April 6, 2021 Election results

Precincts reporting: 100%. Turnout 13.79%. Unofficial results

Adrian R-3 School Board
Chris Sams 214
Gerold Stephens 254
George Bruto 265
write in 17

Adrian R-III Question
Yes 202
No 108

Rich Hill R-4 School Board
Curtis Gwinn 89
Slade Coonce 159
Lena Tialino 34
Jeremie Platt 207
Stacy Fox 288
write in 4

Appleton City R-2 School Board
Dusty Thompson 6
Sandra Long 19
Jennifer Hawkins 14
Tony Bales 12
Ross Morris 22
Jessica McClure 10
write in 0

Proposition K.I.D.S.
Yes 17
No 28

Butler R-5 School Board
Rob Clover 281
Gary Anderson 140
Stacy M. McCrary 322
write in

Archie R-5 School Board
William Andrew Mawson 2
Wade M. Plattner 1
Anne K. Hunt 3
write in 0

Archie R-V Question
Yes 3
No 0

Adrian North Alderman
Jeremy Bridges 43
David Hummel 53
write in 0

Adrian South Alderman
Sue Miller 20
Matt Sears 63
write in 5

Amoret Alderman
Lonelle Potter 5
Eric Hooker 8
write in 0

Amsterdam Mayor
Shane Gerleman 24
write in 0

Amsterdam Alderman
Vicky Vail 15
Trina Burkhart 18
Tammy McLanahan 10
write in 0

Butler Ward 1 Councilman
Timothy D. Young 34
write in 6

Butler Ward 3 Councilman
Alan Munday 65
write in 2

Butler Ward 2 Alderman
Mike Irick 49
write in 1

Butler Ward 3 Alderman
Linn Nitsche 37
Tray Douty 39
write in 0

Butler Ward 4 Alderman
Scott Mallatt 43
Dale Newkirk 34
write in 0

Butler use tax
Yes 122
No 139

Drexel Mayor
Nick McKelvey 13
write in 0

Drexel Alderman
Sidney Spry 2
Timothy Eastwood 11
Brian Faulkner 10
write in 0

Foster Trustees
William Shane Jacobs 3
Rick Fisher 5
write in 0

Hume Alderman
Vickie Gwinn 15
Adam Swarens 21
write in 1

Passaic Trustees 2 yr
Angelia Cumpton 6
Linda Cole 5
Ashley Cole 5
write in 0

Passaic Trustees 1 yr
Laura Coon 5
Keith Coon 5
write in 0

Rich Hill Mayor
Jason Rich 213
write in 15

Rich Hill North Ward Alderman
Juan Thompson 96
write in 0

Rich Hill South Ward Alderman
Terry D. Bonham 97 
write in 2

Rich Hill question 1 
Yes 178
No 99

Rich Hill question 2
Yes 281
No 6

Rockville Mayor
write in 18

Rockville Alderman
write in 26

Mingo Township Trustee
Nova Bergschneider 24
write in 1

Mingo Township Board 
Kent Page 23
Larry Bergschneider 16
write in 2

Mingo Clerk
Lori Page 24
write in 0

Mingo Levy
Yes 23
No 3

Grand River Township Trustee
Carol Gregg 14
write in 0

Grand River Township Board Members
Connie Pruden 13
Mason Merrifield 12
write in 0

Grand River Township Clerk
Steven Doody 13
write in 0

Grand River Township Levy
Yes 13
No 3

Elkhart Township Trustee
Terry VanSandt 17
write in 0

Elkhart Township Board
Kevin Miller 13
Darrin Stark 10
write in 2

Elkhart Township Clerk
Jay Rugg 16
write in 0

Elkhart Township Levy
Yes 9
No 7

Mound Township Trustee
Shelli White 47
Melissa Musick 41
write in 0

Mound Township Board
Dean Diehl 65
Kendal Saathoff 64
write in 1

Mound Township Clerk
Lynn Cox 77
write in 2

Mound Township Levy
Yes 50
No 41

Mt. Pleasant Township Trustee
James Fritts 259
write in 2

Mt. Pleasant Township Board Members
Charles Maxfield 196
Wade Chandler 262
write in 3

