From Rich Hill City Alderman Jason Rich

Please read for information on the following topics. City Wide clean up, town hall meeting and nuisance ordinance enforcement.

Mayor and council have been working towards properly enforcing the City's nuisance ordinances. These steps have involved bringing ordinances up to date with new state statutes, breaking the ordinances apart so they are understood easier, informing the public of what is in the ordinance so compliance can be met and helping the public meet compliance with out creating any unnecessary financial burden toward a citizen. Council has not changed the criteria of what a nuisance is, changes have only been made to meet state statutes for penalties and enforcement.

February 27th, 7 pm at the Kerns Center there will be a town hall meeting where Richard Brockman will address the public with a presentation and answer questions.

March 6-10 will be a city wide clean up. If assistance is needed please drop a letter off at city hall with your name, address and a phone number. State why and what kind of assistance is needed in the letter. This information will be passed on to volunteer organizations, if assistance is available the volunteer organizations will be in contact. This is not an assistance guarantee, nor is the the city providing the assistance.

March 13 nuisance violations will begin being issued.

This information will be put in local papers, city website and flyers.Please share and pass this information on.



Courtesy of Rich Hill City Alderman Jason Rich

Bates County Emergency Management Agency training in Kansas City

The Bates County Emergency Management Agency is in Kansas City today participating in training and networking with area public safety and emergency management as well as National Weather Service in order to better serve you! #kciwt

Winning night all around for Blackhawks

The Adrian Varsity Boys clenched  the WEMO Conference Championship last night edging the Bobcats 53 to 46. The Varsity Blackhawk ladies also had a good night beating Drexel 62-30.

Adrian Junior Varsity boys 28, Drexel 9
Adrian Junior Varsity girls 61, Drexel 8

Lookin' good- Drexel Winter Formal Royalty crowned

Congratulations to Winter Formal Royalty Ty Woltkamp and Kelsie Goth crowned last night.

An added note -the Chili/Souper bowl was a huge success! The DPSF would like to Thank all those that participated, contributed and tasted all the wonderful chili's and soups. And a special Thank you to Jeanne Collins for her pans of homemade cinnamon rolls.

We would also like to Thank the Adrian fans, players and coaches that also contributed to our cause. The DPSF uses those funds to sponsor Senior scholarships and Fall Grants for our teachers for items to promote learning in their classrooms.

-courtesy DHS Bobcats

Obituary - Virginia “Ginger” Lou Milner

Virginia “Ginger” Lou Milner, 76, Harrisonville, Missouri, died Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri. 

Services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, February 19 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville with visitation from 1:30-3:00.

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

Updated Obituary - Rose Mary Mantonya

Rose Mary Mantonya

Rose Mary Mantonya, 86, of Osceola, Missouri, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017 at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital, Clinton, Missouri. 

Visitation will be at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri, Wednesday, February 15th,2017 from 6-8 pm. 

Funeral Services will be held at Tebo Baptist Church,Thursday, February 16th, 2017 at 10 am, Interment following at Tebo Cemetery, Leesville, Missouri.
Fond memories and condolences may be left at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com .

Rose Mary (Davison) Mantonya was married to Earl Mantonya for 49 years. She loved to travel, especially to Colorado. She also enjoyed camping, sewing,and reading. Most of all, she loved spending time with her grandkids. She was employed on the sewing line at Unitog. She was a member of Tebo Baptist Church of Leesville, Missouri.

She is preceded in death by her mother, Vena Altha Holcroft, her husband Earl Mantonya who passed on September 19, 1996, her brother Henry Holt, and grandson Chester "Lee" Mantonya.

She is survived by her daughters; Helen Armstrong (Brian) of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Glenda Cornett (Larry) of Osceola, Missouri, Her sons; Norman Mantonya (Chris) of Clinton, Missouri, Robert Mantonya (Carmen) of Warsaw, Missouri, eight grandchildren; Robert Cornett, Becky Ellis, Chad Mantonya, Dustin Mantonya, Treasure Green, Cory Mantonya, Ryan Mantonya, Ashley Wheatland, twenty one great-grandchildren and three great great-grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made to the Tebo Cemetery and may be left in care of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.
Arrangements have been entrusted in Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.

Butler man escapes injury in Anderson County Kansas crash

On 2/14/17 around 7:30am the Kansas State Highway Patrol in Anderson County responded to a two vehicle accident on U.S. 169 just North of Greeley, Kansas.

The Kansas State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 1999 Toyota Camry driven by 19 year old Kerry Burgoon of Kincaid, Kansas was stopped in the Northbound Lane of U.S. 169 Highway attempting to make a left hand turn when he was stuck by the 2007 Kenworth semi truck driven by 46 year old Thomas Joray of Butler, Missouri.

Kerry Burgoon as well as three passengers in his vehicle all sustained injuries in this accident and all were transported by ambulance to Anderson County Hospital in Garnett, Kansas for treatment. Mr. Joray wasn't injured in this accident.

Both vehicles were totaled and towed from the scene by Marvin's Tow Service and TT&T Tow.


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Vehicle Fire In Butler

Courtesy of the Butler Fire Department

On Tuesday, February 14 at 11:47 p.m. the Butler Fire Department was dispatched to the intersection of Ohio and Maple Street for a reported vehicle fire. 

First units arrived on scene at 11:50 p.m. and found the vehicle to be fully engulfed. 

The fire was extinguished without further damage to other property.