Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Sidewalk Improvements in Amsterdam, Amoret, Hume & Rich Hill Scheduled to Begin Week of Oct. 11th

Bates County – Drivers should watch for contractor crews making sidewalk improvements and working close to traffic in Amsterdam, Amoret, Hume and Rich Hill beginning the week of October 11, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.

Improvements include making sidewalks, curb ramps and pedestrian areas conform to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements.

Crews will be doing the following work:

  • Amsterdam: Bates County Route Y – Build a sidewalk from Walnut Street south to a point approximately 300 feet
  • Amoret: Missouri Route 52 – Install curb ramps at the intersections of 1st Street, 2nd Street, Broadway Street, 3rd Street and 4th Street
  • Hume: Bates County Route A – Build sidewalks between Spring Street and Hume Street and install five pedestrian crossings between 7th Street and Reese Street
  • Rich Hill: Bates County Route A – Install three pedestrian crossings at the intersections of 1st Street, 4th Street and 10th Street

Traffic Impacts:

  • Work will be done during daytime hours (7 a.m.-7 p.m., Monday-Friday)
  • Drivers may encounter flaggers in areas where crews are working
  • Signs and message boards will alert drivers approaching work zones
  • No signed detours
  • Drivers should find alternate routes around work zones

Weather and/or construction delays will alter the work schedule.

Project Information:

  • Prime contractor: Branco Enterprises Inc., Springfield
  • Total cost: $275,000
  • Completion date: November 1, 2021 


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Butler Police Activity Report 9/20/2021 - 09/26/2021

9-20-2021
Suspicious activity - Conoco
Medical Call – Delaware St
Abandon Vehicle – Conoco
Well Being Check – Pizza Hut
Speak to officer – PD Lobby
Speak to officer – Carpenter Cup
Traffic Stop – Osage Nuts Parking lot
Speak to officer – Alley Tavern
Speak to officer – Walmart
Speak to officer – PD Lobby
Traffic Stop – Walmart Parking lot
Well being check – Midwest Lumber lot
Traffic stop – 49/52 Ramp
Pursuit – Main & Mill
Follow up – Casey's on Orange
Speak to officer – Butler
Traffic Stop – Bear Stop Parking lot

9-21
Alarm – Max Motors
Speak to officer – PD Lobby
Animal call – Main & Mill
MVA – Fran & 52
Speak to officer – PD Lobby
Follow up – Alley Tavern
Medical Call – Compass Health
Follow up – Alley Tavern
Follow up – High School
C & I Driver – 200 Block of Delaware
Detail Police – City Lake
Pedestrian Check – Fulton & Dakota
Traffic Stop – Dollar General Parking lot
Speak to officer – Phone call only
Assist outside agency – 400 block of Pine
Detail Police – PD Parking lot
Animal Call – Parkview

9-22
Traffic stop – McDonald's Parking lot
Speak to officer – BCMH
Other – BCMH
Suspicious Activity – Birch & Meadow Lane
Well Being Check – Sonic
Disorderly Conduct – McDonald's
Assault – 100 Block of Pleasant
Domestic Disturbance – 100 Block of E Atkinson – Arrest Made Channon Maguire
Abandoned Vehicle – 200 Block of Pine
Traffic Stop – Orange & Longsinger
Traffic Stop – Water & Fort Scott
Speak to officer – PD Lobby
Traffic Stop – Dollar General Parking lot
Traffic Stop – Medical Lodge Parking lot
Traffic Stop – Vine St
Water Leak – 0 Block of Fulton
Traffic stop – 400 Block of College
Disturbance – 300 Block of West
Speak to officer – Phone call only
Well Being check – 100 Block of Fulton

9-23
Suspicious Activity – 500 Block N Havana
Suspicious Activity – Summer's Pharmacy
Traffic Stop – Orange & Outer Road
Animal Call – Orange St Collectibles
Suspicious Activity – Walmart Parking Lot
Traffic Stop – Orange @ Football Field
Speak to Officer – PD Lobby
Theft – 100 Block of S Prospect
Civil Matter – 700 Block of Vine
Traffic Stop – Dakota E of High Arrest Made – Juvenile
Stolen Vehicle – O Block of South Birch
Speak to Officer – DMV
Assist Other Agency – BCSO Jail
Animal Call – Ohio & Water
Speak to Officer – Phone call only
Disturbance Noise – 600 Block of Vine
Well Being Check – 400 Block of Delaware
Well Being Check – McDonalds

9-24
Pedestrian Check – Bear Stop
Speak to officer – Phone call only
Speak to Officer – Phone call only
Electric Call – 200 Block of Dakota
Traffic Stop – Orange & Gale Lane
Property Damage – Walmart Parking lot
Speak to officer – PD Lobby
Speak to Officer – Conoco
Disturbance – BCMH ER
Juvenile – Elementary School
Detail Police – Courthouse
Traffic Hazard – Business 49 underpass
Speak to Officer – PD Lobby
Electric Call – 600 Block Nursery
Traffic Stop – Walmart Parking lot - Arrest Made – Bodie Woods
Speak to Officer – PD Lobby
Alarm – Family Center
Traffic Stop – TT & Business 49
Traffic Stop - Harrison & Roberta

