends 14U were sure-handed in the field and didn't commit a single error. Brooklynn Steadham had the most chances in the field with six.

Next up for AfterShock 14U is a game at A-Team Aces Campbell 14U on Saturday.

Week 9 Missouri State High School Football Preview

Week 9 of the Missouri State High School Football season will happen this Friday evening.

If your looking to watch some local high school football action in the area this Friday you can check out the games below:

October 25th:
Clinton (1-7) at Center (1-7)

Cole Camp (0-8) at Adrian (7-1)

El Dorado Springs (4-4) at Butler (4-4)

Lamar (5-3) at Seneca (8-0)

Liberal (1-7) at Archie (8-0)

Midway (4-4) at Lincoln (4-4)

Nevada (7-1) at Pleasant Hill (6-2)

New Heights Christian (5-3) at Drexel (4-4)

Odessa (4-4) at Harrisonville (5-3)

Osceola (1-7) at Greenfield (4-3)

Ray-Pec (0-8) at Staley (1-7)

Rich Hill (4-4) at Lockwood (7-1)

Ruskin (4-4) at Belton (3-5)

Sherwood (4-4) at Versailles (1-7)

Stockton (7-1) at Pierce City (5-3)

Warsaw (8-0) at Pleasant Hope (1-4)

Windsor (6-2) at Crest Ridge (2-6)

Photo courtesy of Amanda Flanery

Lady Eagles Volleyball wins the GVVC Championship

We would like to congratulate the Miami Lady Eagles Volleyball to and their win today in the  GVVC Championship vs Chilhowee!  The Lady Eagles won in 2 sets! Way to go Lady Eagles!! 

Butler Huckster’s Day baby contest winners

 

We would like to congratulate the Butler Huckster’s Day baby contest winners! Thank you to everyone who registered!

0-3 months boy: Cohen Wilson
0-3 month girl: Adalynn Tidman 1st place, Sophia 2nd place
4-6 month boy: Carson Hammett
7-9 month girl: Ivy Algiere
13-18 month girl: Macklin Coffman

Nice finish to the season bears

 

The 10U Butler Bears Baseball team finished their season placing second in the Lebanon baseball tournament. Way to go bears!

Way to go Butler Bear Brigade

 

The Butler Bear Brigade earned 2nd place in parade competition at Missouri State University today. The band competed today a little short handed by six members, due to the conflicting district choir competition and illnesses.

Mr. Paat was pleased with the band’s performance, showing that their persistence and practice paid off!!Way to go bears!

Highlights from the Adrian Fall Festival

The Adrian Fall Festival was held today at Frontier Village with several vendors, food and a car show. The car count on the car show was 104 cars registered. 

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event a success. Also thank you to the community for coming out and supporting this event. Enjoy some photos from today below:

From the Desk of Sheriff Chad Anderson

I promised the community a follow up from our supply run to the Helene Hurricane victims in North Carolina.

 
I am not sure where to start or what info you are interested in so I will just start from the beginning. My wife and I sat and watched the devastation from the comfort of our home. We watched legacy news and social media. We realized quickly that North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia were hit hard. As the days went by, we kept feeling a weight on our hearts and a calling from God to do something. In 2018, while my family and I were attending the Missouri Sheriff’s Conference, our house had an electrical short and burnt completely down. We lost everything we owned and only had what was in our travel bags at the hotel with us. We left the hotel and drove home to witness our personal devastation. 

We lost material things, we didn’t lose our family and we didn’t lose the whole community we love. We lived in a rented camper for a couple months before finding a rental house. We eventually rebuilt our house and moved on. We kept having the feeling of what we could do from Missouri, especially since we didn’t know anyone from those areas. We were standing in our front yard when my wife looked at our camper and said “we could take someone our camper to use”. That night, I made a Facebook post on my personal page asking if anyone had family or first responders in the area that needed my camper that could sleep 7-9 people. We offered to deliver it as soon as we could. Days went by and no one took us up. As our community saw the post, they began to ask if they could help and offered to send donations to the area with me if I took the camper to anyone. I asked my staff if they had any contacts in the area that could be reached out to. With our community begging to help and God placing the delivery of our camper on our hearts, I decided to have our dispatch center send each agency a message offering our camper and to deliver supplies for staff at any Sheriff’s Office.