Mt. Pleasant Township Clerk
Corbin Wainscott 268
write in 5

Mt. Pleasant Township Levy
Yes 169
No 153

Charlotte Township Trustee
write in 5

Charlotte Township Board Members
write in 8

Charlotte Township clerk
write in 5

Walnut Township Trustee
write in 14

Walnut Township Board Members
write in 30

Walnut Township Clerk
write in 10

Walnut Township Levy
Yes 17
No 11

Lone Oak Township Trustee
Hunter Wilson 23
William Tucker 12 
write in 1

Lone Oak Township Board Members
Elliott Smalley 28
Barbara Morgan 29
Melissa Clark-Davis 12
write in 0

Lone Oak Township Clerk
Jalyn Watson 29
write in 5

Pleasant Gap Township Trustee
Dean Fischer 17
write in 1

Pleasant Gap Township Board Members
Kellen Fischer 16
write in 3

Pleasant Gap Township Clerk
write in 1

Hudson Township Trustee
Shawn Johannigmeier 17
write in 0

Hudson Township Board Members
Donald D. Snyder 15
Mike Page 17
write in 0

Hudson Township Clerk
Kathleen Gengler 17
write in 0

Hudson Township Levy
Yes 15
No 2

Osage Township Trustee
Leonard Tourillott 254
write in 2

Osage Township Board Members
Mark Yohe 254
write in 13

Osage Township Clerk
write in 21

Howard Township Trustee
Gene Franklin 36
write in 0

Howard Township Board Members
Tom Sutcliffe 38
Byron Finley 30
write in 1

Howard Township Clerk
write in 1 

Bates County Democrats

The Bates County Democrats will meet at the Flaming Lantern, April 15th at 6pm. Please come join us!

Updated Obituary - Kenneth “Ken” Earl Stevens

Kenneth “Ken” Earl Stevens, 70, Archie, MO, died Friday, April 2, 2021 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, MO. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 8, 2021 at the First Baptist Church in Archie, MO. Memorial contributions may be made to the University of Kansas, Willed Body Program.

Ken was born October 22, 1950 in Butler, MO, a son of Robert L. and Alice Eileen (Hill) Stevens. Ken was baptized on Easter Sunday, April, 1960, along with his dad, Robert L. Stevens, at the First Baptist Church in Archie. He was a 1968 graduate of Archie High School. Ken attended Pitt State University from 1969-1971 and graduated from Kansas State University in December 1973, with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Wildlife Conservation. Ken worked as a potato peeler as a boy and worked his way up to fry cook at his parent's drive in, Archie Dari-Dine. As an adult, Ken worked as an engineer technician on highways and bridges in Colorado and Northern California. He worked on one railroad project in Wyoming in the early 1980’s and lead inspector at Denver International Airport in the early 1990’s. He also worked a second stint in the early 2000’s before moving back to his mom’s house in Archie. In 2002, Ken established Quail Ridge Sub-Division in Archie.

Ken enjoyed family vacations as a child and youth at the Lake of the Ozarks with his parents and brother. As a young boy, Ken’s Granddad Bert and Aunt Mae and Uncle Jake would join them on occasion to enjoy fishing and family fellowship. A lot of crappie were caught, dressed, and fried up. On special occasions, the family dined out at Grady’s Bar-B-Que in Gravois Mills. Ken also enjoyed playing baseball (hard ball) on the Archie summer youth league, coached by Clell Frazier and Charles Cooper, where he tried to learn the finer techniques of the game. His teammates were Gary Cantrell (first base), Gary Hall, (shortstop), and Kevin Walters (catcher). Ken played mostly second base, but occasionally played right field and very rarely, pitcher. He also enjoyed hunting quail with his dad and brother and Uncle Harold in some of the farm land in Cass and Bates Counties.

He was preceded in death by his father, Robert L. Stevens, paternal grandparents, Bert and Anna Stevens and maternal grandparents, Earl and Ruby Hill, along with many great cousins and friends. Ken is survived by his mother, Eileen Stevens, Archie, MO; one brother, Robert “Bob” D. Stevens and his wife, Viktoria; and a nephew, Sean Adam Stevens.

