Attention Linn County Idol Contestants

Attention Linn County Idol Contestants!!!

Saturday August 8, 2015 at 5 p.m.

The Top Three Winners to Receive Cash Prizes 1st - $300 2nd - $200 3rd - $100

Contestants Must Submit a Demo CD/DVD Featuring Two Acts and $20.00 Entry Fee
By July 24, 2015 to:

Natalie Umphenour c/o Linn County Idol
17780 KS Hwy 52 Mound City, Ks 66056

For any questions please contact:
Natalie Umphenour: Pleasanton C: 913-285-0947
Melody Troth: LaCygne H: 913-757-4860 C: 913-488-4860
Kyla Carbon: Mound City H: 913-795-2323

Obituary - Pearl A. Young

Pearl A. Young

Funeral Services for Pearl A. Young will be held at Hill and Son Funeral Home in Appleton City, Missouri on Friday, July 17, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Tony Reynolds officiating.  The Interment will be in Appleton City Cemetery Appleton City, Missouri.

Pearl's request was that anyone wishing to make a Memorial donation please make it to Spring Grove Cemetery. Those may be left at the funeral home.

Pearl A. Young, the youngest daughter of Joseph and Velva (Campbell) Morgan, was born March 11, 1918 near Appleton City, Missouri. She passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at the age of 97 years. 

On May 1, 1938 she was united in marriage with Orveil A. Young. Two daughters were born to this union. She lived all her life in and around Appleton City. She attended Appleton Center Grade School and graduated from Appleton City High School in 1938. After graduating from high school, she taught at Spring Grove country school for two years. She spent twenty years as a cashier/bookkeeper for Missouri Public Service Company retiring in 1980. 

Pearl’s hobbies were raising flowers and piecing and quilting quilts. She enjoyed quilting with friends at the Christian Church. They quilted many quilts through the years. She was a member of the Christian Church, professing her faith in 1948. 

Pearl was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one daughter Sandra Crockett and two sisters, Opal Spears from Appleton City and Ruby Doll from Clinton, Missouri. Those left to mourn her passing are one daughter, Kathy Young of Pahoa, Hawaii; one granddaughter Heather Berry and husband Bob, one great-grandson, Matthew Berry all of Harveyville, Kansas; two nieces, Shirley Crayton of Appleton City and Patty Montgomery of Clinton, Missouri; one cousin, Bill Meyer of Joplin, Missouri; and one dear friend Mary Jane Locke of Appleton City.

Bates County Sheriffs Office: Helping Alex

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Deputy Newman and Alex

On June 23, 2015 Deputy Newman and Deputy Wilson from the Bates County Sheriff's Office responded to a medical call that involved a child whose clothes were fully engulfed. The child, Alex, had burns that covered over half of his body. Alex was transported by life flight to Children's Mercy Hospital then he was transferred to KU's Burn Unit. Alex will have to remain in the hospital for three months while he is recovering from his burns.

Last week, Deputy Newman and Deputy Wilson asked for the community's help to purchase an Ipad for Alex to help the time pass quicker for him while he is in the hospital. The Deputies were able to raise a total of $594.00 from donations made by the community. With the donations they were able to purchase an Ipad Mini 3 and an Itunes gift card for Alex. The money that was left after the purchases were made was given to Alex's family to help deter the cost of traveling to and from the hospital every day.

This morning Deputy Newman, Deputy Wilson and Paramedics Ben Strauch and Jerret Reno presented Alex with the Ipad and the gift card along with get well cards that were signed by several people in Law Enforcement. The Deputies would like to thank everyone who graciously donated money for their cause. They would also like to thank the Manager at our local Wal-Mart for giving them a 30% discount towards the purchase of the Ipad. Also a special Thank You to Adrian Bank and Douty's Auto Service for their substantial donation. Deputy Newman and Deputy Wilson said it feels good to live in a community that comes together and helps someone like this in their time of need.

Storm Clouds in the area this morning

And another one bites the dust...

The city of Butler continues to remove the eyesores- dangerous, unsightly vacant houses. This is what is left of a shack on the corner of Page and Mill streets on the northeast corner of town. After hauling off the debris, expect to see a smooth plot of land at this location in the near future.

Other demolitions have already been completed and some of the most recently cleared lots can be seen on Olive street south of Fort Scott and along south Mechanic street.

More around town are set to be dozed soon, their fate clearly marked with bright spray paint on the structure.

Search continues for missing Missouri boy with autism

Johnathan Shay

Jonathan Shay, 13, is still missing from the St. James, Missouri area. Shay went missing, along with his cousin, Xavier Baylor,11, around 7:30 on Thursday, July 9.

The boys went missing from the 10000 block of County Road 3470, south of St. James. PCSD reported that it was “believed they walked away from the residence.”