We got our first request for items from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office. Their request was for hygiene products, socks, shirts, police gear to name a few as they explained many in their agency had lost their homes, including all their law enforcement gear. I offered my personal camper and we were advised they had a need for it. This began day one of our agency posting publicly that we were now going to the devastated areas of North Carolina to deliver supplies designated for law enforcement and first responders. Our office began to be flooded with requested donations from our community. Our neighboring Sheriff’s Offices of Cass County, Henry County and local Police Departments began to bring law enforcement related equipment like duty gear, uniforms, handcuffs and body armor. Shortly after, our second agency, Madison County Sheriff’s Office, gave us a list of requested items for their staff who had lost or damaged homes. And then our third agency, the Yancey County Sheriff’s Office had a specific request for propane stoves, cold weather clothes, flashlights, batteries. We posted each agency's request and our community and surrounding communities responded. Thousands of dollars worth of supplies were delivered to our Sheriff’s Office warehouse within three days of our Facebook post. Gift cards and cash were donated to help purchase requested items that were needed. My staff didn’t blink an eye and everyone including Communication Officers, Detention Officers, Patrol Division, Investigation Division and Administrative Staff pitched in to help receive, organize and load trailers.

 
We loaded my camper full of supplies, a 20ft car hauler, and a 16ft enclosed trailer full with brand new supplies. Even the use of the trailers were donated by members of our community. After members of our community showed up to pray for our safety in our travels, we left Butler Mo on Tuesday October 15th at 3pm. Our crew for delivery consisted of members from the Bates County Sheriff’s Office, Butler Police Department, Cedar County Sheriff’s Office and City of Adrian Public Works. Because we did not want to use a county owned vehicle to pull my camper, my Under Sheriff pulled the camper with his personal truck. We drove eleven hours to our first stop in Crossville Tennessee where we arrived at 2am on the 16th and got hotel rooms for everyone. We were up again at 8am and on the road for our first drop off at the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office in Asheville. We arrived at 2:30pm. This was the location my camper was being delivered to. While there we met some amazing people who had an unbelievably positive attitude. I know that they had worked nonstop for 3 weeks and had to be tired. I learned here that this Sheriff’s Office still had 5 deputies without a place to live and that they would be the ones utilizing the camper. It was also my understanding that this agency lost approximately 25 of their patrol vehicles and equipment to go with it. Together we unloaded our first trailer load of supplies and then headed off to our second location.

 
The Yancey County Sheriff’s Office directed our delivery to the Fire Department in Burnsville. We arrived at the Fire Department around 4pm. We unloaded half of our second trailer with the specific equipment they had requested. This area was extremely busy with recovery drop offs and locals picking up and waiting for supplies. We were on the road and headed to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office with our final drop off. We arrived at the Madison Sheriff’s Office around 530pm. We unloaded the final portion of our deliveries. Here we met Sheriff Buddy Harwood. Sheriff Harwood had already left the office but insisted that we not leave until he could come meet each person and shake their hands. I learned of his county’s devastation and the fact that multiple cities in his county were completely destroyed. He lost one of his Majors in the flood waters trying to get to the office to help others in the community. She gave her life being a true hero. His Major had worked for him for 16 years and while he held his composure I could see the pain he had in losing her. To prove the world is small and that what we were doing was God’s work, Sheriff Harwood asked us how far Bates County was from Joplin Missouri. He shared that in 2011 he took two 53 ft tractor trailer loads of supplies to Joplin to aid in the recovery after the Tornado ripped through town. We both agreed that it was truly God’s work that here we are now in 2024 and Missouri was sending supplies back to his community. Sheriff Harwood and his staff came together with my staff and we prayed as a group for his community and our safe travels back to Missouri. We left Madison County and stayed the night in the Pigeon Forge area. We left first thing Thursday morning and arrived back in Bates County around 10pm.

