Bates County Commission Announcement

The Bates County Commission wishes to announce the following offices will be closed June 13 and 14th to move to 103 W. Dakota:

Commissioner's Office
Recorder of Deed's Office
Treasurer/Collector's Office
Assessor's Office
Surveyor's Office
County Clerk's Office

If you have any questions, please contact the Bates County Commissioners at batescountycommissioners@gmail.com.

Obituary - Verla McGuire

Funeral services for Verla McGuire will be 11 a.m. Monday, June 10, 2019 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. There is no visitation. 

Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri. Contributions to Heartland Hospice. Online condolences, www.schowengerdtchapel.com.

Verla McGuire, age 85 of Butler, Missouri died Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at Medicalodge of Butler. She was born March 1, 1934 to Clarence Jack and Berdine Ellis Patterson in Cleveland, Missouri.

Verla is survived by her sister, Vivian Smith of Butler, Missouri; nephew Dean McGuire and wife Diana of Butler, Missouri; sister-in-law, Marjorie Popplewell of Butler, Missouri; several nephews, nieces, great-nephews, great-nieces and cousins. She was preceded by her parents; husband Buford in 2018; one brother, Gilmore; and two sisters, Virginia and Verna

Power Outage in Cass County

Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Crews are working on repairs to restore power in the areas of Freeman and Lake Annette in Cass County at this time. 

This outage is affecting 340 members at this time. Power will be restored as quickly as possible.

Next 5 days weather wise

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will greet the day, with storms possible in the afternoon, but for the most part it is looking dry across much of the region for today and on through the weekend. 

Temperatures and humidity values will make it feel like summer out there, because it is, but it does look like the broader region will get to dry out a little bit as the focus for storms will move across southern and eastern Missouri over the next few days. 

Expect temperatures to cool off a little on the other side of the weekend, but that also might bring a returning threat for storms by Tuesday of next week.

Heavy rains overnight caused some flooding issues in Butler

Several inches of rain fell over night causing some flooding issues in Butler.

The rail road bridge on Ft. Scott Street and Bear Stop Gas Station were hit extremely hard by flooding overnight.

The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill, Missouri has placed Bates County in a Flood Warning from 5:41am Thursday through 6:08pm on Friday.

Please remember the old saying that we seem to repeat a thousand times TURN AROUND & DON'T DROWN! 

Mid America Live News has provided some photos of the flooding overnight, you can view them below:

Copyright Mid America Live News 

Public Auction in Clinton

Public Auction 

Saturday, June 8th, 2019 10:00 A.M.

Clinton, MO

Owner: Southside Trading Company

Firearms, Collectibles & Household, Truck, Vintage

Questions Call:

Kevin: 660-492-3279

Tyler: 660-492-7764

Bryan: 660-492-3740

Also view Sale Bill @ www.auctionzip.com

Butler man arrested on Probation Violation

Austin C. Smith

On 6/5/19 around 5:35pm the Butler Police Department arrested 35 year old Austin C. Smith of Butler.

Mr. Smith was arrested for 1.) Probation Violation Warrant - Original Charge is Felony - Forgery.

He was booked into the Bates County Jail in Butler and he is currently being held on a $25,000 cash/surety bond.

Disclaimer: Arrest records are public information. Any indication of an arrest does not mean the individual identified has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Anyone needing a job?

Looking to add a concrete finisher/laborer combo man to our growing business.

Must have own transportation to get to and from job sites. Pay is based upon experience.

Please call (660) 200- 5101. Or message us on Facebook McCoun Custom Concrete!!!