Miami Junior Athletics 1st annual softball tournament

The Bates County Sheriffs Office had a team in the Miami Junior Athletics 1st softball tournament today. The team was made up of members of the Sheriffs Office and their families, members of the Bates County Juvenile Office and the Bates County Children’s Center. 

The tournament was to support the Junior Athletics that will provide sports for youth in the Miami School district.

We had fun and supported a great cause. We didn’t win but took second and we look forward to competing again in the future. The entry fee was paid for by the players. -  Photo Courtesy of the Bates County Sheriff's Office 

Update: Fire at Parkwood Apartments in Adrian

On 6/21/19 around 6:30pm the Adrian Fire Department with mutual aide from the Butler Fire Department responded to a fire at Parkwood Apartments #4 in Adrian.

The apartment had smoke damage and KCP&L was called to pull the electrical meter to the property. One male occupant was able to get out of the fire unharmed.

The cause of the this fire is unknown at this time and a investigation is pending. The America Red Cross was called in to assist the occupant of this home.

Discover the services you didn't know we had

The Bates County Memorial Hospital might provide some services that you do not know. 

Check some of them out below:

Advance Care Planning - Allergy Injections - Arthritic Care - Ear Washing - Laceration Repair - Medicare Annual Wellness Exams - Poison Ivy Treatment - Smoking Cessation Counseling - Weight Management Counseling - Well Woman Exams – Family Care Clinics 660-200-3627 | 3D Mammography - Nuclear & Ultrasound Cardiology - Special Procedures / Biopsies - Imaging Services 660-200-2370 | Full Service Laboratory: Vitamin D - Thyroid Tests - Lyme & Rocky Mountain Tests - Lab 660-200-7041 | Monitored Gym Membership - Cardiopulmonary Rehab 660-200-7128 | Cancer Care – Chemotherapy – IV Infusions – Allergy Testing – Diabetic foot care & shoes – Nutrition Counseling – Sleep Studies – Wound Care – Event Monitors – Holter Moniters – Pacemaker Check – Outpatient Specialty Clinics 660-200-7006 | Total Ankle Surgery – Total Shoulder Surgery – Rotator Cuff Repair – Knee Arthroscopies– Bunionectomies – Cataract Surgery – EGD/Colonoscopies – Hemorrhoid Removal – Vasectomies – Surgical Clinic 660-200-7000 ext. 7191 & General Surgery 660-200-7134.


We do all of this, and so much more!

Two from Drexel escape serious injury in Cass County rollover accident

On 6/22/19 around 2:20am the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a one vehicle accident on Route C just south of 267th Street in rural Cass County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 2002 Ford driven by 19 year old Cole M. McRoy of Drexel, Missouri traveled off the left side of the roadway, driver over corrected and traveled off the right side of the roadway, overturning and striking a tree.

Mr. McRoy and a passenger in his vehicle 21 year old Joseph A. Lagatta of Drexel both sustained moderate injuries in this accident and both of them refused medical treatment at the scene of the crash.

The vehicle was totaled and towed from the scene of the accident by J's Southland Tow.


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CRASH OCCURRED AS VEHICLE 1 WAS TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND ON ROUTE C. VEHICLE 1 TRAVELLED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. DRIVER 1 OVERCORRECTED AND TRAVELLED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. VEHICLE 1 OVERTURNED AND STRUCK A TREE. ASSISTED BY CPL D. A. JONES 

Reminder: Mass distribution this weekend

Sat, Jun 22 is Mass Distribution at the food pantry for all Bates County residents.

8:30am-11am
709 W. Ohio St. in Butler

KCP&L Power Outage Update 8:25pm

OUTAGE UPDATE - Crews have been working since this morning to restore more than 66,000 customers who were left without power after severe weather came through the metro area. 

Crews are still working to restore power to the fewer than 2,000 customers still out. 

However, because of damage from tree limbs and wind, restoration work is slower than normal. 

Each repair is only able to restore a few customers at a time. Because of this, we estimate to have everyone back on by noon tomorrow, June 22.

Obituary - Betty Anne (Lindley) Dockery

Betty Anne (Lindley) Dockery, 80, passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2019 at her home in Sugar Land, Texas. Betty Anne was born on February 20, 1939 in Sheldon, MO to Warren and Hazle (Devenny) Lindley. She married Calvin Dean Dockery in 1959, and together they celebrated 60 years together.

Betty Anne was raised in Sheldon and graduated from Sheldon High as Valedictorian for the Class of 1957. Later in life she lived in many exotic places such as England, Singapore, Korea, and China. She and Dean retired in the Houston area in 1999. Betty Anne loved art, travel, and the Houston Rockets basketball team.

She is survived by her husband Dean, of the home; three children, Ladeana Anne (DeAnne) Dockery of Wichita, KS, Susan Norris and her husband Peter of Houston, TX, and Stephen Dockery and his wife Melissa of Wichita, KS; three grandchildren, Amy Norris and husband Josh Lichtenstein, Samantha Dockery, and Joshua Soutiere. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers (Howard, Clinton, and Bob Lindley), and two sisters (Beth Lamphier and Lurline Ford).

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Interment will follow in Sheldon Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10-11:00 a.m. just prior to the funeral at Ferry Funeral Home.

Double Fatality accident in Bourban County

On 6/21/19 around 5:30am the Kansas State Highway Patrol and Bourbon County Kansas Sheriff's Office responded to a two vehicle head on accident on Missouri 54 Highway around 2 miles east of Ft. Scott, Kansas.

The Kansas State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 2004 Mercury Sable driven by 29 year old Brenton T. Handly of Nevada, Missouri was westbound and went to pass a vehicle and struck the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu driven by 48 year old Adam W. Bancroft of Ft. Scott, Kansas head on in the eastbound lane.

Both men were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident and both were transported to Frontier Forensics in Kansas City.

The vehicles were totaled and towed from the scene of the crash by A-1 Tow. Both men were wearing seatbelts. 

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