We left Madison County, our hearts filled with pride from what our community put together in 3 days and at the same time we left with our hearts heavy for the communities who lost so much. We felt pride to see our fellow Law Enforcement and First Responders putting their communities first and working without days off or homes of their own to go home to. 

We got to see firsthand “Appalachia Strong” in action. We met great people along the way, people in the area being grateful for all the help. We saw a little bit of the devastation but remained in the areas that were safe to travel in knowing that the Sheriff’s in those communities knew what was best for their county needs in that short window we were there. Our goal was to deliver supplies but our hearts wanted to stay and help with calls for service or search efforts. Each one of us was hoping someone would say, “We need extra manpower to go here or there to help in this operation”. We would rely on God to show us how we would go from a supply drop to physically working to make a difference in that area.

 
Our community is a small one of only 17,000 people, but we sure do have big hearts. We received donations from all over like Ft Scott Kansas, Overland Park Kansas, Lees Summit, Grain Valley, Cass County, and Henry County. We received donations from businesses, from Churches and from people in general. We will truly never know how far and wide our donations came from. We just know that every 4 hours we were being told that our lobby was full and we needed to transfer the stuff to our warehouse. Locally I have received a lot of praise and recognition for putting this together. The people who need the recognition are the ones who donated and paid for all the stuff, the people who worked on their days off and a holiday to get it organized by county, loaded and delivered in three days. While we took 12 people to make the delivery, I have almost 70 employees who worked hard to make it happen. Employees that didn’t go, worked extra shifts to cover the ones that did, dispatchers who received the information of request and what agencies requested. I had command staff that worked patrol shifts to help cover empty shifts. I had command staff who used his personal vehicle to pull the camper. Our community donated money to cover the hotels and food expenses for the volunteers and baked snacks for them.

 
I am proud of this community and the ones that surround us. This is the Greatest Community in this whole world and while it was a few trailers of supplies, I feel it was what God called us to do as a community!

Thank you to everyone who continues to support the Sheriff's Office and each other in the often times crazy world we live in.