Updated Obituary - Lyle “Bud” Lee Flanary

Lyle “Bud” Lee Flanary, 78, Harrisonville, MO, passed away Sunday, April 4, 2021 at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, MO. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 8, 2021 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville, MO with visitation from 10:00-11:00. Inurnment directly following the service in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Harrisonville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (pancan.org) or the Polycystic Kidney Foundation (pkdcure.org).

Bud was born March 13, 1943 in rural Harrisonville, MO, a son of Elbert Carr and Amanda Marie (Jones) Flanary. He attended 36 Rural School #58 and was a 1962 Harrisonville High School graduate. Bud was a lifelong Harrisonville resident. A good portion of his childhood was spent outdoors and helping his parents and many brothers and sisters work on the Flanary farm. During high school, Bud worked at Scavuzzo’s grocery store and helped his brother-in-law bale hay, moving into town after the sale of the Flanary family farm in 1957.

Bud enlisted in the US Army Reserves in 1964, attending infantry training at Fort Jackson, SC. He later transferred to the Missouri National Guard, Military Police unit in Lone Jack, MO, where he served until 1970. In his free time, Bud was with his brother, nephews, and friends working on and racing his muscle cars. Bud met and married M. Kathleen “Kathy’’ (Crafton) Flanary in Archie, MO on August 1966. They settled in town in Harrisonville and had two children, Trenton “Trent” Lane and Tonya Leigh. Bud worked at the Leed's GMC plant in Kansas City in the 1960s, before going to school in the new field of Data Systems Processing. He started his long career as a data programmer/manager on the KC Country Club Plaza at United Farm Agency. He then spent the next decades at several data processing firms in Kansas City, MO and Overland Park, KS. Bud finished his career working in Sidney, Nebraska as a Programmer/Analyst for Cabela’s, retiring in July, 2008.

Family and friends were everything to Bud. His wife, kids, grandkids, large extended family and close-knit group of friends will always remember his sense of humor, story-telling, and down-to-earth, methodical sensibilities and integrity. Bud loved watching his kids/grandkids grow up and attending their sports, games and activities. He loved family get-togethers, dinners and being outdoors; he enjoyed nature, animals, old muscle cars, fishing, gardening, music, card games, sweet iced tea, and trivia. Bud and Kathy spent their retired years on adventures- long, meandering car trips. They enjoyed going down the road, stopping here and there to take in the sites, going antiquing, and visiting friends and family. In his later years, he loved going on fishing trips with his friends.

Bud was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Earl Wayne “Pete” Flanary, Melvin “Jack” Flanary, and Elmer Flanary, and three sisters, Dollie Pulliam, Hazel Middaugh, and Elberta “Bert” Gardner. Bud was a truly loved and respected husband, brother, dad, Papa, uncle, great-uncle, cousin, and friend. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Kathy Flanary, Harrisonville, MO; his son, Trent Flanary of Charlotte, NC; his daughter, Tonya Kral (Jim) of Chesapeake, VA; three grandchildren, Landon Gragg (Caitlin) of Pensacola, FL, Zoey and Hadley Flanary of Overland Park, KS; two sisters, Lois Knibb (Dean), Shirley Henry (Larry), both of Harrisonville, and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins and extended family members and friends.

 

Sad news to pass along!

Some sad news to pass along this morning. Former Harrisonville Wildcats head football coach Chuck Lliteras has passed away. He guided the program from 2008-2013 (6 seasons). R.I.P Coach Llit.

Semi truck accident east of Passaic

\Several emergency personnel is on scene of a semi truck accident on D Highway around 6 miles east of Passaic at this time.

The truck is said to be laying on its side in the ditch and the driver is injured. Please avoid this area!

Mid America Live will update when more information is made available to us at a later time

This Story Has Been Updated:

 https://www.midamericalive.com/2021/04/update-nevada-man-injured-in-trash.html

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New public details on the 30th anniversary of the Angela Hammond Abduction in Clinton

NEW PUBLIC DETAILS ON 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ANGELA HAMMOND ABDUCTION

April 4 marks the 30th anniversary of the disappearance of Angela Hammond. Known as “Angie” to her family and friends, she was a recent graduate of Clinton High School and was well known and popular in the small community of Clinton, MO. Angie was abducted from a pay telephone booth at the corner of Second and Jefferson Streets. There has been no sign of her since.