9-25
Property Damage – Sonic
Traffic Stop – Schowengertds parking lot
Speak to officer – PD Lobby
Traffic Stop – Dollar Tree Parking Lot
Follow Up – Butler High School
Traffic Stop – Fort Scott & West
Disturbance – 500 block of High
Traffic Stop – TT & Business 49
Traffic Stop- Business 49 & TT
Open Door – Chicken Larry’s
Harassment – 400 Block of Fort Scott
Well Being Check – 800 Block of Main
C&I Driver – McDonald's
Speak to officer – Phone call only
Pedestrian Check - Fort Scott & Orange – Arrest Made – Zoe Hector
Well Being Check – Casey's on Orange St

9-26
Speak to Officer – BCMH
Traffic Stop – Fran & Fort Scott
Traffic Stop – Typhoon Bay Car Wash
Pedestrian Check – Osage nuts parking lot
Speak to Officer – Chicken Larry’s
Harassment – Chicken Larry’s
Animal Call – 300 Block of West Ohio
Threat Call – 200 Block of Willow
Electric Call – 200 Block of Water
Suspicious Activity – Oak Hill Cemetery
Well Being Check – Walmart Parking lot
Speak to Officer – PD Lobby
Traffic Stop – Walmart
Well Being Check – 800 Block of Main
Disturbance – BCMH


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Obituary - Betty Sue Stainbrook

Betty Sue Stainbrook, age 80, passed away on Thursday, September 30,2021. She was born on May 2, 1941 in Kansas City, KS to Paul and Mildred Stainbrook. Betty was raised in Overland Park, KS and graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School in 1959. After high school, Betty continued her education in Emporia, KS at the Kansas State Teacher’s College where she was also a member of the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority. 

Although Betty began her employment in Wichita and Shawnee Mission, KS, she spent most of her career working as a physical education teacher in the Linbergh School District in St. Louis, MO. She shared many fun adventures antiquing, traveling, and golfing with her lifelong friend and companion, Joy Aubuchon.

Betty is survived by her sister, Marilyn Triebel (Ralph), nephews- Mark Stainbrook, Scott Triebel, Ryan Triebel and niece, Deanna Pittman.

She is proceeded in death by her parents, Paul and Mildred Stainbrook, Bob Stainbrook (brother), Brian Stainbrook (nephew) and Joy Aubuchon (lifelong companion and friend).

Funeral service will be 11 am Friday, October 8, 2021 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Burial in Prairie Home Cemetery. All are welcome to join the family for a meal following the burial. Visitation will be from 10 am to service time at the La Cygne Chapel. Contributions are suggested to the Alzheimer's Foundation, c/o Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 304, La Cygne, Kansas 66040. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com

Total CLOSURE of I-49 at Main Street in Grandview scheduled for October 8th-11th


JACKSON COUNTY– The City of Grandview with the assistance of MoDOT will CLOSE northbound and southbound Interstate 49 at Main St. in Grandview, MO beginning at 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 8, until approximately 5 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 11. This closure is for the demolition of the southbound I-49 turnaround ramp and is part of the City of Grandview’s I-49 Outer Road Conversion Project. All I-49 traffic will be routed around the closure via the Main St. on and off ramps. During this time, Main St. over I-49 will also be CLOSED. Motorists will need to follow the signed detour or use alternate routes. All work is weather permitting.

Please be patient and considerate to your fellow motorists. Use the zipper merge and take turns at merge points. Please remember that all work zones are NO PHONE ZONES. Buckle up. Phone down. Arrive Alive. For potential impacts to traffic, please review KC Scout cameras at http://www.kcscout.net or consult our real-time traffic partner, WAZE.

Motorists are reminded to slow down and pay attention while driving in work zones. Not all work zones look alike. Work zones can be moving operations, such as striping, patching or mowing. They can also be short term, temporary lane closures to make quick repairs or remove debris from the roadway.

For more information about MoDOT news, projects or events, please visit our website at www.modot.mo.gov/kansascity. For instant updates, follow MoDOT_KC on Twitter, or share posts and comments on our Facebook at www.facebook.com/MoDOT.KansasCity. MoDOT Kansas City maintains more than 7,000 miles of state roadway in nine counties. Sign up online for work zone updates or call 888-ASK-MODOT (275-6636).

Obituary - Charles Leon Holmes

Charles Leon Holmes, age 85, was born August 8, 1936 on his parents farm near Prescott, Kansas the son of Harold S. and Marguerite Coon Holmes. Leon lived his entire life in the Prescott Community attending grade school at Shiloh and Prescott and graduated from Prescott High School in the Class of 1954. He was a member of the National Guard Battalion A. 

He drove a truck for Stevens Produce in Prescott and Joe Rei Trucking in Blue Mound. He then became a full time farmer. He was united in marriage to Marilyn Pinkerton on June 11, 1961 in the Mantey United Methodist Church. They are the parents of one son, Larry Lee Holmes. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Milton and Jay, a sister, Elma Casida Avery and a nephew Jay Lee Casida. Leon is survived by his wife, Marilyn, son Larry Holmes, four grandsons, Larry Leon(Chip), Levi Joseph, Luke Donovan Lee, and Lane Laford, three great grandchildren, Kenny, Brailee and Lillian, four nieces and three nephews.

Graveside funeral service will be 11 am Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at the Prescott Cemetery. Individual respects and guest registry 9 am to 4 pm Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Contributions are suggested to the Prescott United Methodist Church, c/o Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 525, Pleasanton, KS 66075. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.


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