Butler man injured after striking farm equipment west of Passaic

On March 6th around 6:50 p.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Bates County along with Bates County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a two vehicle accident on F Highway just west of CR 6001 in rural Passaic.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the west bound 2005 Buick Lacrosse driven by 82 year old Richard A. Koehler of Butler, Missouri struck the tire of the east bound 2022 International Harvester driven by 20 year old James W. Cox of Butler, Missouri.

Richard A. Koehler sustained serious injuries and he was transported by Bates County EMS to Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler for treatment.

View crash report below:

https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=230120388

Update: Hume man killed in head on crash west of Rich Hill

On March 6th around 2:05 p.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Bates County along with Bates County Sheriff's Deputies, Bates County EMS and the Butler Fire Department responded to a two vehicle accident on A Highway at CR SW 7007 in rural Bates County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the westbound 2002 Mazda Hatchback driven by 23 year old Andrew Medina of Hume, Missouri crossed the centerline of traffic and struck the eastbound 2012 Jeep Cherokee driven by 77 year old Mildred K. Bell of Hume, Missouri head on.

Andrew Medina was pronounced dead at the scene of this accident and he was transported to the Bates County Coroners Office.

Mildred K. Bell along with a passenger in her vehicle an 84 year old female passenger Frances Brooks, of Hume, Missouri both sustained serious injuries in this accident and both were transported by Life Flight Eagle to Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri for treatment

Another passenger 18 year old Aricka P Pryor of Nevada, Missouri sustained moderate injuries and she was transported by ambulance to Nevada Regional Medical Center.

This is Troop A of the Missouri State Highway Patrol's 6th fatality of the year 2023.

View crash report below:
https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=230119788

One seriously injured in Cass County rollover crash

On March 6th around 5:00 a.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Cass County along with Cass County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a one vehicle rollover accident on D Highway just north of 164th Terrace in rural Cass County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the northbound Honda Civic driven by 27 year old Kylie M. Snider of Drexel, Missouri traveled off the left side of the roadway and overturned.

Kylie M. Snider sustained serious injuries and was transported to Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri for treatment.

The vehicle was totaled and towed from the crash scene by J's Southland Tow.

View accident report below:

https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=230118777

Traffic Alert: Motor vehicle accident on A Highway in rural Hume

Several emergency personnel are on scene of a multiple vehicle accident on A Highway and CR SW 7007 in rural Hume at this time.

Please use caution and avoid this area if you can! Also always move over for flashing emergency lights.

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/2023/03/update-hume-man-killed-in-head-on-crash.html

Bates County Fashion Revue 2023

 

We are super proud of this Archie Whirlwind!

Elishia was awarded the Missouri State Presidential Scholarship! 

To receive this scholarship you must have a 3.9 cumulative GPA, 31 ACT score, and submit an essay. 

The students who met those qualifications were asked to come for an interview. There were 175 students interviewed that day and only 30 scholarships were awarded. Congratulations Elishia!

Heads Up Nevada!

Outage alert: A portion of customers in the area of Nevada, Missouri, are currently without services due to a third-party fiber cut. Technicians are working diligently to get services restored as quickly as possible. 

We apologize for any inconvenience and will share updates here as additional information becomes available. Thank you in advance for your patience.

Update 11:12 am CST: Technicians continue working to complete fiber splicing in order to restore services. We estimate services will be restored late afternoon.

We appreciate your continued patience and again apologize for any inconvenience. 

- Courtesy of Fidelity Communications

Be on the lookout for a stolen truck in Bates County

On 03/06/2023 Deputies with the Bates County Sheriff's Office took a report of a stolen 2012 Ford F250 single cab truck with an long bed. The truck is black in color and has damage to the tailgate.

The truck was stolen from the area of County Road 11002 and County Road 2001 in rural Adrian sometime between the hours of midnight and 10:00AM this morning. 

At approximately 0445 hours this morning, deputies received a call for a suspicious person walking in the same area. Upon deputies arrival, the subject was not located and had apparently already left the area.

On 03/05/2023 deputies took a report of an attempted theft of a vehicle also in the rural Adrian area near County Road 1503 and County Road 11004 at approximately 2330 hours. It is unknown if the two incidents are related and in that case the truck was left in the ditch near the victim's residence.

Deputies and investigators are working on locating the stolen truck and is seeking information from the public if they saw or heard something in the area. This is also a reminder to not leave your keys in your vehicles unattended and lock your doors.

If you have information regarding the theft of this vehicle please contact a deputy or detective at the Sheriff's Office (660) 679-3232