Warsaw man arrested in Henry County

Christopher D. Strutton

On 8/31/16 around 8:02pm the Missouri State Highway in Henry County arrested 29 year old Christopher D. Strutton of Warsaw, Missouri.

Mr. Strutton was arrested for 1.) Failure to appear warrant out of Benton County, Missouri.

He was booked into the Henry County Jail and is currently been placed on no bond.


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Obituary - Roy Lawrence Yoss

The funeral service for Mr. Yoss will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 2, 2016, Zion Lutheran Church in Prairie City, Missouri.

Visitation will be held at the church preceding the service from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. The minister will be Pastor Joel Meyer .

A Military graveside service will be presented by Appleton City VFW Post #11242 and the Missouri Army Honor Guard.

Interment will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Prairie City, Missouri .
The family requests any memorial donations be given to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or Zion Lutheran Church. Memorials may be left at the church the day of service or at Hill & Son Funeral Home.

Roy Lawrence Yoss, 84, passed away peacefully on August 30, 2016 at Menorah Hospital in Overland Park, Kansas. He was the youngest of two sons born to Reinhold and Nora (Rapp) Yoss on March 31, 1932 in Rockville, Missouri.

Roy was preceded in death by his parents; his brother and sister-in-law: Vernon W. and (Della) Yoss; two nephews: Larry and Wayne Yoss.

He is survived by his wife Martha, son Nick, one niece, Linda Heckadon.

From the Vernon County Sheriff's Office

The Vernon County Sheriff's Office sent out a Nixle about the wanted subject from Tuesday who has been seen today on Missouri 54 Highway just East of County Road 2600 in rural eastern Vernon County.

He is a white male who is said to be wearing black shorts and a unknown shirt color.

VCSO believe the suspect is making his way towards the Cedar County line and warns the public to not pick up hitchhikers in this area.

If you see someone suspicious please call the Vernon County Sheriff's Office at 417-667-6042.

From the Adrian Police Department

Please all residents of Adrian share this. With the phone lines being down our emergency line is not working. 

You will need to call 660-679-3232 to have Fire,Police, or Ambulance services dispatched to you.


- Courtesy of  Chief Chris Dillon 

Updated Obituary - Orva Bryan Grosshart, Jr.

 Orva Bryan Grosshart, Jr.

Orva Bryan Grosshart, Jr., a.k.a. “My Fred Man,” was born January 5, 1934 near Ballard, Missouri son of O. B. Grosshart, Sr. and Dorothy Hooper Grosshart. Jr. graduated from Ballard High School in 1952. In that same year he married Lilly Beatrice Snow of Rockville and to that union three sons were born: Sidney Kim (Traci), Charles Deral (Patty) and Quentin Alan. In 1982, Jr. married Sonya VanCamp who had two girls, Tamara Miller and Tiffany Hentschel (Pete).

Jr. worked 38 years at the General Motor’s Leeds Assembly Plant, retiring in 1992. He loved baseball, car racing, basketball, tractor pulling and his family. He played baseball, being invited to play in the minor leagues, refereed basketball for years and was the 1980 Missouri State Tractor Pulling Association’s point champion. Together with the “Rusty Zipper Club” he spent many hours solving the problems of the world at the coffee shop. He loved country music and could be found at the dance most Friday nights, listening to Jess and the band. He was willing to travel at the drop of a hat and that led to many family adventures. Jr. had a tender heart for animals and could never pass up a stray.

Jr. was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Sandra Persinger. He is survived by Sonya, his five children, eight grandchildren, Jason, April, Luke, Cody, Katelynn, Jordan, Nathaniel and Jesse, and six great grandchildren, Dalton, Noah, Talin, Ava, Olivia and Caleb, his brother Charles Raymond (Buck), an uncle, several nieces and nephews, his “other” kids, Matt, Sandy, Richard and Kate, and Vixen, his beloved pet.

Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 2, 2016 at Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri. Family will receive friends from 7:00 until 8:30 p.m., Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Dickey Funeral Home where a Masonic Service will be held at 6:00 p.m. Interment in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville, Missouri.

Family suggests contributions may be made to the Harrisonville Animal Shelter or to Cass Masonic Lodge #147 A.F. & A.M., Harrisonville, Missouri.

Obituary - Norma “Jean” Baker

Norma “Jean” Baker, 85, Stockton, Missouri, formerly of Harrisonville, Missouri, died Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. 

Private inurnment will be held in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Harrisonville.

(A complete obituary will be posted when information is available).

AT&T outage causing grief in northern Bates County

For the second day now, some Adrian/Archie/Drexel residents and businesses alike are without phone and internet service, due to an outage from carrier AT&T.

Calls to AT&T customer service come with an assuring pre-recorded message that they are aware of the situation and are working to solve the problem.

The message does not, however, give a time frame as to when service is expected to be back up and running.

UPDATE 4:15 pm: A reliable source tells Mid America Live that the problem is centered around roots that have grown into an underground fiber optic line. Still no word on how long service is expected to be down.