Rich Hill Police Dept. to Participate in the Click It or Ticket Enforcement

City of Rich Hill-Police Dept. will be joining with statewide law enforcement May 23-June 5 for an aggressive “Click It or Ticket” mobilization to crack down on Missouri’s seat belt violations.

Six out of 10 people killed in Missouri traffic crashes are unbuckled. And even with all the advancement in automobile safety and education on the importance of seat belt use, Missouri seat belt use has remained relatively unchanged in the last six years and consistently below the national average.

Missouri has a 79 percent seat belt use, which is well below the national average of 87 percent. Teens and pick-up truck drivers are among those least likely to buckle up at 67 and 63 percent.

“Every day someone dies in a crash in Missouri because they weren’t buckled up,” said Jack Bearce, Chief of Police. “We will be pulling out all the stops to ensure motorists are buckling up.”

Seat belt use is the single most effective way to protect people and reduce fatalities in motor vehicle crashes.

Buckle Up and Arrive Alive

For information on Missouri seatbelt usage, visit www.saveMOlives.com

Obituary - Karen Hunter

Karen Hunter

Funeral Mass for Karen E. Hunter will be 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at St. Patrick Catholic Church at 94th St. and State Ave. in Kansas City, Kansas with visitation 4:30 - 6 p.m. prior to the services at the church.  Arrangements by Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri.  Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com

Karen Elizabeth Hunter, age 46 of Butler, Missouri died Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at her home in Butler.  She was born June 19, 1969 to Dorrance Allen and Jan S. Stegge Hunter in Independence, Missouri.

Karen is survived by her mother, Jan Price and husband Mike of Basehor, Kansas; her father, Dorrance Hunter and wife Lucy of Hendersonville, North Carolina; and three sons, Christopher Hunter of Basehor, Kansas, Thomas Garcia of Basehor, Kansas and Brian Tillery of Butler, Missouri.  Also surviving is her granddaughter Aileana Hunter; three brothers; Matthew, Justin and Adam Hunter and sister Tina Walker.

Obituary - Ermon Earl Cubbage

 Ermon Earl Cubbage

Ermon Earl Cubbage, 92, Nevada, MO passed away on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. Ermon was born February 8, 1924 in Los Animas, CO to Elmer W. and Purita Caley (Craft) Cubbage. He was united in marriage to Margaret E. Neely on June 28, 1942 and she preceded him in death on April 8, 2003.

Ermon, along with his family, came to Vernon County December 31, 1937 at the age of 13. He attended Walker School until the 8th grade when he became a full time farmer. Ermon farmed and raised livestock all of his life. He served on the Walker School Board for a number of years. Ermon was also a member and an elder of the First Christian Church in Nevada.

Survivors include one daughter, Bobbie J. Hamersley and her husband Eddie, Walker; one son, Donald Cubbage and his wife Vernille, Nevada; six grandchildren, Cindy Winters, Scott Hamersley, Tracy Hamersley, Sheila Bryson, Donis Duncan, Davola Garrett; ten great grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren. In addition to his wife Margaret, he was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Charley, and Emery, one sister, Maybel Norlin, and one granddaughter, Sherri Prewitt.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada with Rev. Bill Platt officiating. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at Ferry Funeral Home.

Those who wish may contribute in his memory to the Show-Me Christian Youth Home in c/o Ferry Funeral Home.

Sometimes it pays to listen...

And sometimes it's just fun to listen. This is the the first of our series The Rest Is History. 

Just click the link below to hear about the evolution of rural electricity in Bates County. Enjoy!

http://www.batescountynews.com/podcast/52001.mp3

And yes, there's more The Rest Is History stories coming soon!

Restaurant and food handler inspections in Cass County

Health inspections for the week of April 5 and 11. If you would like more information about these or other establishments in Cass County, contact the Cass County Health Department at 816-380-8425.

In-Essential Compliance is a pass rating awarded to a food establishment that does not have any open critical items noted at the end of an inspection.

Not-in-Essential Compliance is a fail rating given to a food establishment that has one or more open critical items noted at the end of an inspection.


View Full Story Here:
http://www.demo-mo.com/2016/04/27/30013/restaurant-and-food-handler-inspections.html

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Traffic stop yields felony drug arrest in St. Clair County

West Ford

On April 27, West Ford, 40, St. Ann, was arrested on a St. Clair County warrant charging him with class B felony possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance and class C felony possession of a controlled substance. Bond is set at $20,000 cash or surety.

The charges stem from an investigation the previous day on Highway 13 southbound near CC Highway when a St. Clair County deputy conducted a traffic stop Ford was a passenger in. During the investigation Ford was found to be in possession of heroin. He was taken into custody pending the formal charge. Members of the Mid Missouri Multi Jurisdiction Drug Task Force assisted with the investigation.

Death investigation complete in St. Clair County

Sheriff Scott Keeler said a death investigation in reference to two bodies found at a residence in Lowry City is complete. On April 21, St. Clair County deputies and the Lowry City Police Department responded to a residence at 202 East 7th Street, Lowry City, and located two bodies.

The body of Isaac Tyson, a two- month-old infant child, was located in the living room of the home. His father’s body, Curtis Paul Tyson, 43, was located in a detached garage of the home.

The father's death was determined to be caused by a self inflicted gunshot wound.

On April 22, an autopsy was conducted on the infant and the cause of death was determined to be from blunt force trauma. The sheriff said following a meeting with the Child Death Review Board on April 26, this case has been ruled a murder suicide and is considered closed.