One vehicle accident in Bates County

On December 4th around 6:30pm the Missouri State Highway Patrol along with Bates County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a one vehicle accident involving a car striking a deer on AA Highway just west of CR 9001 in rural Bates County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 2020 Subaru Crosstrek driven by 62 year old Mark A. Gray of Drexel, Missouri struck a deer in the roadway and came to rest on the shoulder of the roadway.

A passenger in the vehicle 62 year old Judith L. Gray of Drexel, Missouri sustained minor injuries and refused medical treatment at the scene of this accident.

View crash report below:

https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=210633683

Butler Bears High School Wrestling News 12/4

The Butler Bears High School Boys Wrestling team had four wrestlers finish the day in the medal round at Knob Noster.

Baylor Myers finished 4th, Triston Trumbore finished 2nd, and Issac Rodriguez and Brendin Patrick both finished 1st!

Way to go Bears!

Missouri State High School Football Week 15 State Championship Scoreboard:

The 2021-22 Missouri State High School football season has came to a end this weekend in Columbia at the Show-Me Bowl! 

Some highlights from the Show-Me Bowl includes 5 teams winning state championships for the first time ever in school history the Drexel Bobcats, Lutheran St. Charles Cougars, St. Mary's Dragons, East Buchanan Bulldogs and Smithville Warriors all got a taste of winning a state championship and will look to get back and repeat next year. 

Old faithful the Webb City Cardinals won their first Class 5 Championship and 16th title overall while CBC from St. Louis collected their 2nd championship and first one since 2014.

Mid America Live would like to say to congratulations to the teams that put in the work to win a State championship. 

8-Man Championship:

Drexel (12-0) 48, Worth County (13-1) 42 

Thursday December 2nd @ 7pm

Class 1 Championship:

East Buchanan (14-1) 21 vs. Marceline (12-2) 7

Saturday December 4th @ 3pm

Class 2 Championship:

Lutheran St. Charles 33 (12-2) vs. Lamar (13-1) 27

Friday December 3rd @ 3pm

Class 3 Championship:

St. Mary's(11-1) 56 vs. St. Pius X (Kansas City) (12-2) 0

Saturday December 4th @ 11am

Class 4 Championship:

Smithville (13-0) 31 vs. Hannibal (13-1) 0

Friday December 3rvd @ 11am

Class 5 Championship:

Webb City (11-3) 26 vs. Holt (13-1) 21

Friday December 3rd @ 7pm

Class 6 Championship:

CBC 48, Liberty North 21 

Game Played Last Saturday

Obituary - Elijah Dean Miles

Elijah Dean Miles, infant son of James Miles and Leeann Stone, was stillborn Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada, Missouri. 

In addition to his parents, he is survived by four sisters, Audrey, Briley, Calley and Daphnie; grandparents, Jolene Matkin (Ken), Debra Stone and Cindy Lawrencce and great-grandmothers, Elizabeth Hill and Jeroldene Ellifrits. Also surviving are numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

Pastor Jeff Feagins will conduct a memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, December 6th at the Cheney Witt Chapel. 

Memorials are suggested to the Elijah Miles Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywittcom.

Obituary - Kenneth Ray Herdman

FUNERAL SERVICES for Kenneth will begin at 1:00 p.m., Monday, December 6, 2021 at Hill and Son Funeral Home in Appleton City, Missouri.

OFFICIATING at the service will be Rev. Linda Wansing.

VISITATION will preceded the service from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

A MILITARY GRAVESIDE will be presented by the Appleton City VFW & MO Honor Guard.

INTERMENT will be in the Appleton City Cemetery.

MEMORIAL donations are requested to the Family Love Fund and may be left at the funeral home.

Kenneth Ray Herdman passed away peacefully at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri on December 1, 2021, age 69. He was born October 28, 1951, the son of Raymond Calvin and Marjorie (Mae) King. He graduated from Richmond High School in Richmond, Missouri, in 1969. After the completion of his education, Ken worked for General Motors as an automotive laborer until his retirement. Later, he met and married Tamara Mullen on October 28, 2017, his longtime sweetheart of 21 years. They shared 5 children: Daniel, Matt, Stephanie, Brianna, and Nick.

His family was the most important thing in his life, and he loved spending time with them. Along with this, Ken spent many happy hours pursuing his favorite hobby of rock and arrowhead hunting. He loved to be outdoors and spend time in nature. He also enjoyed gardening. His most cherished times, though, were spent with his best buddy and stepson Nick Parker and his grandchildren. Ken will be deeply missed by his family and many friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Raymond Calvin and Marjorie (Mae) King; a stepson, Matthew Parker; and one sister, Donna Childers.

Ken is survived by his wife, Tamara; six children: Daniel (Courtney Scheiter) Parker, Stephanie (Isaac) Preston, Breanna (Ethan) Mitts, and Nick Parker, and Todd Herdman and Tamara Folvercik; grandchildren: Emma, Reagan, and Stella Parker, Ella, Nora, and Hayes Preston, Zayne and Rowan Mitts; two sisters: Phyllis Umphfrey and Shari Brock; along with many extended family and dear friends.

Nevada Lady Tiger Wrestling Team News 12/4

Congratulations to our Nevada Lady Tiger Wrestlers for finishing as Runner-up at the Steve Leslie Invitational.

This is the first Women’s Wrestling team trophy for the Lady Tiger Program. We are extremely proud of these young ladies. Great Job Ladies!

