Schell City woman arrested on Cass County Warrants

Amber Black

Amber Black a white female (DOB 03-09-1992) of Shell City, MO was arrested for an outstanding Cass county warrant for passing bad checks. The bond was set at $1,000.00 cash only.

New Doctor in Osceola

Robert M. Ford Jr., M.D.

(BOLIVAR, MO) -- Citizens Memorial Hospital announces the appointment of Robert M. Ford Jr., M.D., to the CMH medical staff. Dr. Ford will join the CMH Osceola Medical Center and Walk-In Clinic on Jan. 12, 2015.

Dr. Ford attended medical school at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, and completed his residency at Anderson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Ford previously worked for Mercy Clinics in Republic and Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Mo. He also has practiced family medicine in Arkansas and North Carolina. Dr. Ford is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Specializing in family medicine, Dr. Ford has expertise in the management of diabetes and lipids. His practice includes complete family care including well care for all ages, skin biopsies, lesions, joint injections, immunizations, geriatric medicine, gynecologic care, and disease management.

Dr. Ford joins John Jonikas, D.O., Scott Dennis, PA-C, and Donna Griffin, MSW, LCSW, at the CMH Osceola Medical Center and Walk-In Clinic. He is accepting new patients. To make an appointment with Dr. Ford or for more information about the services offered at CMH Osceola Medical Center, call 417-646-5075.

Heating Your Home may be cheaper

Energy experts say the cost to heat your home is dropping. Just like you pay less to fill up your car, you also should pay less to stay warm.

More than half of Missourians use either natural gas or propane to heat their homes.

Propane is around $1.90 a gallon around the state, and dropping in many places.

Last year, it was nearly $5 a gallon, the highest propane had ever been.Those on natural gas should also have smaller bills.

Experts say a mild winter so far and the cheaper cost to transport such heat is setting us all up for a winning winter.

Obituary - Fred W. Viar

Fred W. Viar, 83, Lee's Summit, Missouri, formerly of Harrisonville, died Monday, December 15, 2014 at his home in Lee's Summit. Funeral services will be 11:00am Friday, December 19, 2014 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville, Missouri. Burial in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Harrisonville. The family will receive friends 10:00-11:00am Friday at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville. A complete obituary will be provided when available.

Weather Update: Looking at the next 5 days

Colder temperatures will prevail through the end of the week with highs generally in the 30's. There is a good chance for light snow Wednesday night through early Thursday morning. At this time, minor accumulations look likely over eastern Kansas and western Missouri from Wednesday night through early Thursday morning. Another system will move south of the area Friday and may bring a wintry mix to areas south of I-70.

Bates County Sheriffs Office Activity Report

• December 8, 2014

ANIMAL AT LARGE – ADRIAN
ABANDON VEHICLE – BUTLER
AGENCY ASSIST – PASSAIC
THEFT – BUTLER
AGENCY ASSIST – RICH HILL
LEAVE WITHOUT PAY – ADRIAN

• December 9, 2014 

MVA (NO INJURIES) – BUTLER
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY – ROCKVILLE
ASSAULT – ADRIAN
THEFT – BUTLER
ANIMAL AT LARGE – BUTLER
ALARM – ADRIAN
ALARM – BUTLER
DOMESTIC – ADRIAN
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY – ADRIAN
AMBULANCE REQUEST – AMORET

Obituary - Elida Venita Slattery

Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m. Monday, December 22, 2014 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Butler, Missouri with Father Tom Hermes officiating. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Sunday, December 21, 2014 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. Rosary will be held 7 p.m. Sunday, December 21 at Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri. Contributions to American Cancer Society or St. Jude Children's Hospital. 

Elida Venita Slattery, age 82 of Butler, Missouri died December 13, 2014 in Butler. She was born August 28, 1932 to Eddie Lee Sr. and Dora Elizabeth Vieth Smith in Blackwater, Missouri. 

Elida is survived by two sons, Terry Slattery of Raymore, MO and Dennis Slattery and wife Cathy of Amsterdam, Missouri; four daughters, Teresa Cook of Adrian, Missouri, Mary Jones and fiance Joe Gaylord of Butler, Missouri, Sara Abraham and husband Steve of Butler, Missouri and Deborah Jean Slattery and fiance Chris Higgins of Butler, Missouri; and 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Jerome; one brother, Eddie Lee Smith Jr.; and one grandson, Jared Dennis Slattery.

Tournament of Roses Parade Float to honor the lifesaving gifts of a local donor

WESTWOOD, Kan. – December 15, 2014 – For the riders and floragraph honorees of the 12th annual Donate Life float in the 2015 Tournament of Roses Parade®, their emotional journeys will mirror the highs, lows and all points in between shared by the national community of organ and tissue recipients, transplant candidates, living donors, and families of deceased donors they represent.


In 28 states from Maine to California, the families of 72 organ, eye and tissue donors will complete memorial "floragraph" portraits of their loved ones that tell “The Never-Ending Story” of hope, giving, and life which is the theme of the 2015 Donate Life Rose Parade® float. Atop the float, the floragraphs will grace 72 books that hold their inspirational stories, with an open book seeming to release 60 butterflies representing the number of lives transformed by a single deceased donor. Only organic materials, such as spices, seeds, and crushed flowers, are used to create floragraphs.


The Midwest Transplant Network will be represented by local floragraph honoree, Darin Wainscott of Butler, Mo. Darin became a donor in February 2013 after suffering a sudden and massive brain stem aneurysm while at work. His gift of donation gave new life to four people as an organ donor and two people as a cornea donor. He was a devoted husband, father and member of his community. Darin’s family and friends gathered to put the finishing touches on his floragraph at a ceremony on Dec. 12 at the Butler Country Club.