Meet Scott Largent July 20th

Everyone is invited to attend the Scott Largent Fundraising Dinner Friday July 20th at the Butler Senior Center. The meal will be catered and will cost $15.00 per person. Contributions will be accepted and appreciated. 

Meet Scott Largent, Republican candidate for Missouri State Senate at 6 p.m., Friday July 20th. The dinner will be served at 6:30pm. To RSVP contact Winifred Gaston 660-679-4603.

Infant needs donations for heart surgery

A love fund has been created, asking for your help. Donations will be used for emergency surgery to save a newborn’s life. Shelby Conner Adcock was born July 10th. He is in Children’s Mercy Hospital waiting for surgery to repair one side of his heart, which is smaller than the other. The expenses will be tremendous and the parents are struggling to prepare for this life threatening surgery. Shelby is the son of Sarah and Kevin Adcock of Butler, and is the Grandson of Leroy and Loretta Welch, lifelong residents of Butler. 

An emergency medical fund has been set up at Community First Bank of Butler. The Welch and Adcock family sends God’s blessing to anyone that feels they can donate to this emergency medical situation. Checks may be made to Community First Bank of Butler in care of Shelby Conner Adcock.

-courtesy FM 92 the Bullet

Gov. Nixon requests disaster designation following drought damage assessment

An all too common sight in and around Bates County

Assessments showed 114 Missouri counties meet disaster threshold due to ongoing drought

Gov. Jay Nixon has requested that U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsackdesignate 114 counties in Missouri as primary agricultural disaster areas. The designation would permit assistance from the USDA's Farm Service Agency to farmers in those counties that have suffered losses to crops and livestock as a result of the ongoing drought throughout the state.

On June 25, Gov. Nixon requested that the Farm Service Agency assess agricultural damage across the state due to the ongoing extremely dry conditions. The assessment found that 114 Missouri counties meet the disaster threshold of having losses of at least 30 percent of the estimated yield of a single crop or where individual farmers suffer productions losses of more than 30 percent.

"Agriculture is the backbone of Missouri's economy, and our farmers are facing extremely difficult conditions because of record heat and low precipitation," Gov. Nixon said. "Our farmers and producers need additional support to help them through these challenges, including the financial assistance that becomes available if this request is granted by Secretary Vilsack."

A disaster designation would allow eligible farmers to be considered for assistance from the USDA's Farm Service Agency, including FSA emergency loans.

For more information about the Governor's request and response to extremely dry conditions throughout the state, visit mo.gov.

Drexel man hurt in single car accident

An accident on county road 14001, just north of CR 16002 sent 16 year old Timothy L. West of Drexel to the hospital with moderate injuries last night.

According to the MSHP report, West was southbound on 14001 around 11:30 p.m. when his vehicle traveled off the left side of the roadway, overturned, and came to a rest on its side. The driver was transported to Overland Park Regional Hospital for treatment.

The report indicates the driver was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.