BATES COUNTY LICENSE OFFICE NOVEMBER CLOSING DATES

 The Bates County License Office will be closed 3 days in November. Monday, November the  11^th for Veteran’s Day and Thursday and Friday, November 28^th and the 29^th for Thanksgiving weekend. The License Office will be open the fourth Saturday, November 23^rd from 8:00 am until 12 noon

Obituary - Henry Ford

Henry Ford, 91, Harrisonville, Missouri, died Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 1, 2013 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville with burial in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association.

Obitaury - Edgar Claude "Eddie" Martin

Edgar Claude "Eddie" Martin 73, Pleasanton, Kansas and a 1057 graduate of Foster, Mo. High School, passed away Saturday at Fort Scott. Arrangements are under direction of the Schneider Funeral Home, Pleasanton, and services are scheduled at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with burial to follow in the Salem Cemetery. The family receives friends between six and eight o'clock this evening at the funeral home in Pleasanton. Memorials to the Prescott, Kansas Food Pantry are suggested.

PRESS RELEASE HENRY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE:SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN STRING OF HENRY COUNTY RURAL BURGLARIES

 

JERRY LEE SPORT

HEATHER A. WOHLER

THOMAS FORDYCE

According to Henry County Sheriff J. Kent Oberkrom, Deputy Brady Graham responded to the area of SE 1051 and SE 800 road shortly after 3 a.m. on Oct. 28 on a reported theft of a small utility trailer from a residence in that area.

The reporting party advised that the suspect vehicle was still in the area as the road has only one exit and the neighborhood residents had the road blocked, awaiting law enforcement arrival.

At the scene, Deputy Graham located a pickup truck with Kansas license plates, parked in a yard just east of SE 1051 Road with no one around it.

A search of the area by Deputy Graham and Sheriff Oberkrom did not discover anyone responsible for the vehicle.

While processing the vehicle for evidence, another citizen contacted Central Dispatch and reported a large pile of tools and equipment just north of where the vehicle was parked.

The stolen trailer with an ATV on it was found on SE 800, about one mile east of where the vehicle was parked.

After processing the truck, residents in the area reported a truck had just been stolen in the 900 block of SE 1051.

Cpl. Tim Eaton, who was responding to the area to assist, saw the stolen vehicle and attempted a traffic stop on Highway Z near SE 1231.

The stolen vehicle initially stopped, but when Cpl. Eaton ordered the driver to exit the vehicle, the driver accelerated and fled northbound on SE 1231 Road.

About a mile north of Highway Z, the suspect vehicle turned into a driveway, drove through a yard and exited back southbound on SE 1231, towards Highway Z.

Sheriff Oberkrom attempted to block the roadway, but the suspect vehicle attempted to strike Sheriff Oberkrom’s patrol vehicle and subsequently went around him and traveled back onto Highway Z, headed westbound.

The driver continued to fail to yield to Sheriff Oberkrom and Cpl. Eaton, traveling west on Highway Z.

In the 500 block of SE Highway Z, Major Rob Hills deployed his tire deflation devices and successfully punctured both of the driver side tires.

The driver continued about two miles, driving for some distance on the rims.

Deputy Lee Hilty attempted to block the roadway and the driver attempted to strike Hilty’s patrol vehicle. The driver then continued until he turned into a private drive.

The vehicle came to a stop near the residence and the male driver exited and surrendered without further incident. He was identified as Jerry Lee Sport, 32, Kansas City, KS.

Back at the intersection of SE 1051 and SE 800, a male and a female subject walked out from behind the residence where the suspect vehicle had been discovered earlier in the morning.

Both subjects were taken into custody for investigation of burglary in the second degree.

They were identified as Thomas Fordyce, 30, Kansas City, KS, and Heather A. Wohler, 32, Kansas City, KS.

Fordyce also had probation violation warrants from the state of Kansas.

A canvass of the area by Sheriff Oberkrom, Deputy Chase Jackson and Cpl. Tim Eaton revealed that several homes had been burglarized.

Butler City Police Activity Report Oct 22 - Oct.27

10/22/2013 

Walk in report
Stolen bike report
Accident report 100 block of S Broadway
 
10/23/2013 

Disturbance High and Ft Scott
Animal complaint 
Animal complaint Olive and Bennett
Possible prowler 400 block of S Mechanic
 
10/24/2013 

Disturbance 400 block of E Jefferson
Shop lifting call Wal Mart
Possible prowler 400 block of S Mechanic
Animal complaint 200 block of N High
 
10/25/2013 

Alarm 600 block of N Maple
Accident High School
Animal complaint 500 block of Lee
Alarm 300 Block of S Delaware
Keep the peace 200 block of S Fulton
Alarm 1100 block of W Ft Scott
Warrant service
Medical assist 400 block of S High
Disturbance 800 block of Grove
 
10/26/2013 

Animal complaint 500 block of N Main
Theft South 71 Storage
Disturbance 200 block of W Park
Attempted Break in 200 block of Oak
Disturbance  600 block of N Main
 
10/27/2013 

 Assault 400 block of N Main
Keep the peace 600 block of N Main
Medical assist 600 block of W Adams
Disturbance 100 block of S Willow
Keep the peace Accident 400 block of S High

Miami FCCLA Booster Club Free movie

Miami FCCLA Booster Club is having a FREE Movie Night on Friday, November 1 at 6:30 pm at the Amsterdam Theater (upstairs) on the north side of Main Street, Amsterdam, MO.  Come watch MONSTERS UNIVERSITY with us.  The movie is FREE and concessions are available for a small charge

St.Clair County Press Release: Probation Violation

On Thursday, Oct. 24, Christian Stoneking, 20, Weaubleau, was arrested on a St. Clair County felony probation violation warrant. Bond was set at $5,000 cash only and as of Tuesday, Oct. 29, Stoneking remained in custody. On Sept. 15, 2010 Stoneking pled guilty to a class C felony of burglary in the second degree. The imposition of sentence was suspended and she was placed on five-years probation. A probation violation hearing is scheduled in the St. Clair County Circuit Court on Nov. 4.  

St. Clair County Press Release: Warrant Arrests

On Friday, Oct. 25, Sheila (Love) Hornbeck, 61, Osceola, was arrested in the visitation room at the St. Clair County Jail on a Benton County warrant for class B felony charge of distributing/delivering/manufacturing/producing or attempt to or possess with intent to distribute/deliver/manufacture/produce a controlled substance. The charge stemmed from an incident in Sept. 2010. Bond was set at $25,000 cash or surety. She was booked into the St. Clair County Jail and transported to the Benton County Jail.