- Bates County Sheriff Chad Anderson

2024 Week 8 Missouri State High School Football Scores

2024 Week 8 Missouri State High School Football Scores sponsored weekly by Kellie Davidson State Farm of Butler!

October 18th:
Adrian 35, Eldorado Springs 7

Archie 78, Plattsburg 30

Ava 51, Cabool 0

Battle 33, Jefferson City 13

Belton 42, Truman 0

Blair Oaks 56, Hallsville 12

Blue Springs South 30, Blue Springs 20

Booneville 61, Versailles 0

Brookfield 18, Milan 0 
Butler 14, Windsor 8

California 33, Eldon 26

Cassville 41, Monett 24

Capitol City 28, Camdenton 14

Carl Junction 27, Bolivar 21

Carthage 14, Webb City 13

Centralia 44, Palmyra 12

Chillicothe 20, Odessa 10

Drexel 40, Osceola 16

East Buchanan 40, Maysville 8

East Prairie 47, Charleston 6

Fair Grove 48, Forsyth 13

Fort Osage 15, Grain Valley 8

Hannibal 57, Marshall 14

Harrisonville 42, Oak Grove 7

Helias-Catholic 51, Smith-Cotton 8

Holden 60, Carrollton 0

Joplin 35, Willard 0

Kearney 56, Winnetonka 12

Knob Noster 10, Richmond 6

Knox County 76, Southwest Livingston 18

Lafayette County 49, Lexington 6

Lamar 35, Aurora 0

Lawson 28, North Platte 21

Lebanon 49, Glendale 28

Liberty 36, Oak Park 13

Lincoln 48, Cole Camp 28

Lockwood 54, Appleton City 34

Kirksville 42, Fulton 0

Marionville 22, Ash Grove 20

Mark Twain 24, Louisiana 6

McDonald County 42, Central (KC) 0

Mexico 39, Moberly 20

Mid Buchanan 20, Penney 6 

Montgomery County 33, Wright City 28

Mound City 36, South Holt 21

Mountain Grove 41, Houston 20

Nevada 55, Mt. Vernon 42

New Heights Christian 52, Jasper 16

Nixa 48, Ozark 3

NKC 36, Park Hill South 35

North Andrew 48, Stanberry 20

North Calloway 42, Van-Far 22

North County 33, St. Clair 14

Oakville 35, Webster Groves 14

Orrick 48, Santa Fe 22

Osage 45, Southern Boone 7

Park Hill 28, Ray-Pec 13

Parkview 38, Hillcrest 35

Parkway North 35, Fox 14

Parkway West 28, Pattonville 27

Pembroke Hill 42, Summit Christian 2 
Pierce City 34, Miller 8

Platte County 55, Ruskin 14

Pleasant Hill 37, Center 6

Polo 36, South Harrison 34

Putnam County 36, Gallatin 14

Salisbury 36, Crest Ridge 26

Sarcoxie 42, Diamond 28

Savannah 42, Maryville 14

South Calloway 49, Linn 8

St. Joseph Christian 74, Princeton 20

Raytown 54, William Chrisman 12

Raytown South 32, Lincoln College Prep 16

Reeds Spring 38, Buffalo 0

Republic 40, Neosho 0

Rich Hill 48, Liberal 26

Rock Port 44, Tarkio 12

Rolla 60, Central (Springfield) 16

Seneca 63, East Newton 21

Sherwood 57, Lone Jack 0

Slater 68, Paris 48

Smithville 56, Grandview 14

Stockton 54, Skyline 6

Strafford 49, Clever 14

Sullivan 49, Owensville 14

Thayer 47, Willow Springs 0

Tipton 60, Russellville 0

Union 28, St. James 12
University City 33, Affton 20

Valley Catholic 42, Bowling Green 20

Warsaw 40, Midway 7

Warrensburg 63, Clinton 14

Wellington Napoleon 49, St. Paul Lutheran 0

West Platte 49, Lathrop 14

Worth County 60, King City 14

Nevada gets homecoming win over Mt. Vernon

The Nevada Tigers got a win tonight in a wild high scoring homecoming game against a very good Mt. Vernon team 55-42 to move to 7-1 on the season.

We are proud to announce that Mary Kate Russell has been crowned Nevada High School’s 2024 Homecoming Queen!

Mary Kate’s dedication, kindness, and positive impact on our school community make her truly deserving of this honor. She exemplifies the values and spirit of Nevada High School.

Join us in celebrating Mary Kate and the rest of the homecoming court for making this year’s festivities memorable!

Nevada will be on the road next week as they travel to take on the Pleasant Hill roosters who are 6-2 on the year on October 25th.

Blackhawks cruise to win over El Dorado Springs

The Adrian Blackhawks moved to 7-1 on the season with a 35-7 win over the El Dorado Springs bulldogs tonight on the road in high school football action.

Adrian returns home next Friday night for the regular season finale against Cole Camp.

#BlackhawkPride

Photo courtesy of the Adrian News Leader

Archie moves to 8-0 tonight

The defending 8-Man Missouri State football Champion Archie Whirlwinds pushed their record to 8-0 tonight with a 78-30 victory over the Plattsburg tigers tonight.

Archie will host the Liberal bulldogs on October 25th as they get ready for district play. Best of luck whirlwinds! 

Photos courtesy of Amanda Flanery

Rich Hill tigers on three game winning streak

Rich Hill tigers on three game winning streak...

The Rich Hill tigers are now on a three game winning streak as they defeated the Liberal Tigers tonight 48-26 to move to 4-4 on the season.

The tigers were led on offence tonight by a pair of seniors Carter Bell and Zane Becker. Rich Hill will hit the road next week as they travel to take on the Lockwood Tigers on October 25th.

Way to go tigers!

