Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Western Linn County Kansas

Western Linn County Kansas has been placed into a Severe Thunderstorm WARNING by the NWS. The Warning is in effect until 7:45 pm. 60 MPH winds and quarter size hail expected. Storm has had visible rotation but no tornado yet.

Weather Update: Thunderstorms Developing

Storms have initiated in southeastern KS, along the warm front and are lifting to the northeast. The most likely areas for severe storms in the next few hours will remain well south of Kansas City and mainly be focused in area along and south of a Mound City, KS to Clinton, MO line.

Obituary - John H. Gwin

John H. Gwin

Funeral services for John Gwin will be 11 a.m. Saturday, April 5, 2014 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri with Dr. Terry Davis officiating.  Visitation will be prior to services from 10-11 a.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel.  Burial in West Point Cemetery, Amsterdam, Missouri.  Contributions to Butler First Baptist Church.



John H. Gwin, age 85 of Butler, Missouri died Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler.  He was born May 9, 1928 to John Wesley and Alvena Henrietta Maddy Gwin in Amsterdam, Missouri.

John is survived by his wife, Nancy Ann Gwin of Butler, Missouri; two daughters, Jeanene French and husband Terry of Cook, Nebraska and Eileen Shipps and husband Ron of Gower, Missouri; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his parents; and one sister, Vena Reynolds

Weather Update: Bates County Sheriff's Office

ALERT NIXLE:

Very Strong /Severe Thunderstorms are expected tonight. The storm could bring large hail and locally heavy rainfall. A risk of isolated Tornado's over small parts of Bates County

Butler High School Track Results from Monday at Adrian‏

On Monday the Butler Bears participated in the Archie HS Invitational Track Meet. The Boys fought through the wind and finished with a 5th finish out of 15 teams! The top 8 place finishers earned points towards that 5th place finish! 

Congratulations to all who participated!

200M Dash - Austin Castaneda - 4th place

400M Dash - Austin Castaneda - 3rd place

                       -Kyle Todd - 4th place

3200M Run - Tayje VanVoorst - 7th place

               -Dalton VanHorn- 8th place

300M Hurdles - Devan Loveall - 4th place

4x100M Relay- 2nd place - Tanner Diehl, Kaleb Kauffman, Devan Loveall, Dylan Morris

4x200M Relay- 2nd place - Kyle Todd, Dylan Morris, Kaleb Kauffman, Austin Castaneda

4x400M Relay- 1st place with a time of 3:42.95 - Kyle Todd, Devan Loveall, Tanner Diehl, Austin Castaneda

4x800M Relay- 8th place - Bram Hubbard, David Morse, Jesse Donovan, Dalton VanHorn

Pole Vault - 8th place- Brett Behringer

Long Jump- 3rd place- Kaleb Kauffman

Triple Jump- 7th place- Dylan Morris

Great job to all of our athletes. The Butler Bear track team will head to Adrian tomorrow, April 3rd.

Butler High School Golf Results

Congratulations to the following Butler Bears Golfers on their win over Clinton in the first golf match of the year this Monday, March 31:

1^st place: Brett Miller

2^nd place: Keagan Miller

3^rd place: Geoffrey Algiere

Results from Butler's 2014 Junior High Track Relays

Results from the 2014 Butler Junior High Track Relays

Congratulations goes out to area athletes from several local schools for the effort and good sportsmanship demonstrated at the 2014 Butler Junior High Track relays.  Team results are as follows:

Place	Boys Division	Girls Division	Coed Division
1st	Adrian	Adrian	Butler
2nd	Appleton City	Butler	Holden
3rd	Butler	Holden	Rich Hill
4th	Archie	Appleton City	El Dorado Springs
5th	Rich Hill	El Dorado Springs	Cass Midway
6th	Holden	Archie	Osceola
7th	El Dorado Springs	Drexel	Archie
8th	Windsor	Cass Midway	Windsor
9th	Cass Midway	Windsor	Adrian
10th	Osceola	Osceola	Drexel
11th	Drexel	Rich Hill	Appleton City

Butler Lady Bears Track Results: Archie 3-31-14

On Monday our team participated in the Archie HS Invitational Track Meet. It was a pleasant, sunny afternoon but awfully windy. Our Lady Bears fought through the wind and finished with a hard-earned 3^rd place finish out of 15 teams!!

The top 8 place finishers earned points towards that 3^rd place finish! Congratulations to all who participated!

100M Dash- Kayla Morris- 2^nd place

200M Dash- Kayla Morris- 2^nd place

400M Dash- Amy Miller- 7^th place

3200M Run- Katie Henry- 8^th place

100M Hurdles- Kiersten Morris- 1^st place with a time of 17.58

                               Ashleigh Floyd- 4^th place

300M Hurdles- Kiersten Morris- 1^st place with a time of 52.87

                               Ashleigh Floyd- 7^th place

4x100M Relay- 1^st place with a time of 54.22: Kayla Morris, Makenna Hannah, Courtney Blevins, Kiersten Morris

4x200M Relay-1^st place with a time of 1:52.91: Kayla Morris, Mady Gepford, Amy Miller, Kiersten Morris

4x400M Relay- 4^th place: Makenna Hannah, Jenna Simms, Chelsea Spencer, Mady Gepford

4x800M Relay- 3^rd place: Katie Henry, Jenna Simms, Peyton McGuire, Mady Gepford

Girls High Jump- Amy Miller- 4^th place

                                Aarika Gardner- 6^th place

Pole Vault- Aarika Gardner- 7^th place

Triple Jump- Amy Miller- 1^st place with a jump of 32’ 10.75”

                          Peyton McGuire- 5^th place

The Butler Bears will travel to Adrian tomorrow, Thursday, April 3^rd.