From The Butler School District

The Butler School district WILL have school on January 20th (next Monday) This date will be the first make-up snow day. Also we will NOT have a Spirit Assembly in January – the Butler School District will announce the February Assembly at a later date.

Obituary - Joan Kinnard Maloney

Joan Kinnard Maloney, 83, Archie, Missouri, died Sunday, January 12, 2014 at Cass Regional Medical Center in Harrisonville, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, January 16, 2014 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Adrian, Missouri with visitation from 10:00-11:00. Burial will be in Freeman Cemetery, Freeman, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to the Adrian United Methodist Church or to any children’s charity of your choice.

2014 National Amber Alert Day‏

Each year on January 13, Missouri, as well as the rest of the country, honors the importance of Amber Alerts on National Amber Alert Day. This year will mark the 18th anniversary of the creation of the Amber Alert System. The date is an important reminder to Missourians to stay vigilant and to make child protection a top priority. AMBER (which stands for America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) was created in 1996, when Dallas-Fort Worth broadcasters teamed with Texas police to develop an early warning system for finding abducted children. The program was soon adopted across the nation as a legacy to Amber Hagerman, the nine-year-old girl who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, TX, and then brutally murdered.

When a child is abducted, the greatest enemy of law enforcement is time. An Amber Alert warns the public immediately through the Emergency Alert System to be on the lookout for the missing child and the abductor.

One of the common misunderstandings of the Amber Alert System is the stringent criteria which must be met before the Alert can be issued. To qualify for an Amber Alert, there must be indication that an abduction has occurred; there must be sufficient details to make a public alert useful; the victim must be 17 years of age or younger; and there must be credible threat of serious harm or death to the victim. If an Amber Alert does not apply, an Endangered Persons Advisory (EPA) may be issued. An EPA alerts the media as well, but does not broadcast the information in a high alert fashion.

Amber Alerts are broadcast through a joint cooperative effort by the Patrol, the Missouri Department of Transportation, Missouri media, and via email and text messages to the public. Once it is determined an alert meets this criteria, the Patrol’s Troop F communications personnel issue the information to law enforcement and the media for immediate broadcast. MoDOT message boards along Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 play a vital role in dispersing the information via 48 permanent electronic message boards along Interstates 70 and 44.

For more information regarding Missouri’s Amber Alert System, please visit the Patrol’s website at www.mshp.dps.mo.gov or call the Missing Persons Unit at (573) 526-6178. Members of the public may also visit www.amberalert.gov to sign up to receive Amber Alerts via email or text message

Bates County Sheriff's Office Activity Report 1-6-14/ 1-12-14

Bates County Sheriff’s Office Activity Report

 January 6, 2014 to January 12, 2014

01-06-2014

AGENCY ASSIST-BUTLER

AGENCY ASSIST-BULER

THEFT-APPLETON CITY

DISTURBANCE-BUTLER Deputies responded to the rural Butler area in regards to a disturbance.

BURGLARY-BUTLER Deputies took a Burglary report in the RR 5 Butler area.

AGENCY ASSIST-BUTLER

 

01-07-2014

MISSING PERSON-ADRIAN Bates County Sheriff's Office received a report of a missing person in the rural Adrian area.  The subject was located in the early morning hours of 01-07-2014.

MVA-HUME

MVA-HUME at 0930 hours, on 01-07-14, when a Deputy was struck by another motor vehicle causing an accident in Hume Mo.

MVA-RICH HILL

MVA-PASSAIC

SPEAK TO OFFICER-BUTLER

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY-BUTLER

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY-PASSAIC

CHECK WELL BEING-ROCKVILLE

HARASSMENT-BUTLER Bates County Deputies took a report of Harassment and Shots Heard in the RR 4 Butler area.

01-08-2014

AMBULANCE REQUEST-ADRIAN

ANIMAL AT LARGE-RICH HILL

THEFT-MERWIN Bates County Deputies took a theft report in the Merwin area. No suspect information at this time

ABANDON VEHICLE-ADRIAN

AGENCY ASSIST-BUTLER

ABANDON VEHICLE-BALLARD

ABANDON VEHICLE-VIRGINIA

AMBULANCE REQUEST-RICH HILL

DOMESTIC-BUTLER Bates County Deputies responded to a domestic in progress at Rt 1 Butler, MO.

 

01-09-2014

AGENCY ASSIST-ADRIAN

AMBULANCE REQUEST-ADRIAN

TRUANCY-ADRIAN On 01-09-14 the Principal of the Adrian High School and a Deputy went to a residence in Adrian Mo in reference to two Truant students

FAILURE TO REGISTER-BUTLER On 01-09-2014 Deputies arrested a male subject out of Butler for fail to register as a sex offender.

SPEAK TO OFFICER-BUTLER

JUVENILE PROBLEM-ADRIAN On 01-09-2014 Deputies responded to an out of control juvenile in the rural Adrian area.

