City of Butler receives grant for inclusive playground

 

FCS Financial presented the City of Butler with a $5,000 grant today. The city applied for the grant for additional play equipment for the Kenton and Friends Inclusive Playground. New equipment has been ordered and should be installed for this summer. 

Pictured are Scott Bitner Parks Department Superintendent, Tara Vermillion FCS Financial, and Corey Snead City Administrator. The city would like to thank FCS Financial for their support.

Briarwood Angus Farms Bull & Female Sale coming March 16th

Sunday, Mar. 16, 1:00 p.m. Briarwood Angus Farms Bull & Female Sale, Butler, MO. 

Briarwood genetics are casting an impressive shadow in the beef industry. We're committed to producing CAB®'s premium red, perfectly marbled Angus beef that eclipses the rest when it comes to carcass! When Premiums are spiraling heavenward, this is the best time to focus on quality and yield with Briarwood genetics that are out of this world!

View catalog online: https://www.briarwoodangusfarms.com/briarwood-annual-sale/#2025-sale-book

 

Bull buyers get 5% off for being a repeat buyer AND entered into a drawing for a FREE Briarwood Angus commercial heifer. More BULL BUYER BONUSES and complete auction details, including catalog, lot photos, videos and data can be found at https://www.briarwoodangusfarms.com/

 

Auction at the farm will also be available online for registered buyers at LiveAuctions.TV https://liveauctions.tv/auction/4411/detail. Be sure to like and follow www.facebook.com/BriarwoodAngusFarms for sale updates.

 

On Saturday, March 15, feel free to stop by the farm just west of Butler on Hwy 52 to view Bull and Female Lots on display for viewing at the farm from noon to 6:00 p.m.

 

Schedule of Sale Events:

Mar. 15, 2025

Lot Viewing noon – 6:00  p.m.

At the farm 1 mile west of Butler on Hwy. 52.

Mar. 16, 2025

Cattle Available for Viewing Before the Sale at the Farm.

11:30 a.m. - Lunch served

  1:00 p.m. - Cattle Auction beginning with Bulls. Females sell immediately following. 

Obituary - Charles McDonald

Charles "Chuck" Lewis McDonald, age 79, of Louisburg, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at Olathe Medical Center.

Visitation will be held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am, Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at Dengel & Son Mortuary - Louisburg Chapel, 1 Aquatic Drive, Louisburg, Kansas 66053. Funeral service will follow at 11:00 am. Burial will be held at 1:00 pm, at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas.

A full obituary will be available shortly.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made payable to American Legion Post 250, c/o Dengel & Son Mortuary, P.O. Box 669, Louisburg, Kansas 66053.

Obituary - Leslie Robert (Bob) Sims

Leslie Robert (Bob) Sims age 87 of Blairstown, Missouri departed this life Sunday, February 16, 2025 at his home in Blairstown, Missouri.

Cremation with a Celebration of Life will be held at a later date with inurnment at Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Missouri.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital either donate through the link or send in care to Dickey Funeral Home, P.O. Box 432, Harrisonville, Missouri 64701.

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

Thursday basketball scoreboard

 

Boys:

Sherwood 55
Chilhowee 26

Drexel 64
Midway 51

Archie 37
Rich Hill 75

Games tonight 

Harrisonville & Center
Appleton City & Clinton

Jasper & Drexel 

Butler & Faith Christian Academy

Adrian & Hogan Prep

Sheldon & Hume (cancelled)

Osceola & Miami

Cassville & Nevada

Sherwood & Warsaw

Girls:

Sherwood 36

Chilhowee 49

Drexel 28

Midway 36

Games tonight

Harrisonville & Center

Appleton City & Clinton

Jasper & Drexel 

Adrian & Hogan Prep

Sheldon & Hume (cancelled)

Osceola & Miami

Cassville & Nevada

Bronaugh & Pleasanton

Sherwood & Warsaw

Last of super cold mornings for awhile

Small plane crash today in Linn county

 

Earlier today the Kansas Highway Patrol responded to an aircraft crash in a marsh in Linn County. The pilot was uninjured and there were no passengers.

The KHP wishes to thank the Linn County Kansas Sheriff's Office, Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks, and Linn County Fire for the teamwork to ensure the safety of the scene and the rescue.

Details regarding the crash are unavailable at this time.

Cancellations and closings for Friday February 21, 2025

 List to be updated as more information becomes available

Appleton City R2 - closed

Archie schools - 2 hour late start

Ballard schools - 2 hour late start

Brew Haven - closed

Butler Old High School thrift shop - closed

Butler Public Library will be open 11-2

Butler R5 - closed

Hudson R9 - closed

Hume R8 - closed

Miami R1 - closed

Nevada R5 - closed

Osceola schools - closed

Rich Hill schools - AMI day