On this anniversary, we reiterate that Angela Hammond’s family is still in our prayers. We refuse to classify this case as “cold” because we continue to search for investigative leads daily. A day barely escapes us without work or discussion on the case being held.

Early in the investigation, a description of a suspect vehicle was developed based on the recollections of the person Angie was talking with on the phone at the time of being abducted. That was a 1970’s model Ford pickup truck with a fishing scene in the rear glass. Much of the early parts of the investigation centered around that vehicle description. Hundreds of leads involving vehicles matching that description were followed up on, but never produced any significant evidence.

As the investigation progressed over the years, investigators decided to expand investigative possibilities that did not necessarily include the specific vehicle description. This opened new theories and produced legs of the investigation that had yet to be thoroughly explored. 

As each of these leads were investigated, many were satisfactorily eliminated for one reason or another. A lead is never dismissed in whole or in part until there is enough contrary evidence. There are still several active and open leads being considered.

One of those leads originates from the Lake of the Ozarks region. A confidential informant played a crucial role in disrupting a significant illegal narcotics operation by testifying in a court proceeding. When the informant’s identity was disclosed during the case, he received a cryptic letter composed of cut and paste characters in the style of a ransom letter one might see in a movie about a kidnapping. The letter addresses the informant by the number that had been assigned to him to protect his identity before the court proceeding. It also mentions the informant’s estranged wife by first name. 

The letter was postmarked April 4, 1991, the exact date that Angela Hammond was abducted late that evening. The informant’s wife and his daughter- also named Angela- were living in Clinton, MO at that time.

After speaking with several people of interest and potential witnesses, the theory developed by investigators is that, in retribution for the informant providing information that led to the prosecution and disruption of this criminal enterprise, a person or persons involved in the criminal enterprise planned and executed the kidnapping of the informant’s daughter. Some mistake was made as to the identity of the targeted “Angie”, who had some physical resemblance to Angela Hammond, resulting in Hammond’s abduction.

While the theory seems incredible, investigators have come across information that lends credibility to it and have so far been unable to refute it. This information is being publicly provided, in part, now with a plea. If you have heard a story like this one, or you have any information that could be related to this leg of the investigation, please get in contact with Clinton Police Investigators. A photo of a copy of the letter has been added to this post with the wife’s name and the confidential informant number redacted to protect the privacy of that family.

Very recently, a person left an anonymous telephone message for us regarding the Angela Hammond case. That person specifically mentioned two names. You did not provide a means for us to recontact you. If that person is reading this message, please re-contact us so that we can speak with you in real time. We will protect your identity or assure your anonymity.

Courtesy of the Clinton Police Department

Obituary - Noel George Jurgens

Noel George Jurgens, 83, of Mound City, Kansas passed away on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Noel was born June 17, 1937 in Omaha, NE to George and Leola (Sautter) Jurgens. After graduating from Pleasanton High School, Noel married Mildred "Millie" Louise Harclerode on August 18, 1958. 

Noel was a man who enjoyed keeping busy. He and Millie farmed for several years in Linn County before moving to Yates Center, Kansas where they ran a welding and machine shop business. 

The family then moved to the Kansas City area for a few years before moving to Maryville, Missouri when Noel and Millie operated the Maryville Missouri Airport for nearly 20 years. The couple returned to Linn County in 1993 and settled in Mound City where he ran a repair shop and farmed.

Noel was an avid aviation enthusiast. As a private pilot instructor he helped many people become pilots. He and Millie enjoyed square dancing while their health allowed. Noel could fix almost anything that had a motor. He enjoyed farm shows and old steam engine shows.

Noel was preceded in death by his wife, Millie, on September 23, 2020.

Survivors include two daughters, Denise Jurgens and Marcia Jurgens; a grandson, Billy Munshaw; a sister, Ludell Lewis; and many extended family members and friends.

There will be a funeral service at the Mound City Methodist Church on April, 18th at 1:00. Refreshments and visiting will start at 12:30 at the church. Burial will follow the service at the Pleasanton Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the Mound City Methodist Church in care of Schneider Funeral Home, PO Box J, Mound City, Kansas 66056. Friends and family may leave online condolences at www.schneiderfunerals.com.