Semi truck fire this afternoon in Rich Hill

On Saturday December 2nd around 3:20 p.m. the Bates County Sheriff's Office responded to a semi truck fire on the northbound off ramp of I-49 in Rich Hill.

The driver of the truck wasn't injured and 3 trucks and 5 firefighters responded.

Butler High School boys wrestling team traveled to Knob Noster today

The Butler High School boys wrestling team traveled to Knob Noster for the first tournament of the season.

Results:
Team: 5th Place.
Preston Mallatt: 1st Place.
Kellen Long: 1st Place.
Isaac Rodriguez: 1st Place.
Damian Alkire: 2nd Place.
Zayne Nuzum: 2-2.
Brighton Orso: 1-2.
Mayan Pajula: 0-2.

The JV boys travel to Harrisonville next Saturday. 9AM start time.

Rich Hill Tigers boys finish first in Dennis Cornish Basketball Classic in Lockwood!

We would like to congratulate the Rich Hill Tigers Boys High School Basketball team took 1st place at the Dennis Cornish Basketball Classic in Lockwood!

Way to go Tigers!

 

Highlights from the 2023 Butler Christmas Parade

Butler Junior High wrestlers traveled to Mid-Buchanan today

The Butler Junior High wrestlers traveled to Mid-Buchanan today. We wrestled tough today!!

Results
Alayna Alkire: 1st place.
Riley Bordelon: 1st place.
Brandon Brunson: 1st place.
Brooklyn Conger: 1st place.
Hunter Long: 1st place.
Breanne Mallatt: 1st place.
Brittany Mallatt: 1st place.
Elizabeth Bedwell: 2nd place.
Emma Dixon: 2nd place.
Addy Kuda: 2nd place.
Jacob Thomas: 2nd place.
Abel Bryan: 3rd place
Addy Cochran: 3rd place.
Catherine Cook: 3rd place.
Colby Dugan: 3rd place.
Jett Kershner: 3rd place.
Bentley Myers: 3rd place.
Ariel O’Connell: 3rd place.
Brennden Ball: 4th place.
Mikayla Combs-Gibson: 4th place.
Braden Poland: 4th place.
Danny Ramage: 4th place.
Bryan Walker: 4th place.

I am super proud of every one of these kids. They wrestled hard!!
Next up is our last home meet on Monday. 5PM start time.

Butler Bears Boys Basketball team falls short in Championship game of the Warsaw Tournament

The Butler Bears Boys Basketball lost 84-50 to the Weaubleau Tigers tonight in the Championship game of the Warsaw Tournament. The bears will take home 2nd place.

Pictured from left to right Brandon Hammett, Kaleb Mallatt, Chase Payne, Carter Trumbore, Dylan Triebel, Dylan Davidson, Jake Chandler and Lucas Davidson.

We did it!

 

Obituary - Denise Dodds Hagberg

Funeral services for Denise Dodds Hagberg of Butler, Missouri will be 10 a.m. Friday, December 8, 2023 at the Happy Hill Church of God in Butler, Missouri. 

Visitation will be 5 - 7 p.m. Thursday, December 7, 2023 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler. Contributions to Good Shepherd Hospice or God’s Word for the Nations (Fire Bible). Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com.

Denise Darcel Dodds Hagberg, age 68 of Butler, Missouri entered the presence of Jesus on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at her daughter’s home surrounded by her loving family. She was born September 16, 1955 to Ralph Ivan and Wilma Jean Alkire Dodds in Butler, Missouri.

Denise is survived by her son, Joshua Carl Hagberg of Butler, Missouri; her daughter, Heather Annajean Morris and husband Tyler of Butler, Missouri; three grandchildren, Aiden Dale, Adler Carl and Andrew Ivan Morris; and three brothers, Caroll Dodds and wife Pam of Butler, Missouri, Tim Dodds and wife Nancy of Danville, Kentucky and Mitch Dodds and wife Sheri of Clinton, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Bob Hagberg on November 30, 2013.