Results:

Averi Dawn-2nd place

McKenzie Callaghan - Champion

Jade Feller- 3rd place

Sydnee Baldwin-2nd place

Teresa Dawn- 5th Place

LeAndra Shotts- 4th Place

Lotus Van Dyk- Champion

Taylor Thompson- Champion

Claire Pritchett -2nd Place

Obituary - Mercer Guy Bailey

Mercer G. Bailey, a journalist with The Associated Press for 47 years who helped develop the careers of many AP staffers and witnessed the movement of news from Morse Code and Teletype printers to the satellite and internet, died Nov. 20, 2021, at the age of 94.

He died at Belton (Mo.) Regional Medical Center from complications of COVID-19, his family said.

He is survived by his wife Rosalee Ann Walker Bailey, whom he married in 1992; daughters Marcia Jeanne Bailey of Fairway, Kan., and Lynn Bailey Kruse (Kevin) of Overland Park, Kan.; grandchildren Alison Jeanne Kruse of Manhattan, N.Y., and Austin Joseph Kruse of Overland Park, Kan.; and stepchildren Steve Walker of Kansas City Mo., Leanne Barry (Jim) of Lake Winnebago, Mo., Mary Walker of Raymore, Mo.; grandchildren Jason Nickles, Kansas City, Mo., Lauren Walker and Katie Walker, both of Raymore, Mo.; niece, Sandy Parker, Manor, Texas, and nephew, Randy Staton, Atlanta, Ga.

Bailey was preceded in death by his first wife Jeanne Hand Bailey, who died in 1987; his father Guy Hunter Bailey and mother Frances Corrine Bailey; sister Dorothy (Dot) Bailey Staton; brother John Wesley Bailey, and stepson David Walker.

Mercer Guy Bailey was born Nov. 29, 1926, in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 17 years old when he joined The Associated Press in its Atlanta bureau in May of 1943 and also worked in Mobile, Ala. After service with the U.S. Army in post-war Japan in 1945-47, he returned to AP as news editor in Montgomery, Ala., where in covering politics, he met a freshman state legislator named George Wallace.

He returned to Atlanta in 1948 and over the ensuing years was a regional sports writer, covering major events across the South including the Masters, college football bowl games and interviewing such figures as Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer and Bear Bryant. It was while on assignment in Miami that Bailey met Jeanne Hand who he married in 1957.

He was promoted to the General Desk at AP Headquarters in New York City in 1963 and among top editors he worked with at 50 Rockefeller Plaza was Louis D. Boccardi, who later became president and chief executive of the AP, the world's largest and oldest news organization. Today, it delivers news to more than 15,000 news outlets around the globe.

At the time of Bailey's retirement, Boccardi said, "Mercer symbolizes some of the AP's finest traditions, a tough, demanding news instinct, unquenchable enthusiasm for his work, high standards and an affection bordering on love for AP and its place in the news stream."

Bailey worked in New York for five years before his appointment in 1968 as St. Louis correspondent. He was promoted in 1970 to assistant chief of bureau in Kansas City, helping oversee AP news operations in Kansas and Missouri, and served in that position until his retirement in 1990.

His dedication was exemplified in 1981 when the skywalks at the Hyatt Hotel in Kansas City collapsed, killing and injuring more than 200 people, Bailey was hospitalized at the time for treatment of a painful arthritic condition but he climbed out of bed and hurried to the emergency room to interview survivors.

"What amazes me about Mercer is how he started in an era of Morse Code and Teletypes and yet stayed in the vanguard of all the technological advances that have made the AP what it is today - the world's news leader," said Paul Stevens, who was Kansas City chief of bureau during the last six years of Bailey's career. "He loved the AP, was highly protective of keeping the news report unbiased and strong, and advanced the careers of many, including mine."

Bailey was described by his daughters as a Southern gentleman, incredibly smart, witty, kind, a perfectionist, loving, genuine and patient. He loved his “honeys” (as he would always call us) - Jeanne, Marcia, Lynn and Rosie.

In retirement, Bailey and his wife Rosie enjoyed the lake life with their children and grandchildren from their combined families at Lake Winnebago, Mo. He loved fishing, especially in the early mornings. When the grandchildren were younger he got the biggest kick out of pulling them behind the boat on inner tubes and hearing their laughter. They loved going to all the grandchildren’s sporting events, concerts, plays and other activities. He and Rosie enjoyed traveling. Their big trip was to Australia and they also enjoyed going to Rosie’s family cabin near Fraser, Colorado. They spent several winters in the warmer climates of Marco Island, Tucson, and Corpus Christi. Bailey could spend hours tinkering at his workbench and even took up the hobby of stained glass. He was an avid sports fan and especially enjoyed watching college and pro football. He had the KC Star delivered to his doorstep every day and would start his day with his coffee, reading the paper from front to back, and doing the crossword puzzle which he was always able to complete.

In lieu of flowers the family would suggest a memorial donation to the Beta Sigma Phi American flag project. Money donated will help purchase a large American flag that will be placed at the Yacht Club at Lake Winnebago. Please make checks payable to Beta Sigma Phi and mail to Carolyn Alm, 213 Tuscarora Lane, Lake Winnebago, MO 64034.

Archie woman injured in Henry County crash

On December 3rd around 10:42 a.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Henry County along with the Henry County Sheriff's Office responded to a one vehicle accident at 579 NE 501 Road in Calhoun.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the Subaru Legacy driven by 32 year old Jamie L. Moore of Archie, Missouri traveled off the right side of the roadway and overturned.

Jamie L. Moore sustained moderate injuries and she was transported by ambulance to Cass Regional Medical Center for treatment.

The vehicle was totaled and towed from the scene of this accident by Gary's Wrecker of Clinton.

View crash report below:

https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=210630733