Butler woman injured on Stockton Lake

On Sunday May 28th around 3:49 p.m. the Missouri State Highway Water Patrol in Cedar County responded to a injured woman on Crabtree Cove around 1 mile south of Stockton.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 2005 Crownline Boat was anchored when a swimmer identified as 42 year old Kellie S. Davidson of Butler, Missouri slipped while jumping from a swim platform and impacted the boat.

Kellie S. Davidson sustained moderate injuries (Broken leg) and she was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Springfield for treatment.

View crash report below:

https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/WP03/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=230279668

Kitchen fire at Dairy Queen in Harrisonville

Around 0930 hours today, Harrisonville Fire Department crews were dispatched to Dairy Queen in the 700 blk of S. Commercial St on a reported kitchen fire. 

Crews made a quick attack with a 1 3/4 attack line and made a quick stop and contained fire to the kitchen area. Occupants were able to safely evacuate the building and no injuries were reported.

Thanks to the Central Cass FPD, and West Peculiar FPD for your mutual aid response. Also thanks to the Harrisonville Missouri Police Department for traffic and crowd control. Fire cause is still under investigation.

Bates County Cattlemen cooking today at Butler Family Center parking lot

Looking for a fresh grilled burger or hot dog?

Stop by the Butler Family Center parking lot this Saturday, May 27th at 10:00 a.m. for the Bates County Cattlemen’s “May is Beef Month” event. 

Lunch will be served from 10 am until food runs out and is a free-will donation. Bring the whole family and enjoy some delicious beef this Memorial Day weekend.

Beef, It’s What’s for Dinner.

Over 100 grams of Methamphetamine and cocaine seized in Nevada

Last night Nevada Police conducted a narcotics investigation. During the investigation K9 Edo was deployed by his handler.

After a positive alert for narcotics Nevada Police discovered over 100 grams of methamphetamine and cocaine.

The subject was placed under arrest where charges will be submitted to the Vernon County Prosecuting Attorney for review.

Outstanding work to these officers for interdicting this criminal activity passing through our community.

Mid America Live News will update when more information is made available to us from the Nevada Police Department.

One injured in Cass County rollover crash

On Friday evening May 26th around 11:00 p.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Cass County along with Cass County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a one vehicle rollover accident on Missouri 7 Highway at Thunder Road.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the northbound 1996 Jeep Cherokee driven by 29 year old Levi G. Detel of Kansas City, Missouri left the roadway, struck several signs and overturned.

Mr. Detel sustained serious injuries and he was transported by ambulance to Belton Regional Medical Center for treatment.

The vehicle was totaled and towed from the scene of this accident by J's Southland Tow. Levi G. Detel was cited for 1.) Driving while Intoxicated.

View arrest report below:

https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=230275103

Obituary - John Dewey Kirby

John Dewey Kirby, age 61, resident of Fort Scott, KS died Wednesday, May 24, 2023. He was born November 23, 1961, in Wichita, KS, the son of William and Mary Elizabeth Long. John was a bull rider for over 20 years on the rodeo circuit. 

More recently he worked maintenance for Lake Chaparral in Mound City, KS. He enjoyed anything outdoors, camping, woodworking, and listening to rock music. 

John always had his trusty dog “Bo” by his side. He loved spending time with family, especially his grandchildren. John married Chastity Mackley on November 12, 2022, in Fort Scott.

Survivors include his wife Chastity of the home; a son Dustin Erikson; a daughter, Cherokee Erikson (Clint Szuwalski); and 3 grandsons, Hunter, Gunner, and Kaiser. He was preceded in death by his parents.

There was cremation. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the John Kirby Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, PO Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.

Obituary - Linda Muriel Roberts

Linda Muriel Roberts, age 71, of Warsaw, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. She was born on February 19, 1952 in Marshall, Missouri to J.R. and Juanita Gean (Shoemaker) Mullins.

She grew up in Warsaw, Missouri and attended the Feaster Schoolhouse and later Warsaw High School. Following the 11th grade, she was united in marriage to Jim Roberts at the Climax Springs Baptist Church. They made their home in the Kansas City area until 2004 where she moved to their home in Warsaw.

Linda was baptized at the Grandview Church of Christ in the early 1980’s and she was a devoted member of the Warsaw Church of Christ. She always had a friendly smile, even through the pain of her illness and she loved her family deeply.

