Happy Retirement Lessa!

Congratulations to Lessa Baldwin for almost 30 years of service at NRMC (Nevada Regional Medical Center). We’ve all seen Lessa cleaning rooms, tidying up our workplace, and offering us that warm, gentle smile. 

It’s people like Lessa who make NRMC what it is today and give our hospital a positive, hometown feel. 

We wish Lessa the very best in her retirement and thank her for her years of dedication and hard work.

MDC reports November firearms deer harvest ends with 187,967

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 187,967 deer during the November portion of firearms deer season, Nov. 13-23. Of the 187,967 deer harvested, 101,501 were antlered bucks, 16,435 were button bucks, and 70,031 were does.

Top harvest counties were Franklin with 4,144 deer harvested, Texas with 4,050, and Howell with 3,244.

Last year hunters checked 177,769 deer during the November portion of firearms deer season with 96,298 being antlered bucks, 16,128 being button bucks, and 65,343 being does.

For current ongoing preliminary harvest totals by season, county, and type of deer, visit the MDC website at extra.mdc.mo.gov/widgets/harvest_table/.

For harvest summaries from past years, visit mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/deer/deer-reports/deer-harvest-summaries.

MDC reported two firearms-related hunting incidents during the November portion of the firearms deer season with both being non-fatal and self-inflicted.

Missouri’s archery deer and turkey season resumes Nov. 24 through Jan. 15, 2022. The late youth portion of firearms season runs Nov. 26-28. The antlerless portion of firearms deer season runs Dec. 4-12 followed by the alternative methods portion Dec. 25 through Jan. 4, 2022.

Learn more about deer hunting in Missouri online at mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/deer.

Get more information about deer season and hunting regulations from MDC’s 2021 Fall Deer & Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet, available where hunting permits are sold and online at mdc.mo.gov/about-us/about-regulations/fall-deer-turkey-hunting-regulations-information.

UPDATE: Warsaw man charged with murder after Tuesday morning shooting

Jason L. Kroenke who was taken into custody this morning on a 24 hour investigative hold has now been formally charged with Murder 1st Degree and Armed Criminal Action in the shooting death of  27 year old Tarah D. McIntyre. Kroenke is being held without bond. 

It is through the efforts of our newly formed detectives division of your Benton County Sheriff's Office that yielded today's results. Detective John Snyder and investigator Don Wagenknecht have over 50 years of combined experience and training. Benton County has needed a full time detective for years but due to staffing issues and budget constraints, was an impossibility. 

A full time detective can focus his complete attention on a particular case without being interrupted by other calls for service. Snyder has been with Benton County for a number of years and was recently promoted to his new position. 

Wagenknecht has over two decades with the Minneapolis Police Department  and is a POST certified deputy sheriff, who donates his time for the betterment of this great county. These individuals along with the professional deputies who initiated and helped work the investigation,  were instrumental in the pursuit of justice in a tragic, loss of life. 

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Tarah's friends and family. When a life is taken from our community, we all feel the loss.

BCMH Auxiliary’s Operation Sock-It-To-Me Kicks Off

Bates County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary volunteers have kicked off their 2021 Operation Sock-It-To-Me campaign, an annual project that seeks to help area school children receive new, warm socks for the cold winter weather.

If you would like to donate, please purchase new socks still in the package. Collection boxes for the public are located in the hospital’s entryway. 

Donations may be dropped off on weekdays between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm until December 24, 2021. Socks will be delivered to area schools and distributed by the schools to students in need in grades K-12.

The Auxiliary thanks our community in advance for your help in making Operation Sock-It-To-Me a success.

Learn more about the Auxiliary Volunteers of BCMH.

