News from the city of Rich Hill

Changes are coming! The following letter was mailed from our office today.

The City of Rich Hill has contracted refuse service with BL & Sons Disposal, LLC beginning October 5, 2020. New rates are as follows:

Residential no cart - $20.25
Residential w/ cart - $21.25
Residential Outside no cart - $26.45
Residential Outside w/ cart - $28.45
Commercial no cart - $26.05
Commercial w/ cart - $28.05
Commercial Outside no cart - $32.25
Commercial Outside w/ cart - $34.25
Bulky Item Ticket - $10

The City of Rich Hill will continue to bill your refuse service. Friday Trash Collection will be moved to Tuesdays beginning October 6, 2020.

Any item placed with trash considered a bulky item (item that exceeds 40 pounds in weight and/or is larger than four feet by five feet) will not be collected without the purchase of a bulky item ticket from City Hall. 

Failure to follow refuse ordinance will result in additional fees and/or cause your trash not to be collected. Per ordinance all trash is required to be bagged and placed in proper solid waste containers. If your trash is not placed in a solid waste container, one will be provided to you at an additional cost. 

Additionally, there will be no fall clean up. 

One time dumpsters are no longer available from the City of Rich Hill City Hall. For dumpster services, please contact BL & Sons at 417-395-4159.

Thank you,
Amber Barker
Asst. City Clerk

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One arrested after search warrant in Nevada

On September 9, 2020 Nevada Police executed a search warrant in the 1200 block of N. Elm Street in response to reports of illegal drug activity at that location.

During the search detectives located and seized suspected methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. The evidence seized will be sent to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Lab for further analysis.

One female subject was taken into custody at the scene and transported to the Vernon County Jail for holding. The subject has been identified as follows:

Ashley N. Gage, age 31 of Nevada
On September 10, 2020, the following charges were filed against Ashely N. Gage through the Vernon County Associate Court:
Distribution of a Controlled Substance in a Protected Location - Class A Felony

Gage is currently being held in the Vernon County Jail in lieu of a $50,000 cash only bond.

Citizens with information that would be helpful to combat crime are encouraged to contact the Nevada Police Department at (417) 448-2710.

Confidential information may be provided by calling the Nevada Police Department Tips Hotline at (417) 667-8477.

Grant helps city upgrade needed equipment

The City of Butler was able to obtain a 75%/25% funding grant from the United States Department of Agriculture for Rural Development. The grant was awarded to the city in May for $382,500.00 for emergency vehicles. The city was able to purchase two new patrol cars and a new fire engine. This will replace two older patrol cars and two outdated fire engines the city has.

Pictured is Mayor Henry, Fire Captain Jason Wix, Fire Chief Jason Bennett, Firefighter Everett McBrayer, Police Chief Jerret Wheatley and Police Sergeant Rance Mears with the new vehicles.

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Memories Of Sixty Years In Butler: The Big Projects

The Big Projects by James Ring

Over the last 60 years, we’ve seen a lot of sizable building projects take place around Butler. When I first started working on the Square, the new Bates County hospital had just been opened, a huge building compared with the little infirmary it replaced. The Old High School was still in use, its three stories and gym providing an education for students at the time, but its days were numbered. The big new school on South Fulton street, completed in 1969, was necessary to supplant the old brick dowager, as enrollment increased.

Sunset View Nursing Home (later Countryside, before becoming Medicalodge), an RDLS church-backed project at the corner of South Main and Nursery, was sorely needed to bridge the gap between the old “rest homes” and staying in the hospital. Its size was increased to the south as the need for its services grew. South Main street originally ran right past its door, with a jog along Nursery needed to continue north on Main. Across the street was the Lynch Family Property, an overgrowth of brush that bordered the north side of the golf course. Long in need of development, Paul Buerge finally acquired it from Eleanor Lynch and turned it into Lynwood Estates over a period of years.

Perhaps the Biggest Thing to ever hit the area in the 1960s was the “Boeing Minuteman Missile” installation, when a large contingent of families moved into a specially-constructed trailer park south of the Hospital, east of the Deems Farm Equipment property. Constructing the network of intercontinental ballistic missile sites, headquartered out of Whiteman Air Force Base but spread over the counties in western Missouri, was a huge, years-long endeavor. Butler welcomed the Boeing folks with painted signs on the store windows, “Welcome Boeing Personnel”, featuring a rocket lifting off. I remember driving into the congested housing area where a “5 mph” speed limit sign was posted.