The Everbridge mass notification system, used by Phelps County to alert citizens about emergencies, sent out an alert about the missing boys around 10:45 a.m. Friday. The family and friends of the boys organized a private search for the boys via social media early Friday afternoon. Law enforcement officers also continued to search.

Baylor was located by searchers from the Highway Patrol approximately 1:15 p.m. near the Dry Fork Creek in St. James. In a press release from Phelps County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD), locals were asked to pay “special attention in St. James and areas south of St. James for Johnathan L. Shay.”

Baylor’s step-mother, Julie Baylor, reported on the St. James Leader-Journal’s Facebook page, in response to questions about why the boys separated, “Xavier said he’d been trying to convince Johnathan to give up, but he wouldn’t. When Xavier decided not to go any further, Johnathan left on his own. Xavier has tried to help searching and finding where they had last been together, but it’s easy to get turned around in the woods and he’s only 11.”
 
Baylor’s mother, Andrea Lewis, reported on the St. James Leader-Journal’s Facebook page, in response to the same questions, that Baylor “has already talked with law enforcement numerous times and has helped them with trying to find his cousin” and “they split up the next morning sometime because Xavier wanted to go back.”

According to the endangered person advisory issued around 2 a.m., Friday, for the two boys, Shay “has run away before and was found approximately 12 hours later in poor condition.”

Shay is a white male and is 5 feet, 2 inches tall. He weighs 100 pounds and has brown hair, hazel eyes and was last seen wearing a gray T-shirt, dark blue shorts and black tennis shoes. PCSD, the Highway Patrol, and the friends and family of Shay report that Shay has autism.

Local media, including the The Rolla Daily News, St. James Leader-Journal and the Waynesville Daily Guide shared the story on their Facebook and Twitter pages early Friday morning, prompting thousands of shares and people offering to help search.
Captain Rick Hope, of the PCSD, told the Leader-Journal, Sunday afternoon, that PCSD was not turning volunteer searchers away, but could not have them in the woods because it could interfere with the dogs trying to locate Shay’s scent. Volunteer searchers are being encouraged to drive the roads in the surrounding area in the hopes of finding Shay when or if he comes out of the woods.

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St. Clair County Sheriffs Office: Warrant Arrest Issued

Rachel Wheatley

WANTED
Class C felony possession of a controlled substance
Warrant issued on June 17, 2014

Wheatley, Rachael Desiree
Address: (Last Known)
5655 SW K HWY
OSCEOLA, MO 64776

Employer: (Last Known)

SEX: Female
DOB: 1978-06-05
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 508
Weight: 160
Race: White

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Two wanted on warrants 

If you have any information, please contact the 

St. Clair County Sheriff's Office 

417-646-5832

$2 gas likely to return after Iran nuclear deal

NEW YORK — U.S. drivers can look forward to $2 gas later this year, thanks in part to the Iran nuclear deal announced Tuesday.

Gas may only dip a few cents when the Iranian oil first starts to flow again, but by September drivers could see big savings.

“Once we get past Labor Day, we should see gas falling by 10 to 15 cents a month,” said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst with the Oil Price Information Service. “By December a lot of places are going to see gasoline at $2 or less.”

Iran hasn’t been able to sell oil to the United States since 1995. Most major Western countries imposed sanctions within the last five years aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear program. Instead it’s been selling to China, India, Turkey and other developing markets.
Whole crude oil and gasoline prices were both slightly lower Tuesday on news of a deal between six major powers and Iran.

“[Iran] will only add to the oil glut on the market and increase the selling pressure,” wrote Naeem Aslam, chief market analyst at Ava Trade.

The details of how sanctions will be lifted is not yet known. Some critics in Congress want to keep U.S. sanctions in place, but President Obama has vowed to veto any such efforts. And even if U.S. sanctions do stay in place for a while, the flow of Iranian oil to Europe will push down prices in global oil markets.

Iran could add as much as 500,000 barrels of oil per day to worldwide markets by the end of this year, according to experts at a recent Credit Suisse conference on Iranian sanctions and oil. The International Energy Agency estimates Iran could add as much as 800,000 barrels a day months after sanctions are lifted. Another 30 million barrels of Iranian crude are estimated to be in storage and ready for sale, according to FACTS Global Energy, an industry consultancy.

The average gas price at U.S. stations is now $2.78 for a gallon of regular, according to AAA. Gas prices had fallen below $2 at most U.S. gas stations this past winter.
Even without Iranian oil, global production has been booming. North America, OPEC nations and record production from Russia and Iraq have been adding to a glut of oil on world markets. Economic problems in Europe and China also are curbing demand.
Kloza said Iran will add even more oil to the markets in 2016 as it improves its oil industry’s infrastructure, which has suffered under the sanctions.


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