Rich Hill JH/HS WEMO Cross Country Results

Kithcart: 1st Team All-Conference/Runner of the Year Gwinn: 3rd Place/1st Team All-Conference Fry: 9th Place/3rd Team All-Conference Field: 12th Place Gillis: 15th Place JH Boys H. Bolser: 1st Place, T. Bolser: 2nd Place, Kithcart: 4th Place

JH Girls

Talbott: 4th Place, Jones: 15th Place

JH Cross Country State Meet

Hunter Bolser 12th Place All-State Team

Matthew Kithcart 74th Place, Tracker Bolser 79th Place

274 Boys Competing

Lily Talbott 50th Place, Taby Jones 187th Place

190 Girls Competing

BCMH celebrates Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week

 

It’s Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week. They keep us warm, then cool, then warm again. They paint, patch, fix, climb, and crawl, and fix all manner of problems, often before anyone even knows there was a problem to solve.

Our Plant Operations team keeps BCMH running safely and smoothly, making sure our spaces are ready for patients, staff, and visitors every single day.

Their work might happen behind the scenes, but their impact is everywhere. Thank you for all you do!

Our team, L-R:

Mike Keiser

Dickie Reinke

Rob Clover (Director of Plant Operations)

(Not pictured) Nathan Davis

K-9 Enzo sniffs out more drugs in traffic stop

 On 10/03/2025 at approximately 12:07AM, A Butler Officer conducted a traffic stop on a Ford Mustang due to window tint. After stopping the vehicle, the Officer checked the tint and confirmed with a tint meter that the windows were tinted darker than permitted by law.

The driver of the vehicle was identified as William Bush with the passenger being identified as Kasey Fuqua. After checking the driver’s information, he showed to be on probation and the driver appeared to be agitated while speaking with Officers.

Officers then requested that Bush consent to a search of the vehicle to which Bush denied consent. K-9 Enzo then conducted a free air sniff of around the vehicle and alerted to the passenger side of the vehicle where Kasey Fuqua had been. Officers then searched the vehicle and located multiple items of suspected narcotics to include a crystal like substance that field tested positive for methamphetamine, mushrooms, and unidentified pills.

Fuqua was then placed in custody by Officers and transported to the Bates County Jail.

Rain chances increase tomorrow

 

Tuesday's system brings some significant precipitation chances to further ease Missouri's drought.

Here are some possible rain amounts from the moisture associated with the cold front sweeping over the area Tuesday/Wednesday.

Again, just rainfall: No severe weather expected.

-Greg

Obituary - Edwin Pulliam

 

Edwin “Ed, Eddie” Wray Pulliam, 63, entered into rest on October 22, 2025.

Edwin was born on April 18, 1963 to Gary and Jane Pulliam in Harrisonville, Missouri. Edwin grew up in Harrisonville and graduated from Harrisonville High School in 1981. He married Lisa Mueller in 1985. Together they had a son, Joshua Wray Pulliam. Edwin and Lisa divorced in 1998. Edwin later married Barbara Gilbert. They have been separated for many years.

After high school Edwin attended William Jewel College and Southwest Baptist University. He worked in many different occupations including a house parent with the Missouri Baptist Children's Home and choir director at Freeman and Cornerstone Southern Baptist Churches. From his childhood he dreamed of driving a semi-truck over the road. Edwin accomplished his dream, and he drove all over the country. He studied his atlas, never got lost and knew his directions well.

Later in life Edwin moved to Forsyth, Missouri to be close to his son and in his final years lived in his home. In his final days living in the nursing home, he remained a faithful Christian and servant of Jesus Christ. He led Bible studies and even preached a sermon one Sunday morning.

Edwin was a loving man. He loved Jesus, his family, being a father and grandpa, visiting with friends, music, naps, and making people laugh. He was very blessed and was loved by all of his family and friends.

He is preceded in death by his father Gary Pulliam, brother Clayton Duane Pulliam, Aunt Zelda Pulliam, Uncle Larry Pulliam and Uncle Thomas Strausbaugh.

He is survived by: his mother Jane Schuster and step-father Larry Schuster, brother Gary “Gene” Pulliam and his partner John Mueller, his aunt Shirley Strausbaugh, Uncle Richard Pulliam, and Aunt Sue Pulliam, his son Joshua Pulliam and wife Emily, three grandchildren Joshua, Becca, and Josiah, and two bonus granddaughters Dixie and Dakota, along with a niece, two nephews, and many cousins.

Visitation will be held 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 30, 2025 at First Baptist Church, Harrisonville, Missouri. 

Funeral Service will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, October 30, 2025 at First Baptist Church, Harrisonville, Missouri with interment at Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Missouri. Services held by Pastor Josh Wollberg of the church. 

Services under the care of Dickey Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Missouri. 

Bates County real estate transfers and marriage licenses

 

The Museum Minute

 

Recipe of the Week