From the desk of Bates County Circuit Court Clerk Shelli White

PSA: The Bates County Circuit Court will remain in Phase 0 through mid-December. The infection rate will be evaluated and determined for the remainder of December at that time. 

The Court will continue to have emergency hearings. If you have an attorney contact your attorney for your next court date; your Attorney may have a video conference on your case. 

As always, we ask you continue to maintain contact with your Attorney for updates in your case. If you are on the Public Defender wait list you can follow your case and get updates from www.missouri.courts.mo.gov/case.net . 

Once you are on your case go to the Case Header tab click on Track This Case for alert messages with regards to your case. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause but our first priority is to keep everyone safe and healthy!

Obituary - John L. Conran

John L. Conran, 88, Harrisonville, Missouri departed this life on Saturday, November 28, 2020 at his home surrounded by love and family.

He is survived by his wife, Carol Conran of the home; 6 children, Michael L. Conran and wife Maureen, Overland Park, Kansas, Diane L. Etzkorn and husband Richard, Olathe, Kansas, Patrick N. Conran, Harrisonville, Missouri, Timothy A. Conran and wife Rhonda, Harrisonville, Missouri, David B. Conran and wife Nancy, St. Louis, Missouri, Daniel R. Conran and wife Erika, McKinney, Texas; two step-children, Donald V. Ritchie and wife Laurie, Kansas City, Missouri, Diane M. Ritchie, Kansas City, Missouri; 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Shirley Parrott, Lenexa, Kansas, Joyce Morgan, Mission, Kansas; other relatives and many friends.

Funeral Mass will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 4, 2020 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Harrisonville, Missouri.

Family will receive friends from 9:00 a.m. until 9:45 a.m. with a Rosary at 9:45 a.m., Friday, December 4, 2020 at the church.

Graveside service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 4, 2020 at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri with Military Honors.

Family suggests memorial contributions may be made to the MDS Foundation.

The funeral will be available for live streaming by going to the churches web site; www.ollhv.org.

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

A complete obituary will be posted when it becomes available.

Reward offered in Rich Hill

REWARD: $500 for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for attempting to burn down the Christmas Tree at 6th & Park Streets. Cameras are being installed to prevent further damages downtown.

Please contact the Rich Hill Police Department at (417)395-2221.

MSHP Reports 10 Fatalities; No Drownings, Fatal Boat Crashes Over 2020 Thanksgiving Holiday

November 30, 2020

Emphasis: Patrol Reports 10 Fatalities; No Drownings, Fatal Boat Crashes Over 2020 Thanksgiving Holiday

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 10 people died in traffic crashes during this year’s Thanksgiving holiday counting period--from 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 25, 2020, through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, November 29, 2020.

During the Thanksgiving holiday counting period, troopers report the following traffic statistics for 2020 (preliminary):

Crashes ─ 321
Injuries ─ 72
Fatalities ─ 9
DWI ─ 100
Drug Arrests ─ 78

[During the 2019 Thanksgiving holiday counting period, troopers investigated 404 traffic crashes, which included seven fatalities and 166 injuries. Statewide, 11 people died and 634 people were injured in 1,594 traffic crashes over last year’s Thanksgiving holiday. Troopers arrested 94 people for driving while intoxicated and made 63 drug arrests during the 2019 Thanksgiving holiday counting period.]

Of the nine traffic crash fatalities troopers investigated, three fatalities occurred in the Troop C, Weldon Spring, MO, area; two fatalities occurred in both the Troop E, Poplar Bluff, MO, and Troop G, Willow Springs, MO, areas; and one fatality occurred in each of the Troop D, Springfield, MO, and Troop H, St. Joseph, MO, areas. The Springfield Police Department worked the remaining fatality.

Two people died on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, during the Thanksgiving holiday period. Creighton J. Russell, 31, of Cameron, MO, died when he lost control of the vehicle he was driving, entered the median, and struck a guardrail. Russell was not wearing a seat belt; he was ejected from the vehicle and struck by an unknown tractor-trailer. The crash occurred in Clinton County on Interstate 35 southbound at the 34.4-mile marker north of Holt, MO. Clinton County Coroner Lee Hanks pronounced Russell deceased at the scene of the crash. Clinton County Sheriff's Department and Plattsburg (MO) Police Department also responded.

Cassaundra M. Parker, 40, of Dittmer, MO, died when she was struck by a vehicle as she crossed Missouri Highway 141 at Fiedler Lane in Jefferson County. Saline Valley Fire personnel pronounced Parker dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle that struck Parker was not injured in the crash; he was not wearing a seat belt.

One traffic fatality occurred on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2020. Daniel Roberts, 52, of Republic, MO, died when the vehicle in which he was a passenger was struck by another vehicle as it made a left turn from Glenstone Avenue into a parking lot. The crash occurred in Springfield, MO. The driver of Roberts' vehicle sustained injuries in the crash. The driver and a passenger in the second vehicle sustained injuries in the crash; one passenger in that vehicle was not injured. For more information about this traffic crash, please contact the Springfield Police Department.

Two people died on Friday, November 27, 2020. Jamie J. Brock, 53, of Kennett, MO, died when the vehicle she was driving crossed the center line and struck another vehicle head-on. Brock's vehicle then rolled. Brock was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash; she was ejected from the vehicle. The crash occurred in Dunklin County on Missouri Route Y, east of Caruth, MO. Dr. Wilson pronounced Brock dead at Methodist Medical Center in Paragould, AR.

