Garage Sale Today in Butler

Garage Sale TODAY from 8am-? 407 S. High Street Butler. Girls clothes sizes 3 months to 2T, Boys clothes from Newborn to size 5. 

Women’s and Men’s name brand clothing. Lots of Nike and Under Armour for kids. Home decor and some furniture! LOTS OF 1$ ITEMS 

Join us and celebrate the Grand Opening of Shiver Ice Hiuse in Harrisonville!

Join us and celebrate the Grand Opening of Shivers in Harrisonville!

June 5th @ 6pm we will open the doors on the very first Shivers without wheels. Located on the Historic Square in Artisan's Corner on Wall Street.

With the added space of a building and new Dole Whip machine, we can now offer 2 flavors of whip (🍍pineapple & 🍒cherry for opening weekend) and you can get them in a twist, cup, cone or float!

Yes, we are also bringing back our fresh pineapple whip cookie sandwiches because they are amazing!

Bates County Administration Building will be open starting Monday 6/1/20

The Bates County Administration Building will be open starting Monday 1 June 2020.  Follow the directions on the Front Door, Dakota and Delaware corner.  

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Jim Wheatley

Presiding Commissioner

Bates County, Missouri

Candidates needed...

The Hume Fair Association is looking for Royalty Candidates for the 78th Annual Hume Fair and Rodeo to be held July 28 through August 1.  Prince and Princess candidates need to be 5 to 12 years of age.  Rodeo Queen Candidates need to be 13 to 18 years of age.  We look forward to hearing from everyone!  You can contact:  Heather Rogers, Denise Steuck, Erika Irwin or Karen Irwin.

Update: Names released in Lamar Shooting

Obituary -Linda Lee Ross

Linda Lee Ross, age 78, La Cygne, Kansas passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020. She was born on August 30, 1941 in La Cygne, Kansas the daughter of Cliff Jasper and Opal Fern Lee Filtingberger. 

She graduated from La Cygne Rural High School in the Class of 1959. She married William "Bill" Ross on October 17, 1959. Linda attended Fort Scott Community College and then Ottawa University to obtain a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education becoming a fourth grade teacher in the Prairie View School District for many years. She was a member of P.E.O. Chapter CV, La Cygne, Kansas and enjoyed reading mystery novels. She was baptized in the Baptist and attended the Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Aletha Stoker and Betty Jo Filtingberger. Linda is survived by her husband, Bill, a son, William Kent "Bill" Ross, a daughter, Rhonda Lee Ross, three sisters, Mary Lou Hoyt, Myrna Weitman and Sharon McCarty, and four grandchildren, William and Heather Ross, and Greg and LeAnna Campbell.

Graveside funeral service 10 am Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at the Oak Lawn Cemetery, La Cygne, Kansas. Linda will lie in state from 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday, June 2 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory La Cygne Chapel. Contributions are suggested to the La Cygne Library, c/o Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 304, La Cygne, KS 66040.

Electric pole replacement in Harrisonville

WORKING FOR YOU: Crews with Harrisonville Electric Department are currently replacing a power pole on N Bradley Avenue.

One lane of Bradley will be closed while they are working in the area, so please use caution if driving in the area.

This new pole alone will play a role in reducing power outages in the area, but crews want to take it a step further, so they will be adding a new transformer to this pole. The new transformer will drastically reduce the stress currently on the transformer down the street and will keep a single downed transformer from leaving an entire neighborhood without power.

We greatly appreciate the work our Electrical Dept does every day to keep our community going strong!

Cass County Jail Expansion Project Completed

Cass County Jail Expansion Project Completed

Cass Co – On Thursday Cass County Sheriff Jeff Weber hosted county officials and a small number of local reporters to tour parts of the jail’s recent construction project. 

The Cass County Justice Center Complex was completed in 2003. The construction plans at the time called for areas in the complex to accommodate a projected 20 years of additional growth. The 2003 phase of the jail was constructed with 136 beds.

“With the growth of Cass County in the last 17 years, there has been additional need for resources in public safety. These needs were addressed by the voters in 2016 with an extension to the Justice Center tax, allowing us to complete jail space to meet our increasing inmate population. Although we have never turned the “No Vacancy” light on, this addition allows us greater flexibility to provide safe adequate housing of our inmates”, said Sheriff Jeff Weber.

“I would like to thank Sheriff Weber and his staff for working so hard to be accountable for the money that citizens of Cass County voted to improve and expand the jail facilities. The new jail renovations came in on budget and time during very uncertain times in our country!” Presiding Commissioner Bob Huston.

In 2016, the voters passed an extension to the Justice Center Tax to allow for buildout of unfinished space in the complex.

Phase 1 of that tax allowed a buildout of the Courts, adding 2 courtrooms to the 3rd floor of the justice center and additional space. The 4th floor remains unfinished and available for future expansion needs.

Phase 2 started in fall of 2019 and consisted of a buildout in the jail that is completing now. This phase includes more staging area in the booking/intake area, for processing inmates. Completion of a female maximum-security cellblock to house 16 female inmates and 4 additional beds in female minimum security.

Completion of a new male maximum-security cellblock included 16 new beds, an addition of 16 beds to existing male maximum security. The project added a new minimum male dorm cellblock for 10 inmates and 3 new medical cells.

The project adds a total of 62 new beds, bringing the jail capacity from 136 to 198 beds in housing units and 7 medical cells. The jail still has an additional 2 pods unfinished for 48 more beds for future expansion.