From the Rich Hill Fire Department

On Sunday May 1st around 6:30 p.m. the Rich Hill Fire Department responded to CR 5508 and CR 8517 on an excavator fire.

3 firefighters and 3 trucks responded. The cause of the fire was unknown to us at this time.

How about some baseball and burgers???

Tonight is the night... Everyone please come out and support the Bears Baseball team as well as Giving Fore Living... Should be windy but sunny!!

2023 Butler High School spring band concert set for tonight at 7pm

The 2023 Butler High School Spring Band Concert will be Tuesday, May 2nd at 7:00pm. 

It will be in the High school auditorium, and admission is free. It will last 50-60 minutes. Everyone is welcome to attend! Please turn your phones off or on silent! 

All band members from 6th to 12th grade will perform.

45th Annual Steam & Gas Engine Show in Adrian

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Obituary - Dale Deer

Dale Deer, age 82, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2023, at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was born May 25, 1940, in Bronson, Kansas, the son of William Percy Deer and Kathryn Maxine Jackson Deer. 

Dale graduated from the Uniontown High School with the Class of 1959. He first married Donna Kirker in 1961. They had two daughters, Debbie and Susan. 

This marriage ended in divorce. Dale later married Linda Jean Sullivan Epps at the Prescott United Methodist Church on October 20, 1995; and gained two step-daughters, Amy and Stacy. 

In earlier years, Dale farmed and then owned and operated his own trucking company. In 1996, he sold out of the trucking business and went to work for Linn County where he remained until his retirement in 2006. Following retirement, Dale and Linda were able to travel much of the United States as well as Australia and New Zealand and were able to enjoy many of God’s creations. He was a member of the West Liberty United Methodist Church and the Mapleton/Fulton Masonic Lodge.

Survivors include his wife, Linda, of the home; two daughters, Debbie Rogers (Larry) of Ft. Scott and Susan Cannon (Delbert) of Prescott, Kansas; a step-daughter, Amy Hutton (Tim); eight living grandchildren and step-grandchildren, Tabitha Hardesty (Kent), Kayla Bronson (Jeff), Erica Bolton (Jason), Chase Cannon (Alison), Dyamond Hutton, Zoe Hutton, Ryan Rogers (Megan) and Shanna Rogers, four great-granddaughters, Kenzi Hardesty, Riley Bronson, Morgyn Bronson and Brylin Rogers, four great-grandsons, Blaine Rogers, Cruz Bolton, Blake Swift and Colben Cannon and a great-great-grandson, Skylar. Also surviving are a brother, Kirk Deer (Debbie) of Mound City, Kansas; four sisters, Betty Adams of Ft. Scott, Elaine Gibbons of Chanute, Kathy Combs (Kevin) of Girard, Kansas and Joyce Hall (Brian) of Ft. Scott, and a sister-in-law, Jackie Deer of Nevada, Texas. Dale was preceded in death by a grandson, Heath Cannon in 1998, a step-daughter, Stacy Epps in 1999 and a brother, Carroll Deer in 2012.

Rev. Jim Brackett will conduct a celebration of life service at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, May 6th at the West Liberty United Methodist Church. Private burial will take place in the Prescott Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 P.M. Friday at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Memorials are suggested to the Heath Cannon Scholarship 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 cheneywitt.com.

Two seriously injured in Henry County UTV accident

On Monday May 1st around 8:55 p.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Henry County along with Henry County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a UTV rollover accident at 1045 NE 31 Road in rural Henry County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the southbound 2012 Polaris Ranger driven by 48 year old Michael K. Simmons of Clinton, Missouri ran off the left side of the roadway and overturned.

Michael K. Simmons along with a passenger in the Ranger 48 year old Marlene A. Simmons both sustained serious injuries in this accident and both were transported to Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri for treatment.

View crash report below:

https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=230223444

Obituary - Patricia Ann Lytle

Patricia Ann Lytle, 80, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away April 19th, 2023.

A Celebration of Life will be held on June 25th, 2023 2:00 pm at the 28 Event Space (The Station) 1300 W. 28th KCMO 64108

Clinton woman arrested on warrants in Johnson County

On Monday May 1st around 1:13 p.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Johnson County arrested 32 year old Amanda A. Patzke of Clinton, Missouri.

She was arrested for the following charges 1.) Felony Henry County Sheriff's Office Warrant -2nd Degree Burglary 2.) Possession of a controlled substance 3.) Possession of drug paraphernalia.

Amanda A. Patzke was booked into the Johnson County Jail and she is currently listed as bondable.

View arrest report below:
https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP71/ArrestDetailsAction?TW01REPORTNUMBER=I466204A

Disclaimer: Arrest records are public information. Any indication of an arrest does not mean the individual identified has been convicted of a crime. All persons arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.