Mallatt is represented by Kansas City attorney Andrew Christie. If fully convicted, he could face life imprisonment.
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Monday, May 11, 2026
Trial date set for Kyle Mallatt in 1st Degree Sodomy case
Bill Stephan retiring after nearly 3 decades with Bates County
A special retirement luncheon was held for long time Bates County employee Bill Stephan on Wednesday, May 6th honoring him for 29 years of dedicated employment to the Bates County road and bridge department.
Southern Commissioner Trent Nelson served up fish 'n fixins for the special day as Bill chatted with well-wishers throughout the afternoon.
Future plans? "We'll see. I can now do anything I want!" he merrily replied when asked what he'll do to fill the void.
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Rich Hill readies for the 4th
With six gold albums and one platinum, he's released more than 30 singles including hits such as "You've got to Stand for Something", "Kiss This", "There Ain't Nothing Wrong with the Radio", and Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly".
Besides the concert, July 1st-4th will be packed with all the usual favorites including the baby contest, pie auction, the parade and much more with details coming soon.
On a related note, the United States Semiquincentennial is going to be widely celebrated as you could guess with events all around the region including Harrisonville, Archie, Drexel, Rich Hill, Pleasanton, Nevada, Appleton City, La Cygne and more.
Watch for details online and here in the News-Review.
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What’s Up by LeRoy Cook
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There wasn’t much reason not to log some flying time last week, after the severe weather moved out and more seasonable rain showers took its place. Other than in the vicinity of those pop-up rains, we had some benign opportunities to commit acts of aviation. If you could stand the spiraling cost of fuel, that is. Despite the stabilized price of crude oil, pump prices never go down as fast as they go up.
I’m always sarcastically amused when somebody says “if you need to go flying, take me along and I’ll chip in for the gas.” First, I seldom have a NEED to go flying (as opposed to a reason) and, second, fuel is only about a third of the plane’s operating cost, maintenance and fixed expenses making up the rest.
Visitors observed at the Butler airport last week included a Piper Cherokee 180, a nice homebuilt Van’s RV-6A, a yellow Piper Super Cub and the ubiquitous Cessna 172. Out of the local fleet, Gerald Bauer took the club Skyhawk up, Steve Koehn flew the company Cessna 172, and the SkyDive KC Cessna 182 was pressed into service to haul jumpers, in the absence of the big Caravan 208B.
Nationally, about 2,000 Spirit Airlines pilots are seeking other employment after their seniority and benefits melted away in the company’s shutdown. They will have to be absorbed, at the bottom of the ladder, by pilot-shortage slots left by retirees at other airlines. That thwarts the plans for instant hiring by flight school graduates just entering the workforce. Meanwhile, ex-Spirit crews have been given free rides back home by other airlines and perhaps a free meal or layover cot by their brethren.
The ancient B-52H bombers operated by the U.S. Air Force are scheduled to be retrofitted with new engines (again), this time with Rolls-Royce F130 fanjets replacing the Pratt & Whitney TF-33 motors, which were state the art over the original straight turbojets. The old Buffs are going to kept in service at least until 2050, an astounding 100 years after the first B-52 came out of the Boeing plant. It’s just sad that we have to depend on foreign engines for our military airplanes.
The airline newsmaker of the week was, of course, the United 767 that clipped the cab of a semi on a roadway outside the Newark airport on Monday. A light pole also got snapped off; thankfully, nobody got hurt. The pilot got a little too low, faced with a short runway at Liberty Airport at the end of a long day’s flying from Venice, Italy. One tire got scuffed from the truck and a hole was poked in the fuselage by the pole.
A weirder event took place at Denver on Saturday when a Frontier Airbus A321 hit a man on the runway during takeoff, who had evidently scaled the airport fence with suicidal intent. The pilots were able to get stopped successfully, despite a fiery compressor stall from the deceased individual being sucked into an engine. A few injuries resulted from the rides down the inflatable evacuation slides.
In 2022, a Boeing 737-800, operated by China Eastern Airlines, crashed in southern China for unexplained reasons. Last week it was announced that our National Transportation Safety Board has found evidence in the airplane’s flight data recorder of both fuel cut-off switches being turned off and control input to create a dive from 29,000 feet, showing deliberate intent by one of the pilots. Previously, the close-mouthed Communist Chinese government investigators, unwilling to disclose findings disparaging to the state, had found nothing wrong in the wreckage where 132 people died. Now, the horrible reason behind the crash has come out.