And then the four-lane Highway 71 project took place, phased in over the years around 1970. Such a huge operation had to be phased in, as it spanned the state from Joplin to Kansas City. Where possible, Old 71’s right-of-way was used for the southbound lanes, but considerable land acquisition was needed for the rest. Some of the sections south of Butler were opened first, with one side providing two-lane service across the “bottoms” while the other was being built up. I recall the old 71 Highway slab being underwater when the Maris de Cygne backwater spread out during a flood; highway department trucks sometimes led a one-way convoy of cars through the few inches covering the roadway. Rattlesnake Hill, north of the Miami creek, was steadily whittled down to provide fill for the new elevated road. The north sections, up to Archie, were opened next and finally the by-pass connected the two previous roads opened, taking the heavy truck traffic off the 71 Strip through Butler and forever changing the character of Old Butler.

The Butler airport, first acquired by the City in 1963, was expanded beyond its original 80 to 100 acres in the late1980’s so it could offer a 4000-foot runway capable of accepting light jet airplanes. Because Butler had seen industrial growth in the 1970s from companies like F. M. Thorpe and Russell Stover, whose plants were large projects in themselves, being able to bring in heavier, faster planes was important to keep the town’s prospects competitive. An airport is like any other community service, part of a package examined by companies considering a place to locate a new plant.

Big projects come about because a need, a vision and community support align. Let’s hope Butler, and this country, never cease to dream big.

Police chase with stolen vehicle in Bates County

The Butler Police Department along with assistance from the Bates County Sheriff's Office were involved in a police pursuit that started at 404 South Main Street in Butler with a stolen 2013 Dodge silver in color with pro foundation on the side of the truck.

This truck was stolen out of Columbia, Missouri and it has a Missouri License Plate number 7UD- P16

The police terminated the pursuit near 52 East Highway and O Highway east of Butler. The vehicle is possibly in route to the Rockville area.

If you see this vehicle please contact the Bates County Sheriff's Office at 660-679-3232.

Real Estate Transfers & Marriage Licenses

Grantee                                                           Grantor

SMITH, KENNETH W.	STUEVE, ERIC	real
MARLYN ENSZ FAMILY, LLC	GOOSSEN, DANIEL	real
COPPAGE, JAMES R	FLETCHER, JORDAN	real
BETTELS FARMS, LLC	LESMEISTER, KOURTNEY	real
BATES COUNTY COLLECTOR (JIM PLATT)	PERKINS, JOSEPH	real
BATES COUNTY COLLECTOR (JIM PLATT)	NELSON, GUY	real
BATES COUNTY COLLECTOR (JIM PLATT)	HOCKER, WILLIAM	real
BATES COUNTY COLLECTOR (JIM PLATT)	BAKER, BOBBIE	real
BROWN, DAVID	BROWN, KELVIN	real
BROWN, KELVIN	BROWN, DAVID	real
HARVEY BROTHERS TRUCKING & WRECKING CO., INC.	HS&B, LLC	real
REYNOLDS, CURTIS	MEINSEN, CONNIE L.	real
ENOS, ROSA	JAVADI, MORTEZA	real
READ, DANIEL J.	MORELAND, SHAYLON T.	real
MURRAY, BARBARA J	WINDER, CLAY	real
COLLINS, JOSEPH R	GARNER, DAVID W	real
FLETCHER, JORDAN	FLETCHER, JORDAN	real
HOCKER, KURTIS W	RANKIN, DAVID	real
BATES COUNTY COLLECTOR (JIM PLATT)	KAGARICE, SAMANTHA	real
TRADEWINDS DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC	RRM HOLDINGS, LLC	real
ROOK, SANDY	JORDAN, WILLIAM J	real

Marriage Licenses

Justin Smith, 25, Butler Mo -Morgan Nelson, 27, Butler Mo

Matthew West, 18, Butler MO -Emmalee Pond, 21, Butler Mo

Steven Pearson, 55, Auburn Ks -Carmen Waters, 51, Topeka Ks