Details on house fire last night

Last night at approximately 9:20 p.m., the Butler Fire Department responded to 610 N. Baker, Butler, for a report of a structure fire.On arrival, fire was found venting through the roof at the west side of a single story, wood frame residential structure.

An interior attack was initiated and the fire was extinguished with heavy fire damage to the area of origin and moderate to heavy smoke and heat damage throughout the remainder of the structure.

Adrian Fire Department responded under automatic mutual aid. Bates County EMS responded a unit for standby.

The fire was declared under control at 10:01 p.m., with the last unit leaving the scene at 11:35 p.m. No injuries were reported.

House fire on Mill street in Butler

9:27 p.m. - Butler and Adrian fire departments in route to a house fire at Mill and Baker streets in Butler. Initial reports are that the structure is fully involved.

Use caution and watch for emergency vehicles if traveling in the area.

Final scores this evening

 Bears 30,  Trojans 0

Higginsville 47, Adrian 0

The Bears will now face Higginsville Monday night at home.

November is going to be a very busy month...

Just click the Community Calendar link on the right side of our home page to get the latest info as items are being added daily!

Sign up now for Little Miss Snowflake & Little Jack Frost

The deadline for contestants to sign up for Little Miss Snowflake & Little Jack Frost is November 11th. Contestants must be 4 to 8 years of age and may sign up at the Butler Chamber office or EBT on the Northeast corner of the square. 

Winners will be based on chamber coupon book sales- in the event of a tie, interviews will be held to determine the winner. 

The theme for this year's parade is 'The Music and Magic of Christmas'. 

See you at the Christmas parade on Dec. 7th at 5:30 p.m.!

Weekly report from the Butler Police Department

Oct. 25th - Alarm at grade school; two car accident at Vine and Bus. 71; assault in the 300 block of E. Fort Scott; alarm at the Children's Center; walk in assault report taken; disturbance on Wix Lane; break in reported in the 200 block of S. Main; medical assist in the 400 block of S. Main; fire call in the 400 block of S. Main.

Oct. 26th - Animal call on the square; suspicious person at McDonald's; animal complaint in the 600 block of W. Nursery; theft call in the 300 block of N. Orange; fight in the 800 block of Wix Lane; missing child in the 800 block of Gregory; animal complaint in the 100 block of Willow; alarm call at Family center.

Don't make dinner plans tonight...

The Butler High School Project Prom will be selling pork sandwiches tonight at the Butler Bears Football Game. $6 will get you a pork sandwich, chips, beans, and a pickle. Special thanks to Heiman's for donating the pork. Come and support BHS Project Prom while cheering your Butler Bears to victory!

Kickoff will be at 7 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on FM 92.1 the Bullet. Bates County Live will provide updates on line throughout the evening.

Butler City Council News

In Butler City Council news, MoPEP, who Butler gets its electricity from, has been discussing for a few months, a reduction in the generation capacity credits for Butler and other towns that have generation facilities, and it includes an offset for us...
Losing capacity credit income that we get monthly would be offset by the reduction in the demand charge, so our City Council is ok with the change,

Also, MoPEP has been discussing the purchase of a portion of the Dogwood Generation Facility capacity. MoPEP has been purchasing generation from this facility for a couple of years for member cities, of which Butler is one. This is a natural gas-fired generation plant that does not have as many issues with the air quality regulations as coal-fired generation plants.
MoPEP approved pursuing the purchase of the plant capacity, which will bring an increase in power costs at first, but over the long term, it will help stabilize power costs for us.