Linda is preceded in death by her parents, two daughters, Diane Ervin and Wendy Roberts, one sister, Deloris Gean and two brothers, Johnny and Billy.

She is survived by her husband, Jim, of the home, one son, Zachari Roberts and his wife Chelsea of Kings Bay, Georgia, 6 grandchildren, Dominic, Marshall, Savannah, Austin, Chris and Zailey, two great grandchildren, Ella and Valerie, a son-in-law, Tim Ervin, several nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at Reser Funeral Home with Jason Cline, officiating. Graveside services and interment will follow at the National Cemetery in Warsaw, Missouri.

Nevada man convicted on 4 counts in Capitol riot January 6th

A federal judge ruled Friday that a locksmith from Nevada, Missouri, was guilty on all four misdemeanor counts he was facing in the riot two years ago at the nation’s Capitol.

At a hearing in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Royce Lamberth found 34-year-old Isaac S. Yoder guilty of entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. 

The judge set sentencing for Aug. 25 once a pre-sentence investigation is completed.

Yoder, owner of a lock and key business in Nevada, traveled to Washington with family members to attend a rally Jan. 6, 2021, in support of then-President Donald Trump after Trump’s defeat by Joe Biden in the 2020 general election.

At his bench trial in March, Yoder had testified that he was “excited” about answering Trump’s call for people to come to the rally.

He attended wearing colonial attire in the style of George Washington — replete with tricorn hat, overcoat, cravat, pants and boots — a costume he had worn previously in advertising for his business and at a rally in Jefferson City protesting the state’s stay-at-home order early on in the COVID-19 pandemic. He carried an American flag on a pole and wore a scabbard sheathing a metal sword.

According to the judge’s findings issued with his ruling Friday, Yoder did not enter the secured area for the rally due to the items he was carrying but instead separated from his family and went to an area near the Washington Monument where he was photographed posing next to rally participant’s sign that read, among other things, “Trump wins,” a sentiment he had testified that he shared.

After Trump’s speech, Yoder saw the crowd moving toward the Capitol before he rejoined his family members, who were distressed about an altercation taking place between police and rally participants. His brothers mentioned having been hit by rubber bullets and exposed to pepper spray, and informed him that the altercation had taken “bad” turn because “(Vice President Mike) Pence folded.”

According to Yoder’s testimony, he headed toward the Capitol even as many in the crowd were retreating. He claimed not to have seen any signs restricting his presence on the Capitol grounds and walked around the barricades the crowd had broken through and climbed some scaffolding onto the West Front of the building.

He entered the Capitol building through the Senate Wing door at 3:14 p.m. and remained in the building for 20 minutes, according to trial testimony an the judge’s findings.

Although Yoder claimed that it did not occur to him that the public was not permitted to climb the scaffolding that had been put up for the inauguration, that he did not see police and rioters fighting and that when he entered the building police had matters under control, the judge found those claims not to be credible.

In his findings, Lamberth pointed out that Yoder skirted barricades that had been pushed aside and walked past the broken glass and door where he entered, smelled pepper spray and heard a loud beeping noise that the breached door was making.

The judge also cited his actions once he got inside. Yoder had climbed on top of a pile of broken furniture and yelled over the crowd noise: “We’ve been so weak! We’ve lost any kind of credibility because all we ever do is cave. We don’t riot. We don’t do bad things. We keep the law.”

Yoder claimed at trial this was an attempt “to bring order out of chaos” and that he did not condone the behavior of those who were rioting.

But he then entered the Crypt on the first floor of the building and posed for at least one picture there and later told a Newsweek reporter that “most of us out there are on the side of the gun owners” and “if we had collectively gone there to cause trouble, there would have been piles of bodies.” He further told the reporter that he was not worried about possibly being prosecuted for his actions that day and claimed it was the “anarchy in government” that troubled him most.

“Yoder’s words and actions on Jan. 6, 2021, and after make plain that his intent was to protest and disrupt congressional proceedings around the certification of the 2020 presidential election,” the judge wrote.

The judge said his presence “added to the problem of an overwhelmed police force attempting to hold back a flood of rioters, and ultimately, clear the building,” something it took them almost six hours to do.