2021 Greater Kansas City Suburban Gold All-Conference Football players for the Raymore-Peculiar Panthers

2021 Greater Kansas City Suburban Gold All-Conference players for the Raymore-Peculiar Panthers:

Jaidyn Doss, Jr., 1st Team, WR
Jaden Reddell, So., 1st Team, WR
Tucker Miller, Sr., 1st Team, ATH
Tyler Shuey, Sr., 1st Team, DL
Seontra McIntosh, Sr., 1st Team, LB
Jack Ardito, Sr., 1st Team, DB
Zander Dombrowski 2nd Team, QB
Nick Karr, Sr. 2nd Team, RB
Rob Park, Sr., 2nd Team, OL
Isaac Cook, Sr., 2nd Team, DL
Kanen Huff, Sr., 2nd Team, DB
Thomas Fager, Jr., HM, RB
Evan Riley, Sr., HM, OL
Zach Mitchell, Jr., HM, OL
Jack Ardito, Sr., HM, RET
Trey Kudron, Sr., HM, K
Taran Snyder, Jr., HM, DL
Jaylen Nevin, Jr., HM, LB
Fabien Bilbe, Sr., HM, DB
Nick Karr, Sr., HM, P

Butler Junior High Wrestling Team News 11/23

The Butler Junior High Wrestling Team competed at El Dorado Springs tonight. Another great night!

Results:

Damian Alkire: 3-0.

Bryce Bedwell: 3-0.

Daryl Jarreau: 3-0.

Preston Mallatt: 3-0.

Cohen Wilson: 3-0.

Next up is our first home meet on Monday, November 29th @ 5PM. Come out and watch these young men wrestle!

Obituary - William Lee McNeil

William Lee McNeil, 73, Bronaugh, MO passed away on Monday, November 22, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, MO following a brief illness. Bill was born November 17, 1948, in Cody, WY to Thayne W. and Lea L. (Wright) McNeil.

The farming/ranching family moved to their Bronaugh farm in 1966. Bill graduated from Bronaugh High School in 1968. He was always a hard worker and mechanically inclined, eventually settling in Windsor, MO working for Clearfield Cheese as an over the road trucker. He lived in Cascade, MT for several years, working as an equipment mechanic traveling with oil pipelines. Bill returned to Bronaugh to help care for his elderly parents until their passing. He resided with his wife and boys at their farm.

Bill was a jovial man who loved to tease and joke with everyone and was always willing to lend a hand if needed. He enjoyed hunting, and especially fishing, mechanic work for family and friends, spending time with his family, and tending his livestock.

He married Pamela Connelly in 2010 and she survives of the home. Bill is also survived by his children, William Lee McNeil, II, of Versailles, MO, and Payton McNeil of the home; two step-sons, Tucker Connelly of the home, and Jesse Jenkins (Kelly) of Nevada; one sister, Thaylee Rourk (Russell); and one brother, Carey McNeil (Diane), Bronaugh; a nephew, Matt Layher (Lori), Bronaugh; two nieces, Ashley Banes (Brent), Bronaugh, Elise Duvall (John), Fairway, KS; and numerous great nieces and nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, and a stepson, Cody Jenkins.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 29, 2021, at Worsley Cemetery in Bronaugh with Pastor Terry Mosher officiating. The family will receive friends from 2-4:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the family c/o Ferry Funeral Home.    

Obituary - Carrie Anne Main

A memorial service for Carrie Anne Main of Butler, Missouri will be held at a later date under direction of the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler. Contributions to the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel for funeral expenses. Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com

Carrie Anne Main, age 54 of Butler, Missouri died Monday, November 22, 2021 at St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born September 19, 1967 to Leonard Dwain and Linda Kay Cole Breiner in Butler.

Carrie is survived by two sons, David Main and wife Melissa and Derek Main all of Butler, Missouri; her mother, Linda Blaser of Butler, Missouri; father, Dwain Breiner and wife Mary of Meridian, Idaho; one sister, Nora Breiner of Butler, Missouri; two brothers, Dennis Breiner and wife Cyndi and Kenneth Breiner and wife Ellisa all of Butler, Missouri; three stepsisters, Debi Foster and husband Dan of Kansas City, Missouri, Susan McCracken of Lee's Summit, Missouri and Kelsee Pierce and husband Steve of Smithville, Missouri; a stepbrother, Ben Blaser and wife Susan of Lawson, Missouri; one granddaughter, Chloe; and nephews, nieces and other relatives. She was preceded in death by a son, Michael Maxville; stepfather, Bud Blaser; and stepbrother Karl Blaser.