Severe Thunderstorm Warning Northern Bates County

Northern Bates County is in a SevereThunderstorm Warning effective until 10:30pm this evening. The strom is 6 miles South of Drexel heading Northeast at 30mph. Expect quarter size hail and heavy rain. Bates County Live will update this and all weather

Rummage Sale In Rich Hill

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