Thank you for your donation

The Bates County Elks Lodge # 2653 member John Carrillo presented to the Butler Community Café a very generous donation check for $1,738.52. 

Accepting the donation was board member Susi Serna and Café volunteer John McHenry.

The Elks Lodge have been such generous sponsors for over 8 years and have already scheduled meals for 2024! 

We are grateful for your support and for all the wonderful meals that you provide to our little Community Café

Obituary - Christina Quick

Christina Quick, 54 of Butler, Missouri passed away peacefully November 9, 2023 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Cremation, with a visitation to be held Friday, November 17, 2023 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm at Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660-679-0009). 

Graveside services will follow in Meyers Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made, in lieu of flowers to the Butler First Christian Church. Messages of condolence may be left for tbe family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.

Christina “Tina” Michelle Pitts Quick was born December 25, 1968 in Bolivar, Missouri, the daughter of Raymond and Rusty Stalker Pitts.

Tina attended the Willard School System and graduated in 1987. For several years she worked along side her mother, for Hale’s Fireworks in Eagleville, Missouri and around Christmas time in Mississippi.

Tina married Justin Quick on January 5, 2005 in Springfield, Missouri. They eventually moved to Butler, Missouri where she attended the Butler First Christian Church and worked with the youth group on Wednesday nights for several years. She also worked at Butler Walmart in several postitions, including the Electronics Department where she made many friends with those she helped.

Tina will be missed by many.

She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Dick and Charlean Stalker and her paternal grandparents, Lester and Earnestine Pitts. 

She is survived by her husband Justin Quick of Butler, MO., father Raymond Pitts (Johnie) of Willard, MO., mother Rusty Jones of Bolivar, MO., three brothers, Jason Pitts (Kerri), Scott Pitts, and Joe Furtak (Rebecca) all of Springfield, MO., she also leaves behind numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and dear friends.

Butler High School November Student of the Month

 

Road work scheduled tomorrow in Cass County

CASS COUNTY (Harrisonville, MO) – Crews will close the ramp from NB I-49 to MO Route 2 for pavement repair work from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16. All work is weather dependent.

Two injured in Bates County rollover crash

On Tuesday November 15th around 12:55 p.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Bates County along with Bates County Sheriff's Deputies, Bates County EMS and Butler Fire Department responded to a one vehicle rollover accident on I-49 at CRD NW 31 in rural Butler.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the southbound 2006 Honda Pilot driven by 30 year old Rachel S. Sinclair of Butler, Missouri struck a ditch and overturned.

Rachel S. Sinclair along with a 7 year old male passenger in the vehicle both sustained minor injuries and both were transported to Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler for treatment.

The vehicle was totaled and towed from the scene by Douty's Tow Service of Butler.

View crash report below:
https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=230610043

Obituary - Linda Kay (Ryan) Stephens

Linda Kay (Ryan) Stephens age 76 of Adrian, Missouri departed this life Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at Butler Rehab and Healthcare, Butler, Missouri.

Funeral Service will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 18, 2023 at Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri with internment at Dayton Cemetery, Garden City, Missouri.

Visitation will be held 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 18, 2023 at Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri.

Memorial contributions may be made to Bates County Industries (BCI) and send in care of Dickey Funeral Home, PO Box 432, Harrisonville, Missouri 64701.

A complete obituary will be posted once that information becomes available.

Featured Business of the Month

 

Police Pursuit in Bates County

At approximately 8:00pm this evening the Bates County Sheriffs Office received a call from a Trooper in reference to a Silver 4 door car traveling south around Passaic exit on I49 at 140mph. 

Shortly after that call dispatch received a call from a motorist reporting a 4 door silver car traveling at high speeds and carelessly southbound on I49.

 
Deputies got behind the vehicle and attempted to stop it at the Butler 52 Highway exit. The vehicle continued to travel south until the 52 East/split road. The vehicle took gravel roads west bound and then headed back north. The vehicle then took Rice Road attempting to circle back into town. On RiceRoad/Cr1502 the vehicle met Sheriff Anderson’s patrol vehicle head on and was forced to drive into the ditch. As Sheriff Anderson was turning his vehicle around the car came to a stop.

 
Sheriff Anderson and a K-9 unit took the two subjects into custody. The passenger was subsequently released from the scene. The driver was taken to the Sheriff’s Office where a DRE Deputy screened the driver for driving under the influence of drugs.

 
The driver is being held pending formal charges of Driving under the influence of drugs, careless and imprudent driving, and felony fleeing to elude-dangerous pursuit.

 
“Working together with our partners to help keep our roadways safe is important to us. This whole incident could have ended different for people who he passed at those speeds, long before law enforcement tried to intervene.” Says Sheriff Anderson. “Just because you have a marijuana medical card does not give you the right to smoke marijuana and operate a motor vehicle. In Bates County, you are going to go to jail.”

 
According to MADD, every 37 seconds someone is killed from a drunk driver. Driving under the influence of marijuana is impaired driving just the same.