Today is the day!

The Bates County Sheriffs Office would like to invite you to an open house of the new Jail Addition on Monday July 29th, 2019. 

The open house will be held for the general public from 3pm to 6pm. We will have drinks and cookies for those that attend. 

We encourage you to attend and ask questions. The new addition with start receiving our regular customers on Tuesday July 30th.

Obituary - Agnes Lucille Cantrell

Agnes Lucille Cantrell, 86, Harrisonville, Missouri departed this life on Sunday, July 28, 2019 at her home surrounded by love and family.

Cremation. A private family inurnment will be held at the Walker Cemetery, Thayer, Missouri at a later date.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri.

A complete obituary will be posted when it becomes available.

Augusta Browning for Linn County Fair Queen

Have you seen this person?

Have you seen this person?

Nevada Police are attempting to locate Derick Cartwright. 

Derick currently has a City of Nevada Municipal warrant for his arrest. 

He is also a person of interest in another ongoing investigation being conducted by detectives. 

If you know the whereabouts of Derick Cartwright please contact the Nevada Police Department at 417-448-2710.

Need a shot in the arm?

Literally...

If your student is entering Kindergarten, 8th grade or college, we can help you check off the required immunizations from your back-to-school list.

Schedule your child for one of two scheduled vaccine clinics on August 8 and August 15. For your convenience we are offering evening hours between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. Vaccine Clinics will be held at the High Street Family Care Clinic, located at 706 S. High in Butler.

Student must have commercial insurance. Appointments are required. Schedule your child today by calling 660-200-3627.

When missiles were a part of life in our backyards...

A farmer mows hay while a Minuteman Missile is being lowered into its silo in the late 1960s...

For those of us who grew up in the Southwestern and West-central regions of Missouri during the Cold War, the possibility of nuclear annihilation was an unnerving constant as 150 silos such as this one were scattered in an arc across the region, with the majority being closer to the Kansas border.

While this is a dramatic example due to the missile itself is being installed, the small square area of a silo's location marked with its ubiquitous 12-15 ft high chain-linked fence were/are not hidden. They seemed to randomly appear and are/were a common occurrence while driving through this rural area.

Today, some have been abandoned due to various treaties, while others have had their missiles removed and replaced with updated versions.

The example depicted here carried multiple nuclear warheads with a very high rate of accuracy of over 8,000 miles. After reentering the Earth's atmosphere, each warhead would be traveling at around 15,000 miles per hour at detonation. -courtesy Jason Stump

Read more about Minuteman Missiles in Bates County here https://batescountynewswire.blogspot.com/p/history-of-bates-county-articles.html

Butler Police Department Activity Report 7/22-7/28-2019

07/22/2019  
Vandalism call 600 block of W Park
Vandalism report 200 N Delaware
Well being check Mill and Delaware
Theft report S 71 Storage 
Keep the peace Wal-Mart
Disturbance City pool
Animal complaint 400 W Pine
Trespassing call 2 Dove Lane


07/23/2019  
911 medical 113 S Fulton
Theft report 100 block of E Pleasant
Attempt to locate Disturbance 817 S Birch
Animal complaint 400 block of N Delaware


07/24/2019  
Animal complaint 200 block of N Maple
Warrant service Main and Chestnut
Theft report 300 block on N High
Well being check Cedar Lane
Open door 400 block of S Delaware


07/25/2019  
Vandalism Butler High School Football field
Vandalism report 200 block of Country Club
Vandalism report S 71 Storage
Vandalism report South Park
Accident Lyons and Nursery
Disturbance Wix lane
Sexual assault report
Disturbance 409 S Fran
Report of 2 male subjects urinating on porch 600 block of S Main


07/26/2019  
Assist DFS Fran Apts
Theft report 300 block of W Ohio
Property damage Taco Bell
Warrant service Main and Dakota
Alarm Casey’s 


07/27/2019  
Disturbance Butler Center
Medical assist 700 block of N Havanna
Traffic assist
 Attempt  to contact
Disturbance 400 block of S Main
Well being check 400 block of S Delaware


07/28/2019  
Keep the peace
Attempt to locate
Possible prowler 400 block of N Fulton
911 Hang up 300 block of N Delaware

Cooler week ahead!

It's a little muggy out there now, but humidity will start dropping this afternoon, and will result in a very pleasant evening. 

Cooler temperatures follow for midweek and our upcoming rain chances are mostly at night.... so if we could do something about these mosquitoes, it would look like a great week to be outside!