Joshua S. Crowley, 34, of Van Buren, MO, died when the vehicle he was driving ran off the right side of the roadway and overturned in the ditch. Crowley was not wearing a seat belt; he was partially ejected from the vehicle. The crash occurred in Carter County on Missouri Highway A in Ellsinore, MO. Carter County Coroner Erik McSpadden pronounced Crowley dead at the scene.

Four people died in traffic crashes on Saturday, November 28, 2020. Barney Harris, 51, of Troy, MO, died when the vehicle he was driving traveled off the south side of the roadway, he overcorrected, the vehicle began skidding, returned to the roadway, traveled off the north side of the roadway, and overturned. Harris was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. The crash occurred in Lincoln County on Missouri Highway 47 at Mennemeyer Road. Lincoln County Coroner R. Parker pronounced Harris dead at the scene.

Keith Czarniak, 66, of Springfield, MO, died when the vehicle he was driving traveled off the right side of the roadway, became airborne, and overturned. Czarniak was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. The crash occurred in Christian County on Missouri Highway H south of Chadwick, MO. Christian County Coroner Mandi Armitage pronounced Czarniak dead at the scene.

Thomas B. Radford, 59, of Redford, MO, died when the vehicle he was driving went off the right side of the roadway, overturned, and struck a large tree. Radford was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. The crash occurred in Reynolds County on Missouri Route K east of Missouri Highway 21. Butler County Coroner Andy Moore pronounced Radford dead at the scene. Reynolds County Sheriff's Department, Reynolds County EMS, and Reynolds County first responders also responded.

Daniel R. French, 30, of Pacific, MO, died when another vehicle crossed the center line and struck French's vehicle head-on. French was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. The crash occurred in Franklin County on Missouri Route HH at Wildwood Lane. St. Clair Ambulance personnel pronounced French dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle that crossed the center line and struck French's vehicle sustained serious injuries; he was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.

One person died in a traffic crash on Sunday, November 29, 2020. Abigail K. Jansen, 17, of Kelso, MO, died when the vehicle she was driving ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree. Jansen was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash; she was ejected from the vehicle. The crash occurred in Scott County on Interstate 55 at the 88-mile marker. Scott County Coroner Scott Amick pronounced Jansen dead at the scene.

There were zero boating crashes, zero boating fatalities, zero drownings, and zero boating while intoxicated arrests reported during the 2020 Thanksgiving holiday counting period.

NOTE: The fatality statistics in this news release could change if late deaths occur, or if other departments report fatal traffic crashes after this news release is sent out.

Follow the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Twitter @MSHPTrooperGHQ

Always check NOTAM’s before heading out

What’s Up

By LeRoy Cook 

No better conditions for flying could be found than what the weekend delivered, but it wasn’t that way all week. We just watched the skies for an opportunity to commit aviation, taking it as it came. The Thanksgiving holiday didn’t generate much traffic, more due to the unpredictable weather than lack of desire. 

The transient arrivals were varied, including a Piper Cherokee Archer , a Cessna Skyhawk, and a Cessna 182. A 1966 Cessna 172 was down from Harrisonville seeking fuel;  the LRY fuel pump was out service because the electricity was off. CFI Dennis Walrath was over from Clinton in his Beech Bonanza V35 for some proficiency practice. 

Locally, one of the Piper Tri-Pacers was out, and Les Gorden made a Houston trip in his Beech Bonanza F35. Gary Rose flew the Cessna Skyhawk on a Vernon County excursion and Christian Tucker was up in a Cessna 150. 

Check the Notices To Airmen before venturing over to New Century Airport in Olathe. As of last week, the field’s north-south runway was closed for repairs, although its instrument approach was still available for practice.  And keep track of the Temporary Flight Restrictions that keep popping up, not just the ones over football games but those over releases of gas along pipeline routes. 

Keeping the subscriptions and data bases current for all the fancy instrument panel equipment in today’s modern airplanes isn’t cheap. The Garmin GNS and GTN navigators cost about $300 to update, and ForeFlight subscriptions are at least $150 per year, if you want all the bells and whistles. When  I started flying, the total of all those charges would cover most of a pilot’s yearly flying budget.  Plus there’s the headache of tracking all the due-dates for expiration and inspections.

 Our question for last week concerned identifying the “funky” airplanes that were built in Coffeyville, Kansas about 75 years ago. They were the Funk  two-seaters, first built in Ohio before twin brothers Joe and  Howard Funk moved the plant to Coffeyville. Reader Ross B. Yingst in New Mexico responded correctly. Our brain-teaser for next week is, “can anyone tell me what kind of engine powered the first Funk airplanes, before 1940?” You can send your answers to kochhaus1@gmail.com.

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Power outage in south Belton

Osage Valley Electric Cooperative Crews are working on an outage at our Belton Substation. This is affecting members in an area south of Belton. 

Our Crews will make repairs and restore power as quickly as possible.

Harrisonville woman injured in Cass County Crash

On 11/29/20 around 7:05pm the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Cass County responded to a one vehicle accident on southbound Missouri 7 Highway at 227th Street in rural Cass County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe driven by 44 year old Bellamy R. DeShumar of Harrisonville, Missouri traveled off the right side of the roadway and struck a drainage culvert.

Bellamy R. DeShumar sustained minor injuries in this accident and she was transported to Cass Regional Medical Center for treatment.

The vehicle was towed from the scene of this accident by Miller's Tow of Harrisonville. 

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