Osage Valley Electric Cooperative power outage report 8:45am

Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Crews have worked throughout the night and have made great progress. 

They are currently working on repairs that will restore power to 320 members in an area north of Archie. Thank you everyone for your patience as crews wrap up the last of these repairs.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Until 10pm

The NWS has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for our area till 10pm tonight. With this severe threat 1-4 inches of rain is possible. A Flash Flood Watch is also in effect thru 1am Monday.

 Please stay weather aware tonight, use multiple resources to stay informed, and take precautions as needed.

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.


Copyright Mid America Live News 

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.