Obituary - Junior Shockley

Junior Shockley, age 72, of Clinton, Missouri passed away on Friday, August 30, 2024 at St Luke's Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri. 

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel in Clinton, Missouri with visitation from 12:00-1:00 PM prior to the service. Burial to follow in the Antioch Cemetery in Clinton, Missouri. 

Memorial contributions can be made to the Junior Shockley Love Fund and may be left in care of the funeral home.

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

Miami R-1 School Music Fundraiser

Our Miami R-1 School Music Fundraiser runs Sept.4th -18th!!! We have cookie dough, cheese & sausage, candies, and so on… See any music student grades 5-8 and a few High School Band/Choir kids! Also check out our online store @ crstore.biz/51336 mgroves@miamik12.net with questions.

BCMH 2024 Operation Sock-It-To-Me campaign

Today the Bates County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary volunteers kick off their 2024 Operation Sock-It-To-Me campaign, an annual project that helps area school children receive new, warm socks in time for the cold winter weather. From now until October 31, you can find collection boxes in our hospital and all Family Care Clinics. 

Volunteers ask that you:
Shop for socks for ages 5-18

Donate only new socks and kindly do not remove the packaging
The donated socks will be shared with all area schools in Bates County before the winter holidays and distributed by the schools to students in need in grades K-12.

Man killed by horse at Pleasanton Kansas Saddle Club

On August 30, 2024, just after 11:00pm, the Linn County Sheriff’s Communication Division received a call from a citizen reporting an injury at the Pleasanton Saddle Club, located at 10297 Scott Rd. Pleasanton, Kansas. 

It was reported by bystanders that a horse was out of control and kicked and stomped its owner. The owner, who was identified as Mark Davis a 52-year-old male of Parker, Kansas, had received injury to his head and chest. Mr. Davis soon thereafter expired due to the injuries. 

The fatal injuries to Mr. Davis remain under investigation pending the result of an autopsy. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Mr. Davis and the members of the Pleasanton Saddle Club as they deal with this tragic loss. 

Kevin J. Friend Linn County Sheriff

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Great things are coming to Amsterdam!

Please welcome Steve and Kristina Wright to our Amsterdam Main Street Businesses family as they are the new proprietor of the Amsterdam Hometown Cafe opening the week of the 16th of September. 

Stay tuned for more updates and Spread the word. Great things are coming to Amsterdam!!

2024 Week 2 Missouri State High School Football Preview

Week 2 of the Missouri State High School Football season will happen this Friday evening. 

If your looking to watch some local high school football action in the area this Friday you can check out the games below:

Photo Courtesy of the Adrian News Leader 

September 6th:

Appleton City (1-0) at Archie (1-0)

Bolivar (0-1) at Harrisonville (1-0)

Cole Camp (0-1) at Windsor (1-0)

East Newton (1-0) at Lamar (1-0) 

Fort Osage (0-1) at Belton (1-0)

Holden (1-0) at Pembroke Hill (1-0)

Jasper (1-0) at Rich Hill (0-1)

Liberal (0-1) at Greenfield (0-1)

Lockwood (0-1) at Drexel (1-0)

Lone Jack (0-1) at Midway (0-1)

Nevada (1-0) at Aurora (0-1) 

New Heights Christian (1-0) at Osceola (0-1) 

Odessa (0-1) at Clinton (0-1)

Pleasant Hill (1-0) at Maryville (0-1)

Rockhurst (1-0) at Ray-Pec (0-1) 

Sherwood (0-1) at Butler (1-0)

Stockton (0-1) at Miller (0-1) 

Tipton (1-0) at Lincoln (1-0) 

Warsaw (1-0) at Adrian (1-0)

Obituary - Deborah Sue Abbott

Deborah Sue Abbott, 70, of Adrian, MO passed away on Thursday, August 29, 2024, at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, MO. Graveside service will be held on Friday, September 6, 2024, at Holy Cross Cemetery in Phifer, KS. at 1:00 PM. On Thursday, September 5, friends can come in to sign the book and leave condolences at Atkinson Funeral Home in Adrian between 9 AM and 3 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

Deborah Sue Abbott was born December 29, 1953, to Raymond Joseph Jacobs and Eva Helen Jacobs in Hays, KS. Deborah graduated from Arvada High School in 1972 and, after raising her children, went back to college at Regis University in Denver. There, she was honored with an offer of fellowship, which she declined in order to pursue a passion she had had since visiting her grandparents' farm as a child-being a farmer.

Deborah realized her lifelong dream of farming after working as a telemetry technician at St. Anthony's Hospital, in security for the Department of Energy at the Rocky Flats facility in Boulder, CO, and in the Medical Records Department of St. Joseph's Hospital in Kansas City, MO. Deborah raised registered Black Angus cattle and took great pride in her innate ability to judge the quality of the animals, often surprising other growers with far more experience.

Deborah married her High School love Gary Abbott on October 8, 1971, at St. Anne's Church in Arvada, CO. In 52 years of marriage, friendship and partnership, they had two children, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Deborah pursued every task and interest with ferocity and passion, especially writing. She published a book, a personal memoir, When I Grow Up, I Want to be a Farmer. Those who knew her best sometimes described her as "a force to be reckoned with." She was known for being tough and unyielding but also kind and generous.

Deborah Sue Abbott is preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband; son, Paul (Kelli) Abbott of Clinton, MO; daughter Jennifer (Mark) Stagner of Warrensburg, MO; grandchildren: Oksana, Lacy, Wesley, Jennifer and Alyssa; brothers: John Jacobs and David Jacobs; sister, Christine Connelly; and nephew and nieces.