 

01-10-2014

BURGLAR ALARM-AMSTERDAM

FORGERY-BUTLER

WANTED SUBJECT-BUTLER On 1-10-14 Bates County Deputies responded to the courthouse to take custody of a suspect.

MVA-BUTLER

ANIMAL NEGLECT-BUTLER

AMBULANCE REQUEST-ARCHIE On Friday, 01-10-2014 Bates County Deputies took an informational report in the rural Archie, MO area

CHECK WELL BEING-BUTLER

SPEAK TO OFFICER-DREXEL

 

01-11-2014

CHECK WELL BEING-RICH HILL

MVA-RICH HILL

THEFT-BUTLER On 1-11-14, Deputies responded to the rural Butler area on a theft of a trailer

THEFT-AMORET On 01/11/2014 Deputies responded to the rural Amoret area in regards to a theft.

ANIMAL AT LARGE-ADRIAN

ANIMAL AT LARGE-RICH HILL

LITTERING-AMSTERDAM On 01-11-2014 Bates County Deputies took a report of Littering in the Amsterdam area.

CIVIL STANDBY-BUTLER

AMBULANCE REQUEST-ADRIAN

MVA-RICH HILL

 

01-12-2014

DISTURBANCE-HUME On 01/12/2014 Deputies responded to a report of a disturbance in progress and took report of an assault in the Hume area

CIVIL STANDBY-ADRIAN

THEFT-FOSTER On 01/12/2014 Deputies responded to the rural Foster area in regards to gas theft.

SPEAK TO OFFICER-BUTLER On 01/12/2014 Deputies responded to the rural Butler area in regards to Animal Abuse.

AGENCY ASSIST-ADRIAN

AMBULANCE REQUEST-RICH HILL

 

 

Rich Hill Police Department Activity Report

January 6, 2014 to January 12, 2014

 

 

 

01-06-2014

TRESSPASSING

CHECK WELL BEING

 

01-07-2014

MVA

 

01-08-2014

ANIMAL AT LARGE

AMBULANCE REQUEST

 

01-09-2014

ANIMAL AT LARGE

 

01-10-2014

 

01-11-2014

CHECK WELL BEING

MVA

ANIMAL AT LARGE

MVA

 

01-12-2014

AMBULANCE REQUEST

Butler Community Food Pantry: Tackle Hunger

Help us "TACKLE HUNGER" by participating in the Souper Bowl of Caring 2014!! You... and/or your group can drop off soup and crackers at the Community Food Pantry of Butler, 709 W. Ohio in Butler from now through Super Bowl Sunday! Items donated during this time are recorded and these numbers are turned into the National Organization.

All food items stay at the local pantry and benefit Bates County residents who are in need of a warm meal on these cold days. You can learn more about the Souper Bowl of Caring at tacklehunger.org.

Butler Pantry Thrift Store Sewing For Charity

Sewing for Charity. Come to the Butler Pantry Thrift Store 2nd and 4th Mondays 10 am to 2pm (bring sack lunch).

Sewing group makes quilts for donation to Local Childrens Abuse Center, Hope House in Harrisonville, Childrens' Mercy Oncology Unit, and The Ronald McDonald House near Childrens Mercy Hospital. Donations are accepted to help buy batting. Call 660-227-6101, Joyce Fitzpatrick for more information.

CIRCUIT COURT NEWS JAN 6 - 10, 2014‏

CIRCUIT COURT OF BATES COUNTY, COURT NEWS

JAMES K JOURNEY, JUDGE

Diana L Rich , Clerk

Jan 6-10, 2014

Kendra K Gregg v Michael J Gregg, Dissolution of Marriage is granted.

 

Karen E Tillery v Waylon B Tillery, Dissolution of Marriage is granted.

 

Garry Perrymann v Colleen Perrymann, Petition for Dissolution of Marriage filed.

FirstDayofSession - 2014 News Release from Rep. Randy Pike‏

Missouri General Assembly is Back in Session:

Republican Led House Sets Sights High for 2014

 

JEFFERSON CITY, MO— The Missouri House of Representatives convened at noon January 8, 2014 per the Missouri Constitution, thus beginning the Second Regular Session of the 97^th General Assembly. Representatives arrived excited to begin the new legislative session. In his opening marks Speaker Tim Jones outlined some of his priorities for the upcoming session using his “4 G’s”—Growth and Opportunities, Guaranteeing access to a great education, Generating reliable energy and infrastructure, and Guarding and protecting Missouri Values. Speaker Jones hopes these issues will guide legislation coming out of the Republican led House. With bill filing already in full swing it will not take long to see movement on priority legislation.

 

“I am happy to be back in Jefferson City and ready to get back to work,” said Representative Pike. “I ran for this position to represent the 126th District and the state of Missouri, so being at the Capitol and working on legislation is truly something I look forward to. I think Speaker Jones has provided us with a good road map for the year and I look forward to helping and serving the constituents.”

 

The General Assembly ended their first regular session in May of 2013 and have been back to the Capitol for both Veto Session and the recent Extraordinary Session called by the Governor. Missouri’s legislative session will conclude on May 16^th, 2014.