A big help for parents on New Year's Eve...

Attention parents: Need a night out on new year's eve but don't have a baby sitter?

Solution: The Amsterdam Jubilee Committee is sponsoring a lock in at the Amsterdam Community Building for kids 13 and under. For $25 per child or $50 for a family your kids will be 'locked in' for a night of games, movies, snacks and fun!

The lock in will run from 7 p.m. Dec. 31st to noon on new years day. To make your reservation call 660-679-5909, 913-837-0931 or 913-731-8586.

Chamber coupon book winners announced...

Over 600 Butler Chamber of Commerce Coupon books were published by the Chamber of Commerce. The coupon books were sold by the contestants for Little Miss Snowflake and Little Mister Jack Frost and will continue to be for sale until the books are gone. All proceeds will be used to support the needs of the Butler Chamber of Commerce. 

In the back of the coupons book you found registration forms to win gifts donated by various Butler businesses. The Drawing was held today and the winners are as follows:

From Mullinax Funeral Home the winner of the 30 dollar gift certificate to Koehns’ Bakery- was Marla Kash of Butler 

Generous donation helps bring ladder truck to Butler FD

Summary of the Butler city council meeting last night:

If the Butler City Departments were sending their wish lists to Santa, he'd have some problems. Every department has a long list, and they're legitimate needs., but they have to be pared down to what can be afforded.

And that's the big job of Mayor Don Malan and the City Council. This year's city budget has been almost 13 million dollars, and it's the council's tremendous job to go through the requests of each department of the city, and to decide what can be allowed. It makes it so clear, that those on the council have much more to do, than meeting twice a month.

A white Christmas? nah...

It looks like mostly sunny days with highs around 40 and lows in the 20's through the weekend which will help make your holiday travel a little safer!

It's official...

Construction photo taken on Sept. 23rd as new stop
lights are installed at W. 52 and Fran Ave. in Butler

Bates County is now home of two working stop lights. The new light at W. 52 and Fran Ave. in Butler has been turned on and is ready to control flow from businesses on the North and South sides of 52.

The intersection is expected to get even busier after the new Walmart super center opens on Jan. 11th.

Subject arrested in Adrian robbery

Yesterday morning a man wearing a hoodie and armed with a knife, entered the Happy Go Lucky convenience store in Adrian demanding several items including cash, a glass pipe and a large quantity of Cryptonite (a chemical that is often smoked to achieve a synthetic high in the same manner as K2 Synthetic Marijuana). The subject fled the scene and the clerk quickly notified authorities.

Upon arrival, the Bates County Sheriff's Department called for additional investigators including the Adrian police department and the Missouri Highway Patrol as an extensive manhunt began. A lead was developed after reviewing the store surveillance video tapes identifying a possible suspect that was later located and taken into custody today by the Bates County Sheriff's Department, with assistance by the Adrian police.

Charges are expected to be issued on Wednesday. The suspect has no bond pending the issuance of a warrant by the Bates County Prosecutor’s Office.

Further information including the name of the subject, will be posted as more details become available.

Obituary - Velma Lawrence

Velma Jewell Lawrence, 82, Springfield, MO, formerly of Adrian, MO, died Saturday, December 17, 2011 at her daugher's home in Springfield. Private family services will be held at a later time.

Velma was born May 22, 1929 in Greenfield, MO, the daughter of James H. and Jessie Pearl (Griffith) Vaughn. She is survived by her husband, Clyde Lawrence, of the home; one son, Wendell Lawrence and his wife, Gail, Adrian, MO; two daughters, Charlotte Patterson, Springfield, MO and Sue Ellen McGee and her husband, Garland, Newark, AR and six grandchildren.

Services will be under the direction of Atkinson Funeral Home in Adrian Mo. www.atkinsonfuneralhome.com

A reminder from Bates County Memorial Hospital...