Butler gets huge road win tonight in Windsor

Butler gets huge road win tonight in Windsor...

The Butler Bears (3-4) hit the road tonight as they traveled to take on the Windsor Greyhounds (6-1) in high school football action.

Windsor would take the opening kick off and have a nearly 9 minute drive before scoring in a short touchdown run by sophomore Rowan Cox. The conversion was good and the greyhounds lead 8-0.

Butler would get the ball and strike fast on 1 play as Junior Jake Chandler broke a 60 yard touchdown run. The conversion was good and the bears would tie the game 8-8. The 2nd quarter was a defensive battle as both teams would head into halftime time 8-8.

Butler would get the ball first in 2nd half and they would capitalize taking the lead on a short touchdown run by Junior quarterback Kellen Long. The conversion was no good Butler would lead 14-8.

Butler would get a great 4th down stand at their own 5 yard line with 2:52 left in the 4th and they would go on to win the game with the final score 14-8. The bears move to 4-4 on the season and they will be at home next week as it will be Senior night against El Dorado Springs. 

 

KC Man Pleads Guilty to Three Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Faces 20 Years to Life in Prison for Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to distributing fentanyl, which resulted in three overdose deaths in Belton and Raymore, Mo., as part of a drug-trafficking conspiracy.

Tiger Dean Draggoo, 24, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and three counts of distributing fentanyl resulting in death.

By pleading guilty today, Draggoo admitted that he distributed fentanyl on Sept. 3, 2022, the use of which caused the death of another person. 

Draggoo admitted that he distributed fentanyl between Aug. 22 and Sept. 13, 2022, the use of which caused the death of another person. Draggoo admitted that he distributed fentanyl between Dec. 7 and 20, 2022, the use of which caused the death of another person.

Draggoo also admitted that the government’s evidence of the total amount of drugs he is responsible for distributing or possessing is at least 22,364 pills that contained a total of 2,460 grams of fentanyl.

Victim #1 Fatality
On Sept. 4, 2022, Cass County, Mo., sheriff’s deputies found a juvenile, identified in court documents as “Victim #1,” deceased in her bedroom. An autopsy report identified “Fentanyl Intoxication” as the cause of death. Investigators determined that Draggoo was selling fentanyl pills to the victim and had supplied her with fentanyl pills on the evening of Sept. 3, 2022.

Victim #2 Fatality
On Sept. 13, 2022, a deceased person, identified in court documents as “Victim #2,” was found in the Belton residence where she lived with her mother. A blue pill was found in her bedroom, which was tested and determined to contain fentanyl. An autopsy report identified the cause of death as “Acute Fentanyl Toxicity.” Investigators learned that Draggoo was selling fentanyl pills to Victim #2. Draggoo typically would drop off pills near midnight at Victim #2’s bedroom window, and cell phone GPS information indicated Draggoo was in the area of Victim #2’s residence at approximately 12:20 a.m on Sept. 13, 2022.

Attempted Arrest of Draggoo
On Sept. 22, 2022, law enforcement officers conducted surveillance of Draggoo’s apartment and attempted to arrest him. Draggoo got into a Jeep Renegade driven by his brother, co-defendant Colt Justin Draggoo, 21, of Kansas City, Mo. Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop of the vehicle, but the vehicle fled. Tiger and Colt Draggoo later returned to the apartment complex, but when an officer drove into the parking lot, Tiger Draggoo ran into the apartment building and was able to escape.

Colt Draggoo was arrested. Officers found a loaded Springfield Armory 9mm handgun sitting on the driver’s seat of the Jeep. A laundry bag in the back seat contained two fire safes that had a total of $184,500 in cash. Colt Draggoo has pleaded guilty to his role in the drug-trafficking conspiracy.

