April Enforcement News Release‏

Captain Robert L. Powell, commanding officer Troop A, Lee's Summit, announces DWI checkpoints will be conducted in the Troop A area during the month of April.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol, along with the Kansas City [MO] Police Department, will conduct a DWI checkpoint in Jackson County between now and the end of April.  There will also be a DWI checkpoint conducted in Pettis County sometime during the month of April.  These operations are an effort by law enforcement agencies to remove intoxicated drivers from Missouri's highways.  The checkpoints will consist of officers stopping drivers at a set location and testing those who have been drinking. 

A sobering fact is that impaired driving contributed to approximately 30 percent of all Missouri fatal traffic crashes.  In 2013, 236 people were killed and 2,969 injured in crashes involving an impaired driver.  That’s why the Missouri State Highway Patrol will join other Missouri law enforcement agencies to crack down on drunk driving throughout the year.

Captain Powell stated, "Impaired driving is not just a law enforcement problem.  It is a community problem.  We urge all citizens to report any driver they observe operating a vehicle in an unsafe manner.” The public can contact the Missouri State Highway Patrol toll-free at 1-800-525-5555 or *55 on their cellular phone.

In support of “The Drive To Zero Highway Deaths,” the Patrol encourages motorists and watercraft operators to protect themselves by making sure everyone in the vehicle is properly restrained in a seat belt or child restraint and everyone in the vessel is wearing an approved life jacket. Click It 4 Life And Wear It!!

Butler Boys Track Results

Thursday evening the Butler Bears traveled to Adrian to compete in the Adrian Invitational Track Meet. The meet was delayed an hour due to the threat of impending weather so what started out as a sunny warm evening at 5:00 pm quickly turned into another chilly, windy track meet.

The Butler Bears had another excellent showing that night! The excellent effort from all of the Boys earned our team a 4th place finish out of 14 teams!

Here are the top 8 place finishers:

200M Dash - Austin Castandea - 3rd place

400M Dash- Austin Castandea- 2nd place

                            Kyle Todd - 3rd place

300M Hurdles- Devan Loveall- 2nd place

4x200 Relay- Kyle Todd, Brett Miller, Kaleb Kauffman, Austin Castandea - 1st place with a time of 1:37.13

4x400 Relay- Kyle Todd, Brett Miller, Devan Loveall, Austin Castandea - 1st place with a time of 3:42.26

4x800 Relay- Bram Hubbard, Seth Olson, David Morse, Jesse Donovan - 8th place

Long Jump- Kaleb Kauffman- 1st place with a jump of 18'10"

Triple Jump- Dylan Morris- 5th place

Our team is working hard and there are a lot of athletes contributing to team points. This was the highest the Butler Boys have placed since I have started here. We do not plan on stopping and hope to bring home a 1st place overall team standing. Great job to these athletes! We travel to Cass Midway on Tuesday.

Obituary - Doris Belle Kropf

Doris Belle Kropf

Funeral services for Doris Kropf will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri with Rev. Dave Owsley officiating.  Visitation will be prior to services from 10-11 a.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel.  Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri.  Contributions to Heartland Hospice or Virginia United Methodist Church.

Doris Belle Kropf, age 95 of Butler, Missouri died Sunday, April 6, 2014 at Willow Lane Nursing Center in Butler.  He was born February 11, 1919 to Emmett and Nellie Belle McElroy Burk in Butler.

Doris is survived by one son, Joe Kropf and wife Jeanie of LaCygne, Kansas; one daughter, Sherry Hannah and husband Arnold of Butler, Missouri; five grandchildren, John Kropf, Chris Kropf, Kasey Hartnett and husband Brian, Kirk Hannah and wife Sheryl and Matt Hannah and wife Vickie; 18 great-grandchildren; and two great great-grandchildren.

Flash Fire at Tracker Boats In Clinton

On Friday, April 4, 11:54 a.m., the Clinton Fire Department responded to Tracker Marine, 1275 Golden Dr., on a report of a fire in the building. Upon arrival and entry into the building firefighters found that the fire was out with very little to no smoke in the building. During investigation, fire officials learned that two Tracker employees had been working in a boat and injured at the time of the fire. One of the employees was reportedly spreading adhesive for carpeting while the other was working on a pump in the rear of the boat using a battery operated drill. 

When the drill was put into use, an electrical arc in the drill ignited the fumes from the adhesive causing a flash fire. Both men were transported to Golden Valley Memorial Hospital where it was determined that they had both received first and second degree burns. They were both later transported by Life Flight to KU Medical.



Courtesy of Clinton Daily Democrat

Weather Update: Weekly Weather Outlook

If you can endure the cloudy skies and light rain for Monday you are in for a treat for the rest of the week. Expect mostly sunny skies with temperatures well into the 70s for at least the middle part of the week. Thunderstorms are likely this weekend, so stay tuned to forecasts through the rest of the week for updates as to how strong they might be.

Obituary - Barbara Jean Jennings

Barbara Jean Jennings, 67,  Harrisonville, Missouri died Saturday, April 5, 2014 at Cass Regional Medical Center in Harrisionville. Funeral services will be  2:00pm Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville. Burial in Oakland Cemetery, Harrisonville. The family will receive friends 1:00-2:00pm Wednesday at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville. A complete obituary will be posted when it becomes available.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Arrest Report: 4/4/14 - 4/5/14

• On 4/4/14 around 5:51pm The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested 24 year old Aaron B. Clary of Adrian, Missouri. Mr. Clary was arrested for 1.) Driving while intoxicated 2.) Careless and Imprudent Driving 3.) failure to register a motor vehicle. He was booked into the Cass County Jail and was later released.

• On 4/5/14 around 10:26pm The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested 54 year old Gary J. Taylor, of Adrian, Missouri. Mr. Taylor was arrested 1.) Felony Driving While Intoxicated 2.) Fail to drive on right side of the roadway. He was booked into the Benton County Jail and placed on a 24 hour hold.

From The Bates County Sheriff's Office

If you were an inmate at the Bates County Jail (between June 2013 and now) and had money on your commissary account please contact Jami at 660-679-3232 so your money can be released to you. You can pick it up in person at the Sheriff's Office or we can mail it to you.