4-H week spotlight: Kameran Collier

The entire week we will be highlighting Bates County 4-H members who submitted articles for local news

Hi! My name is Kameran Collier.  I am a member of the Altona 4-H club.  I have shown livestock since I was six years old. It is something that my entire family has always done. My dad showed when he was young as well as my brother. I  show lambs, goats and cattle.  I also compete on the 4-H livestock judging team.  I compete on the local, state and national level  with my animals and judging livestock.  I have been a member of the Altona 4-H club for ten years.  I look  forward to building a career from the knowledge I have gained from 4-H.

Photo credit: Alicia Casteneda Photography

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Obituary - Maurice "Marty" Handy

Maurice "Marty" Handy, 64, Harrisonville, MO, passed away Monday, September 28, 2020 at his home.  Services are pending at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville.

Mid America Live will update when a full obituary is made available to us at a later time.

Butler R-5 School District COVID-19 Update:

Chase ends with arrest on federal warrant

This afternoon, deputies attempted to stop a black in color Ford Bronco around the intersection of I-49 and 52 East.  The pursuit continued south to rich hill then to 7 bridges road and north.   The pursuit took several gravel roads throughout the south east sector of Butler.   As the pursuit returned to 52 East on county road 775 the driver observed patrol cars setting up spike strips and exited the road into a bean field.  

The pursuit continued off road through the bean field and into a grazing field with cattle.  The driver attempted to cross a dry creek bed where he enabled his vehicle.  

The driver and passenger were taken into custody.  The driver, identified as Brian Vice, had multiple probation violation warrants from three different counties.  He also has outstanding warrant from the US Marshal’s Office.  That federal warrant stemmed from a case worked jointly by Bates County and the Secret Service approximately 4 years ago.  

The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.  

The Sheriffs Office estimates the property damage at approximately $5000.   

“We are fortunate to have a great relationship with our law enforcement partners like the Highway Patrol, it’s also great that we have deputies that are willing to be called out from home to respond to incidents like this so we can flood the area to take these career criminals in custody.”  Says Sheriff Anderson

Obituary - Lewis Woodrow Weber

Lewis “Woody” Weber, 84, Sheldon, MO, formerly of Nevada, passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at the VA Hospital in Kansas City, MO. Woody was born on July 16, 1936 in Moundville, MO to Lewis Daniel and Marzie Ethelene (Cocke) Weber. He married Patricia O’Neal in Grove, OK on February 2, 2000 and she preceded him in death in 2009.

Woody grew up on a farm near Moundville, MO and attend Hackberry Country School near Moundville and graduated from Nevada High School Class of 1954. He served in the U. S. Army and was stationed at Ladd Air Force Base in Alaska. Woody came home to Moundville to farm and later went to work at Sears in Nevada. He also worked for soft drink businesses in Kansas City and Nevada then went into the grocery store business in Nevada and Ft. Scott, KS for over 25 years until retirement.

Survivors include three children, Cindy Thomas and her husband Arthur, Rich Hill, MO, Loyd Weber and his wife Debbie, Aledo, TX and Mindy Starbuck and her husband Gary, Sheldon; 12 grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren and four great great-grandchildren; one sister, Verna Helen Steele, Springfield, MO; and numerous nieces and nieces. In addition to his wife, Patricia, he was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Gary Weber in 1975; three brothers, Claude, Pete, and Danny Weber; one sister, Lois Weber; one grandchild, Carmen Starbuck; and two great grandchildren, Devin Ellifrits and Hannah Lamb.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 8, 2020 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Inurnment with Military Honors will follow in Deerfield Cemetery, Deerfield, MO.

Those who wish may donate in Woody’s memory to the Parkinson’s Foundation in care of Ferry Funeral Home.

Welcome Home!

Welcome Home! Osage Valley Electric  crews are home from Louisiana. Six weeks after Hurricane Laura first made landfall, Beauregard Electric Cooperative has less than 1% of their members without power. This has been some of the worst damage our crews have witnessed.

Back Row: Jarrod McBrayer, Richard Kithcart, Stetson Shirky, Dan Stephenson, Bob Fennewald. Front Row: Alex Hamilton, Jim Craft (Beauregard Electric Cooperative), Clinton Bennett.

Obituary - Erma Jean Harwell

Graveside services for Erma Jean Harwell, age 87, of Sulphur Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 5, 2020 at Miller Grove Cemetery with Bro. David Burns officiating. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Saturday, October 3, 2020 at West Oaks Funeral Home. 

Erma passed away on September 30, 2020 at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Sulphur Springs. She was born on April 13, 1933 in Appleton City, MO, the daughter of Carrel Newton Davis and Elsie Marie Diehl Davis. She worked in quality control for Western Electric for many years. She loved to do gardening, landscaping, and anything that required a green thumb. She loved to quilt and crochet. Wood carving was also one of her many talents. 

Erma was a member of Brashear Baptist Church. She is survived by son, Steve Culbertson and wife Karen of Miller Grove, daughter, Cindy Miller and husband Robert of Lake Jackson, and granddaughters, Blanca and Annalisa Culbertson of Miller Grove. 

She was preceded in death by her parents, spouses, and two children, Bobby Dean and Sandra Lea Culbertson. Arrangements are under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home. www.westoaksfuneralhome.com

Henry County Health Center confirms 5 new confirmed cases of COVID-19

Henry County Health Center has received notification of five more positive cases of COVID-19 all from the town of Clinton. This brings the total number of positive cases in Henry County to 248.