Obituary - Bert Morris Rinker, Jr.

Bert Morris Rinker, Jr., age 84, of Harrisonville, Missouri, died Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Adrian Manor in Adrian, MO. 

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville, with burial in Freeman Cemetery, Freeman, MO. The family will receive friends 10:00-11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

A complete obituary will be posted when that information becomes available.

Pleasant Hill Man Charged in Shooting Death

Cass Co – Around 5:15 pm on Saturday deputies with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a house in the 16000 block of S. State Route E Pleasant Hill for a reported shooting.

When deputies arrived, they located a man outside the house and an unresponsive female in the basement of the residence. Pleasant Hill Fire and EMS personnel on the scene determined the female deceased.

The victim is identified as Lankford’s wife, Lorie A. Lankford, 60, Pleasant Hill.

Today the Cass County Prosecutor’s Office charged John Bradley Lankford, 56, Pleasant Hill with Murder First Degree, A Felony and Armed Criminal Action.

John Lankford is currently in custody at the Cass County Jail on $500,000.00 Cash Only bond.

Creighton man seriously injured in Cass County Crash

On 2/7/20 around 10:38pm the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Cass County along with Cass County Sheriff's Office responded to a one vehicle rollover on southbound Missouri 7 Highway at east 315th Street in rural Cass County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 2013 Chevrolet Silverado driven by 52 year old Scotty W. Gamblin of Creighton, Missouri was changing lanes when the driver over corrected and began to slide, the vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway, struck street sign and overturned several times.

Mr. Gamblin sustained serious injuries in this accident and he was transported to Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri for treatment.

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


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Shots fired in Belton

On 2-9-2020 at approximately 7:25 AM, Belton Police Officers were dispatched to Westover Circle on a report of shots fired.

The officers discovered that a home had been struck several times by gunfire but neither the occupants of the home or anyone else had been injured.

The investigation revealed that a mid sized, black, import sedan had pulled onto Westover Circle from southbound Westover, fired the rounds at the home and then left the area southbound on Westover toward 58 highway.

Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the Belton Police at 816-331-1500 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477)

Obituary - Richard Butts

Richard Butts, age 84, of Kansas City Missouri passed away peacefully at NorthCare Hospice House with family by his side on Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Born on June 4, 1935 in LaCgyne KS the youngest son of the late Earnest Butts and Fadelma Conley Butts. Since Fadelma passed away when Richard was a young child he was raised by the late Nancy Mom Williams.

In 1954, Richard married the love of his life Ellen Mae Hayes and to this union two beautiful children were born each uniquely special to him.

He worked for Automatic Sprinkler Corp. for over 40 years, working his way up from a designer to Regional Manager. He went where his job took him relocating to Milwaukee, Minnesota, Green Bay, Wisconsin and Minneapolis, Minnesota. After the young family moved again and again, they finally landed in Kansas City, Missouri in about 1966.

Before retiring to his farm in Cameron, MO, he did some consultant work. After retirement Richard realized a lifelong dream of returning to the farm to live in the home he designed and had built on his 248 acre farm in Cameron, Missouri. When health issues become a challenge, Richard together with Ellen moved into McCrite Plaza at Briarcliff, Kansas City, Missouri over Christmas 2019.

Richard was a member of the North Kansas City Businessmen's Breakfast Club. He was passionate about gardening and tending his fruit trees prompting Ellen to nickname him Farmer Butts. A true outdoors man, fishing and hunting and training his bird dogs were favorite hobbies. To know Richard was to love him, he was a great judge of character and to be invited to hunt or fish with him was an honor. He was a wonderful neighbor, sharing his homegrown produce with any who wanted it and could be described as kind and thoughtful. Family and close friends knew he would always be available when needed.

In addition to his parents, Richard was preceded in death by mother Nancy Mom Williams, 4 sisters and a granddaughter, Heather Thompson.

Richard is survived by Ellen Mae (Hayes) wife for over 66 years. He was the loving father of Jerrald (Debbie) Butts of Liberty MO and Kathy (Tom) James of Kansas City MO. Proud Grandfather of Laura James, Phaedra Bier, Kristina Salisbury, Jerr Butts, and MacKenzee Butts. And honored great grandfather to six, Ella, Dane, Anya, Caedmon, Aaron, and Ian. He will be fondly remembered by several cousins, nieces and nephew and a host of friends.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Schneider Funeral Home, Pleasanton, Kansas. Graveside service will be held at 2pm Sunday, February 9, 2020 at the Brooklyn Cemetery, LaCygne, Kansas. Visitation will be held from 1pm to 1:30 pm at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. The family suggests contributions to NorthCare Hospice House in lieu of flowers.

Obituary - Scarlette Marie Freed

Infant Scarlette Marie Freed, was still born Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at the St. Luke’s Hospital in Lee’s Summit.

Scarlette is survived by her parents Joshua Scott Freed and Tristin Alli Davis, both of Pleasant Hill; paternal grandparents Scott and Angela Freed of Raytown; maternal grandparents, Robert and Barbara Davis of Pleasant Hill; paternal great grandmother, Linda Oram, of Kansas; maternal great grandfather, H.A. Todd of Pleasant Hill, and Robert and Kandy Davis of Savannah; several aunts and uncles; and other relatives.

Cremation has been accorded. No services are scheduled.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.stanleydickeyfuneralhome.com

Arrangements: Stanley-Dickey Funeral Home, 203 N. Armstrong St., Pleasant Hill, Missouri 64080 (816) 540-5550

Miami Courtwarming 2020 King and Queen Candidates!

HHS ready for Spirit week

Courtwarming activities will take place at Harrisonville High School this week.  The theme for this year is "Road Trip" and activities will include a spirit week, pep rally, and coronation.

 

Candidates for king and queen are pictured and include FRONT ROW: Ali Knox, Presley Reynolds, Elle Parker, Natalie Gibbs, Emma Wernex, and Ireland Slover. BACK ROW: Dalton Shrock, Keigan Rowe, Austen Cesonis, Brodie Rogers, Braydon Tarwater, and Evan Filer. The King and Queen will be crowned at the basketball game on Feb. 14. The Wildcat boys’ basketball teams will be playing Excelsior Springs with JV at 5:30 p.m. and varsity boys to follow.  

The coronation, as well as the HHS Distinguished Alumni Wall of Fame induction, will take place between the games at approximately 6:30 p.m.

HHS will host the annual shopping cart parade and pep rally on Friday morning beginning at 8 a.m.

Spirit days at HHS will be as follows: Monday- Vsco girls vs. E-boys (Taking the nation by storm); Tuesday- LA (Influencer attire) (15 seconds of fame); Wednesday- Florida (Beach attire) (Surfs up); Thursday- NYC (Preppy attire) (Dressed to impress); and Friday- Hometown (Wildcat attire) (There's no place like home).