Samuel Eugene Carlini, 64, Nevada, MO passed from this life on Friday, March 10, 2017 at his home in Nevada. Sam was born August 28, 1952 in Marshall, MO to Billy Eugene and Glenda Mae (Stewart) Carlini.
Sam grew up in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School with the Class of 1970. He attended Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield before going to work in the construction business. Sam owned and operated Carlini Construction and has contracted with 3M in Nevada for the past 35 years. Sam was a member of the Operators Union – Heavy Equipment. At a young age he was baptized in the Calvary Baptist Church in Nevada.
He is survived by his companion of 37 years, Doris McGrath of the home; his step daughter, Diedra May and her husband, Ronnie and their children of St. Joseph, MO, his parents, Bill and Glenda Carlini, Nevada; MO; nephews, Brad Evans and his wife Jenny, and Matt Evans and his wife Sara, Richland, MO. He was preceded in death by one sister, Deanna Evans and her husband Terry; and his grandfather, P.T. Carlini.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, March 13, 2017 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada, with Mark Mitchell officiating. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada. The family will receive friends from 4-6:00 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in c/o Ferry Funeral Home.
Country music superstars Little Big Town to perform on Saturday, Aug. 19, at the 2017 Missouri State Fair
Ticket Prices:
$55 Premium Track
$45 Regular Track
$40 Premium Grandstand
$30 Regular Track
Concert Tickets On Sale:
Starting at 9 am on June 20 through Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-796-6776 / 800-745-3000. All concert seats are reserved. Convenience charges apply to all tickets.
The Missouri State Fair Box Office opens at noon on June 26 for walk-up orders (while tickets remain). Box Office hours are:
June 26 – Aug 4, 12 pm – 6 pm (M-F)
Closed July 4 in observance of Fourth of July Holiday
Aug 7-9, 9 am – 6 pm
Aug 10-20, 9 am – 9 pm
Grandstand tickets do not include admission to the Fair.
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| Arvel Kincaid |
Arvel Kincaid, 70, of Pleasant Hill, departed this life, Mach 9, 2017, at his home.
Visitation will be held 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, March 12, Stanley-Dickey Funeral Home, Pleasant Hill, Missouri.
Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 13, at the funeral home.
Interment will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
A complete obituary will be published here as soon as that information becomes available.
A reminder that St. Patrick’s Catholic Church on Nursery St. in Butler is hosting a Fish Fry this evening from 5-7 PM in the church basement.
$10 for ages 13 and up, $5 for ages 5-12, and 5 and under is free.
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| Rusty Craft |
Memorial services for Rusty Craft will be 2 p.m. Sunday, March 12, 2017 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness (1201 Paradise Lane) in Butler, Missouri. There is no visitation. Arrangements by the Schowengerdt Chapel. Contributions to the family. Online condolences, www.schowengerdtchapel.com.
Rusty Leroy Craft Sr. age 47 of Butler, Missouri died Wednesday, March 8, 2017 of a tragic accident at his farm in rural Butler. He was born December 11, 1969 to Thomas Leroy and Anita Bowers Craft in Butler, MO.
Rusty is survived by his wife Jaime of Butler; three sons, Rusty L. Craft Jr. and wife Jennifer of Dunn, North Carolina, Michael Craft of Dunn, North Carolina and Calieb Craft of Drexel, Missouri; two daughters, Bailey Wheeler and Annabelle Craft both of Butler; his father, Thomas Craft of Butler; his mother, Anita Bauer of Drexel, Missouri; two brothers, Robert Malcom of Clinton, Missouri and Dustin Craft of Joplin, Missouri; two sisters, Wendi Dooley of Harrisonville, Missouri and Barbara Craft of Butler, Missouri; a step-brother, Jim Bauer of Kansas City, Kansas; and a step-sister, Kris Bock of Lee's Summit, Missouri.
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| Bobby Keith |
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| Kenneth Bryant Lake |
On 3/8/17 at approximately 0730 hours members of the CNET Drug Taskforce, Cedar County Sheriff’s Office, Bates County Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team, Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, Eldorado Springs Police Department, Agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency and the United States Marshals Office executed a narcotics related search warrant on a residence just outside the city limits of Eldorado Springs, Missouri.
The residence had been the subject of a narcotics investigation by CNET Drug Taskforce, Cedar County Sheriff’s Office and Eldorado Springs Police Department. The residence was occupied by one subject who was taken into custody without incident.
That subject was identified as Bobby Keith, W/M DOB 9/19/57, of Eldorado Springs, Missouri. During the search agents recovered methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
The residence in Cedar County was also a known location of a wanted fugitive that the CNET Drug Taskforce and Cedar County Sheriff’s Office had been investigating for drug trafficking for over the last year. Kenneth Bryant Lake, W/M DOB 4/19/1961 of Oronogo, Missouri, was federally indicted by a Grand Jury for conspiring and or distributing 500 Grams or more of a substance that contained methamphetamine and a federal warrant was issued for his arrest on May 21, 2016.
While agents served the search warrant at the residence in Cedar County additional agents was conducting surveillance at a second location in Barton County that was also known to be a place that Kenneth Lake may be living at. Kenneth Lake had been the subject of multiple drug investigation search warrants and attempts to take him into custody over the last year.
At approximately 1515 hours surveillance teams identified a male subject standing in the front yard of a residence in the rural Barton County area as Kenneth Lake. Agents from the above agencies, Barton County Sheriff’s Office and Missouri State Highway Patrol converged onto the residence and after a short foot pursuit took Lake into custody.
A search warrant for the residence was obtained and approximately three ounces of methamphetamine and approximately $3,000 in cash were seized along with property associated with Lake and narcotics transactions.
Mr. Lake was transported to the Bates County Sheriff’s Office where on Thursday was turned over to the United States Marshal Service.
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| Caleb Ayers |
On 3/10/17, the Bates County Sheriff’s Office received information from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office in reference to a possible location of a wanted person on a federal fugitive warrant. Deputies responded to the Amsterdam area to search possible locations for the Caleb Ayers.
As deputies were patrolling the area one of them passed a vehicle and identified the passenger as the wanted subject. The deputies turned around on the vehicle to attempt a traffic stop when it pulled into a residence.
Deputies made contact with the driver and confirmed that the subject was located in the vehicle. Deputies took the subject into custody identifying him as Caleb Ayers W/M 4/4/1987.
Ayers was indicted by a federal grand jury after Cass County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the Drexel Bank in the early hours of May 14, 2016. Deputies found a loaded handgun and a homemade explosive device in the vehicle. At the time the area around the bank was evacuated and the Lee’s Summit Bomb Squad responded and disarmed the explosive device.
Along with the Federal Indictment of Felon in Possession of a firearm, Felon in Possession of an Explosive and Possession of Unregistered Destructive Device, Ayers was wanted by the following agencies:
Bates County-Probation Violation for resisting arrest
Cass County- Unlawful Possession of a weapon
Linn County Ks-Probation Violation for possession of Opium or Depravity Henry County- Non Support
Mr. Ayers was transported to the Bates County Sheriff’s Office and will be turned over to the United States Marshal Service on Monday.
Daylight Savings Time is again upon us. Be sure to set your clocks ahead one hour before going to bed Saturday night.
It's also a great time to change batteries in your smoke detectors.
Have a great weekend!
