Severe Thunderstorm Warning for NW Bates County

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Miami County in east central Kansas... 

Southwestern Cass County in west central Missouri... Northwestern Bates County in west central Missouri... 

* Until 915 PM CST * At 846 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Drexel, or 9 miles north of La Cygne, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* Locations impacted include... Archie, Drexel, Freeman, Merwin and New Lancaster. A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM CST for east central Kansas...and west central Missouri. HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50mph br="">

Obituary - Walter "Jack" Spratt

Funeral services for Jack Spratt will be 1 p.m. Saturday, March 4, 2017 at the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. 

Visitation will be prior to services from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday at Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri. Contributions to Show-Me Christian Home. Online condolences, www.schowengerdtchapel.com.

Walter Lee “Jack” Spratt, age 94 of Mt. Vernon, Missouri formerly of Butler, Missouri died Monday, February 27, 2017 at Missouri Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon. He was born April 4, 1922 to Arthur Lee and Edna Elizabeth Main Spratt in Hume, Missouri.

Jack is survived by three daughters, LeBeth Washburn of Cameron Park, California, Mary Carol Speece and husband Charles of Galion, Ohio and Jackie Lee Roberts of Joplin, Missouri; one sister, Lousie Brown of Nevada, Missouri; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Carrie; one brother, Richard Spratt; and one sister, Hazelle LaFarge.

Tornado Watch in effect until 1:00am

The National Weather Service had issued a Tornado Watch for Cass and Bates Counties in Missouri and Linn and Miami Counties in Ks until 1:00 a.m.

This is a WATCH ONLY meaning conditions are favorable for rapidly changing weather in your immediate area. 

Now is the time to prepare for the possibility of severe weather in your area.

Search Warrant Served In Eldorado Springs

John D. Donahue

On February 22, 2017, officers of the EI Dorado Springs Police Department assisted by Cedar County Deputies and St. Clair County Sheriffs K-9 unit served a search warrant for illegal drugs at 108 East Joe Davis, after receiving information of illegal drug activity. Evidence of illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia were located.

The investigation resulted in the arrest of John D. Donahue, 32, of EI Dorado Springs, for an active EI Dorado Springs Municipal Warrant for Failure to appear, on the original charges of Resisting Arrest, Assault on Officer and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia with a bond of $902.50.

Officers also arrested him for the probable cause of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Keeping and Maintaining a Public Nuisance and Possession of Drug paraphernalia. Officers completed a probable cause statement for these charges. 

Officers received a Cedar County Warrant charging Donahue charging him with Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia with a bond $5000.00. Donahue was transported to the Cedar County Jail pending bond and court appearance.

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Storms possible Tuesday Night

The severe weather threat has been expanded a little further west than what we saw this morning. 

Scattered severe storms are still expected with damaging winds and hail being the primary hazards, especially in central MO (orange area). 

A few tornadoes are not out of the question either. We expect storms to develop this evening sometime between 5 PM and 8 PM. Keep checking back for updated information.

El Dorado Springs Man Sentenced to 19 Years for Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearm

Daniel A. Crawford

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that an El Dorado Springs, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally possessing a firearm.

Daniel A. Crawford, 37, of El Dorado Springs, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips to 19 years in federal prison without parole.

On Sept. 8, 2016, Crawford pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime.

Crawford was arrested on Jan. 22, 2015, when Vernon County, Mo., sheriff’s deputies were called to a burglary in progress. The victim (and caller) had blocked Crawford and another person in the driveway. Crawford was sitting in the driver’s seat of the blocked-in Chevrolet truck when deputies arrived. Crawford had a piece of glass in his pocket that field tested positive for methamphetamine.

Deputies searched the truck and found 11 grams of methamphetamine in a Mountain Dew bottle with a false compartment, scales, baggies, a Mountain Arms .22-caliber rifle, ammunition and stolen property.

Crawford admitted that he and co-defendant Marklee Eugene Bogart, 36, of Nevada, Mo., had an agreement to deal methamphetamine with and for one another. When law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Bogart’s residence on Aug. 20, 2014, they found 176 grams of pure methamphetamine, 22 firearms, a grenade and $9,400, which was determined to be the proceeds of drug trafficking. Later in August, after listening to his jail phone calls, law enforcement seized another $41,380 from Bogart.

Bogart was sentenced on Jan. 19, 2017, to five years in federal prison without parole after pleading guilty to his role in the drug-trafficking conspiracy and to possessing firearms in furtherance of the conspiracy.

This case was prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Josephine M. Larison. It was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Vernon County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department and the Bates County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department.

Stolen vehicle from Butler Wal-Mart

The Butler Police Department is attempting to locate a stolen 2005 maroon in color Chevrolet Tahoe that was today around 3:15pm from the Wal-Mart Parking Lot in Butler.

The Tahoe has a Missouri License Plate number of WA8-L2R and may be driven by a subject in a pink in color t-shirt. A possible direction of travel for this vehicle is West on Missouri 52 Highway.

If you see this vehicle please contact the Butler Police Department at 660-679-6131.


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