Officers searched Tiger Draggoo’s apartment and found 17 firearms, including two machine guns, ammunition of various calibers, $246,769 in cash, a ballistic vest with plates, a money counter, numerous pills that contained fentanyl, eight suspected LSD tabs, and marijuana. The 17 firearms included a Del-Ton 5.56-caliber rifle (converted into a machine gun), a Glock switch (used to convert a Glock pistol into a machine gun), three Marlin .22-caliber rifles, a Norinco 7.62-caliber rifle, a Mosin-Nagant rifle, an Anderson Manufacturing AM-15 .223-caliber rifle, a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun, an Armscorp USA .308-caliber rifle, a Century Arms 7.62-caliber rifle, a Herbert Schmidt .22-caliber revolver, a New England Firearms .22-caliber revolver, a Kimber 9mm pistol, a Glock 9mm pistol, a Sig Sauer 9mm pistol, and a Metro Arms .45-caliber pistol.

Victim #3 Fatality
On Dec. 20, 2022, Raymore police officers were dispatched to a residence in Raymore regarding a non-breathing female, identified in court documents as Victim #3. Victim #3 was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced deceased. A small jewelry box in Victim #3’s bedroom contained three broken segments of a blue pill that were tested and determined to contain fentanyl. An autopsy report identified the cause of death as “Acute Fentanyl Toxicity.” Investigators learned that Tiger Draggoo had been selling fentanyl to Victim #3 since as early as May 31, 2022. The last Facebook Messengers conversation between Tiger Draggoo and Victim #3 occurred on Dec. 7, 2022, when they agreed to meet and an amount of $50 was agreed upon.

Arrest of Draggoo
Tiger Draggoo was arrested at his residence on Jan. 20, 2023. Tiger Draggoo was in possession of almost $2,000 in cash in his billfold and pockets. Officers searched Tiger Draggoo’s apartment and recovered pills from the toilet. Officers also found suspected psilocybin mushrooms, 144 grams of yellow THC wax, and more than $62,000 in additional cash. Officers searched Tiger Draggoo’s Honda Accord and found three handguns, a Palmetto State Armory multi-caliber rifle, an unregistered short-barreled 12-gauge shotgun, and $1,250 in cash. Officers searched his girlfriend’s Jeep Renegade, which was located at the apartment complex, and found a backpack that contained more than $82,000 in cash.

Under federal statutes, Tiger Draggoo is subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of life in federal prison without parole. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes, as the sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brad K. Kavanaugh and Robert Smith. It was investigated by the Jackson County Drug Task Force, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Belton, Mo., Police Department, the Raymore, Mo., Police Department, the Cass County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department, and the FBI.

Peculiar man charged with 10 counts of Child Pornography

Around noon on Thursday October 17, Cass County detectives assigned to the Western Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (WMICAC) served a search warrant in rural Peculiar. As a result, they arrested 45-year-old Toby Schultz of Peculiar.

Mr. Schultz is charged with 10 counts of Possession of Child Pornography, which is a Class B Felony.

Schultz is currently in the Cass County Jail, with no bond allowed.
Detectives were acting on tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

The Western Missouri Internet Crimes Against Children (WMICAC) Task Force is spearheaded by the Cass County Sheriff’s Office and consists of personnel from agencies within Cass, Johnson, Bates, Henry, Saline, Lafayette, and Pettis counties.

Disclaimer: Arrest records are public information. Any indication of an arrest does not mean the individual identified has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Obituary - Robert Lowell Myers

Graveside service and internment for Robert Myers of Grandview, Missouri formerly of Butler, Missouri will be 1 p.m. Monday, October 21, 2024 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Butler, Missouri. No scheduled visitation. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com.

Robert Lowell Myers, age 54 of Grandview, Missouri formerly of Butler, Missouri died on Thursday, October 17, 2024 in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born November 8, 1969 to Dennis Ray O’Rear and Kathy Elizabeth Miller Myers in Rolla, Missouri and later adopted by Jack Myers.

Robert is survived by his mother and father, Kathy and Jack Myers of Forney, Texas; an uncle, Kenny Miller and wife Sharon of Nixa, Missouri; an aunt, Grace Hobbs of Kansas City, Missouri; and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his biological father, Dennis O’Rear; a sister; and his grandmother who helped raise him, Edith Miller.