Adrian police blotter

September 13th - dog complaint on Houston St.; property damage to vehicle.
September 15th - DFS assist on Ohio St.; fail to register citation at First and Virginia streets; dog complaint on Hazel St.
September 16th - DFS assist on Hazel St.; domestic disturbance on Eighth street, 3 citations issued; solicitation selling without permit, 71 Highway & Third street; vehicle repo assist; assist fire department on illegal burning on Virginia street; citation at Main and Missouri for no proof of insurance.
September 17th - complaint, horse out of pen on Eighth street; assist fire department on medical call on Main street.
September 18th - civil standby on Ohio street; civil standby on Eighth street; dog complaint; assisted Bates County Sheriff's Department with arrest.
September 19th - investigated suspicious vehicle on South Virginia street.

Homecoming tonight for local schools

The Miami Eagles will be celebrating Homecoming tonight as they host the Pleasanton Blue Jays. The King and Queen will be crowned during half time and this years candidates are all seniors- Dee Dee Hutchinson, Heather Reinke, Shelby Trinkle, Brooklyn Cameron, Shelby Coe, Somer Leister, Baylen Cameron, Nate Driver, Brady Mullen, Tomas Barry, Ryan Good, Aryan Cumpton, Montana Seymour, Jeff Harper and Dylan Fink.

The Adrian Blackhawks will be hosting the Rich Hill Tigers for homecoming tonight as well. Candidates are Bailey Hill, freshman; Rebekah Scott, sophomore; Savannah Underwood, junior; Natasha Lowrie, senior; Wyatt Aurand, freshman; Logan Jennings, sophomore; Alex Wilson, junior and Seth Fingalsen, senior.

Bates County Live will announce winners and ball scores later tonight.

Progressive Bingo pot is $5,500

The public is invited to play bingo every Monday night starting at 7 pm at the Adrian Optimist building. Monday night's progressive jackpot has swelled to $5,500. The Optimist building is located on business 71 South in Adrian.

No rain until Sunday...

Today

Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight

Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

Plenty to do this weekend...

Fifth Missouri Man Charged in Kidnapping

A fifth Missouri man has been charged in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a New Jersey businessman last January. Vernon County sheriff Ron Peckman says 56-year-old Roy Slates is in custody at Nevada on New Jersey charges filed after three men kidnapped Jeffrey Muller at Newton, New Jersey January 8. He escaped two days later at Lake Ozark, Mo. where the three suspects, Doug Stangeland, Lonnie Swarnes and Andrew Wadel were arrested. Slates is charged with being an accomplice to kidnapping and robbery and conspiracy to commit kidnapping and robbery. Sheriff Peckman is uncertain when he will be asked by a judge if he will waive extradition to Sussex County, New Jersey.

Newton, N.J. police say the strange saga started when Slates paid $10,000.00 cash to William Barger with orders to fund Jeffrey Muller and recover money Slates lost in a business deal in Utah. Barger was charged in Vernon County on a fugitive warrant from New Jersey and the extradition warrant was read to him by a judge September 7.

Slates is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Vernon County associate circuit court October 28 on felony charges alleging hiding a felony and hindering prosecution inconnection with an alleged home invasion near the Vernon County community of Metz last November. Stangeland, Swarnes and Wadel also face charges in connection with that incident in which Charles Scammell suffered a shotgun wound to one of his hands.

Local Forecast

Today

Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming considerable cloudiness. Breezy. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 15 to 25 mph.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.

Obituary - Evelyn Jane Wyatt

Evelyn Jane Wyatt, 98, Butler, MO died Sunday, September 19, 2010 at Willow Lane Nursing Center in Butler. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 24, 2010 at the Atkinson Chapel in Adrian, MO with visitation from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the chapel. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Medford Cemetery in Holden, MO. Memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice of Butler, 612 West Fort Scott Street, Butler, MO 64730.