Butler Chamber meeting set for 9/27/18

*Attention Butler Chamber members* We will be having our monthly members meeting, Thursday September 27th at noon, at The Union restaurant. 

Guest speaker will be Ms. Kelly Stark! Please show your support for our Youth center and the amazing work Ms. Kelly is doing for the youth of Butler, by joining us for lunch! We look forward to seeing you there!

Double TT Steakhouse in Drexel Karaoke Night

Miami County Kansas Sheriff's Office Wanted Wednesday

Bates County Career Women 2018 Forum

Bates County Museum Spirit Stroll

Have you seen this missing Missouri woman?

Leslea Shannon went missing from Warrensburg, Missouri, on September 8, 2018. She is 35 years old. She is 5' 3" tall and weighs about 130 pounds. Her phone is dead or broken and she has not been on social media. 

She missed her brother's birthday, which is uncharacteristic of her. It is possible she could be seen in Sedalia, Branson, or Leslie, Arkansas. 

If you have information, please contact the Warrensburg, Missouri Police Department at 660-747-9133 or 911.

Obituary - David Alan Smith

David Alan Smith, 67, Harrisonville, MO passed away on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at ABC Healthcare in Harrisonville. David was born January 12, 1951 in Philadelphia, PA to Norris Alger and Mary Jane (Brewster) Smith

David came to Kansas City, MO at a young age with his family. He worked as the owner/operator of his own Commercial Housekeeping Business for a number of years. David lived and worked most of his life in the Kansas City Area.

Survivors include four children, Lisa Garcia, Rogers, AR, Ricky Smith, Miami, OK, Benjamen Ricketts, Baxter Springs, KS, Shelly Shuck, Langley, OK; several grandchildren; siblings, Linda Huppe and her husband, Mike, Nevada, Mary Heilman and her husband James, LaGrange, KY, Bill Smith and his wife Sharlinda, Blue Springs, MO; several nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his wife Judy.

Memorial services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Monday, September24, 2018 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada with Pastor Terry Mosher officiating. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada.

New Resource Officer at Harrisonville Middle School

#WelcometotheWildcatFamily:

Officer Rodney Matthews is joining the Harrisonville Middle School staff as the new School Resource Officer. He began working for the Harrisonville Missouri Police Department in May 2017, however, he’s pretty familiar with Harrisonville as he graduated from Harrisonville High School in 2012. 

Prior to the HPD, Officer Matthews worked for the Sweet Springs Police Department where he attended DARE training and served as a DARE officer. Most recently he was a police and DARE officer in Garden City.

“Being a School Resource Officer has always been a career goal of mine while in law enforcement. I love to interact with kids and (hopefully) be a good role model for them as they grow up,” said Officer Matthews. He added that if he wasn’t a police officer, he’d be a social studies teacher because that was his favorite subject in school.

He said, “The thing I look forward to the most in being the new middle school SRO is being able to help and mentor students and to hopefully be a positive role model in their lives that will help them succeed, whether in school or everyday life. And of course, I look forward to the many new friends that I will make!”

Officer Matthews is married to Ashley and they have a three-year-old son, Greyson.

He said, “My door is always open. Parents, teachers, faculty staff, and students, please don't hesitate to stop me or approach me for anything! I am here for YOU!”

Welcome back to the #WildcatFamily Officer Matthews!