Bring your lawn chair and meet the candidates!!

Bates County Republican Women are hosting an Ice Cream Social Meet the Candidates Forum. All candidates for local, county, state and federal positions are welcome to speak. Please contact Shelly Harrison at 816 803 4458 for details. Thank you!

Bates County Fair Princess Candidate Rylee Carpenter

BATES COUNTY FAIR PRINCESS CANDIDATE: 

Rylee Lynn Carpenter is the 15 year old daughter of Kristal Carpenter of Butler. This fall Rylee will be starting her Sophomore year at Butler High School. Inside of school she is involved in Interact, FCCLA & Reporter of the Butler FFA. 

Outside of school she is involved in showing her heifer (Delta) and working at Steiners. In her free time she enjoys working with her Heifer,spending time with family, friends and her dog River. 

This summer she plans to continue working with her heifer and working at Steiners. This will be her second year showing and has began to develop a passion for the bates county fair. She hopes that she can play a big role in the Bates County Fair over the next several years. 

Rylee will be selling raffle tickets for $1 a piece. Prizes for the Raffle will be as follows 1st prize-$500 gift card to Woodward Meat, 2nd prize-$300 gift card to Hertzog Meat Co, 3rd prize-$200 gift card to McBee’s, 4th prize-$100 CASH. 

You do not have to be present to win. Drawing will be held on July 12,2024 after the Junior Livestock Sale.

For tickets please call.. 660-227-1409

Obituary - Jessica Ammere “Jescee” Mowen

Jessica Ammere “Jescee” Mowen, age 48, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away June 5, 2024, at her home in Ft. Scott. She was born October 9, 1975, the daughter of Wilbur E. Mowen, Jr. and Patricia L. Lattie Mowen. Jescee grew up in Kansas City, Kansas and graduated from Turner High School. Jescee loved people and felt a calling to healthcare. She became a respiratory therapist and worked for a time in Kansas City area hospitals. 

She also had a love for animals. She worked as a veterinarian assistant and at horse stables in the Kansas City area. Jescee later moved to Ft. Scott. She worked as a medical aide at the Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center. While working at the jail, Jescee had a reputation for being both tough and compassionate, and she earned the love and respect of the people she came in contact with. Jescee later worked as the animal control officer for the Ft. Scott Police Department. 

She was always willing to go the extra mile to lovingly train and rehome the animals in her care. Jescee was diagnosed with leukemia in January of 2024. Following her death, her family has been amazed at the number of people who have reached out and shared about the impact that Jescee had on their lives. Her family is proud of the legacy of love that she has left behind.

Survivors include her parents, Wib and Patty Mowen of Ft. Scott and her children, Chance Guenther, Hunter Sprague, Amanda Kidwell (David) and Lia Lloyd (Shelby), three grandchildren and a god daughter, Celeste Miller. Also surviving are two brothers, Drew Mowen (Angela) and Brent Mowen (Kristen) several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews as well as a special friend A. C. “Buzz” Hawpe.

There was cremation. Family and friends are invited to celebrate Jescee’s life from 1:00-5:00 P.M. Saturday, June 22nd at the Bourbon County 4-H Building, 2109 Horton St., Ft. Scott, Kansas. Memorials are suggested to the Jessica Mowen Memorial 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.

 

Its Raffle Time

 

HCS Hometown Crop Solutions LLC is Proudly partnering with the Bates County Cattlemen’s Association and provide this custom engraved pistol, to be raffled off at the Bates County Fair, in July!

To purchase tickets, please contact a Bates County Cattlemen’s member. Pictured with our own Gavon “Gator” Hutchison, Agent and Jesse Porter, Bates County Cattlemen’s President.

Obituary - Linda Diann Feagans

Linda Diann Feagans, age 68, passed away on Sunday, June 2, 2024 at her home in Clinton, Missouri. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, June 15, 2024 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel in Clinton, Missouri with visitation from 10:00-11:00 AM prior the service. 

Burial to follow in the Englewood Cemetery in Clinton, Missouri. Memorial contributions can be made to the Bible Baptist Church-Youth Group and may be left in care of the funeral home.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home in Clinton, Missouri.

Two from Urich injured in Cass County Motorcycle Crash

On Sunday June 9th around 7:51 p.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Cass County along with Cass County Sheriff's Department and the Garden City Fire Department responded to a motorcycle accident on Route B east of Sherwood.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the eastbound 1993 Honda Goldwing driven by 37 year old Paul A. Felton of Urich, Missouri struck a deer in the roadway.

Mr. Felton along with a passenger on his bike 30 year old Calee J. Felton of Urich, Missouri both sustained moderate injuries 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=240289606

Free Rabies Clinic Sponsored by the Bates County Health Center

 

Butler High School Honor Student Haley Dooley Nominated for the Congress of Future Medical Leaders