Our previous question wanted to know what kind of airplane was used to spray Agent Orange defoliant in Vietnam? Mostly, they were Fairchild C-123 Provider cargo planes. For next week, tell us when the first pilot’s licenses were issued by the U.S. government. You can send your answer to kochhaus1@gmail.com
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Bates County Court News
Fines do not include added court costs
St v Kevin Adcock- fail to drive on right half of roadway, fine $60.50
St v Jerry Whorton- speeding, fine $120.50
St v Brett Nicholson- no working horn, fine $114.00
City of Adrian v Westly Romig- speeding, fine $80.50
St v Matthew Williams- speeding, fine $200.50
St v Claire Villasenor- speeding, fine $60.50
St v Wesley Belew- speeding, fine $60.50
St v Alyssa York- speeding, fine $60.50
St v Kyle Mabus- speeding, fine $120.50
St v Keyaira Smith- speeding, fine $120.50
St v Corbey Cummings- seatbelt violation, fine $10.00
St v Randy Duarte- speeding, fine $80.50
St v Nina Galvez- speeding, fine $80.50
St v Jacelyn Rhone- speeding, fine $80.50
City of Adrian v Jason Brown- expired plates, fine $50.50
City of Adrian v David Kearby- expired plates, fine $50.50
City of Butler v Brandy Mallory- parking violation, fine $50.50
City of Butler v Hunter Green- expired plates, fine $50.50
City of Butler v Konnor Tidman- fail to register vehicle, fine $50.50
St v Dennis Breder- forgery, 3 years DOC
St v Joshua Hawkins- domestic assault, SES, 7 years DOC, 5 years probation
St v David Blair- speeding, fine $120.50
St v Carl Goodman- seatbelt violation, fine $10.00
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Bates County real estate transfers and marriage licenses
Heckadon, Joyce E Trust 04-15-2020 to Heckadon, Jeffrey Str 6-39-31 //Nw
Parker, Alison A. to Bates, James B. Lt 1 Bl 1 Montgomery's Third Addn
Herda, Ronald L to Spell, Anthony Tyler Str 32-39-33
B & W Land & Cattle to Herda, Ronald L Str 4-38-33 //Nw+
Onpoint Home Design & Contracting, LLC Hastie, Brent Str 22-42-31 //Sw
Kiger, Mark A to Kiger, Heather Lt 1 Bl 182 Town Company's Second Addn+
Morris, Charles W to S & T Royal Properties Str 27-40-31 //Se
Edwards, David to Robinett, David L Str 4-39-31
B & W Land & Catlle to Herda, Ryan Thomas Str 4-38-33 //Nw
Cumpton, Beverly to Wetter, William H Bl 205 Town Company's Fifth Addn
Van Voorst Enterprises to Freeze, Daryl B Str 25-40-32 //Sw
Mcdonald, Dennis to Summit Land USA Str 23-40-31 //Ne
Summit Land USA to Fritts, James Str 23-40-31 //Ne
Summit Land USA to Binger, Daniel E Str 23-40-31 //Ne
Summit Land USA to Mulch, Steven D Str 23-40-31 //Ne
Mccaffrey Holdings to Watkins, Hunter Lt 2 Bl 31 Sperrys Addn+
West, Barbara J to Boyce, Jeffrey S Jr. Bl 99 Town Company's First Addn
Marriage license
Roach, Tucker Zane and Gire, Lyndsy Nicole
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Butler city council welcomes several guests
Four guests were on the agenda including Layne Anderson, who approached the council regarding concerns at the Butler airport. His concerns center around about the fuel pump not shutting down automatically as well as skydivers sitting at picnic tables too close to spinning props as other aircraft taxi in and out of the facility. Those, with other concerns, have been put into a citizen's audit that he is forwarding to city officials as well as the city attorney. Mayor Pro Tem Liggins replied that the city is aware of the issues and has been working on them and will take his report to the Airport Commission and City Owned Facilities Committee for their review as well.
Guest Mason Coffman spoke to the council regarding concerns about Jaycee Park becoming a homeless encampment, saying a portion of the park is in the backyard of five houses and only has one entrance. He thought it has little functional value as it has a small swing set and is rarely used, thus questioning the need for the park at all. His suggestion was for the city to consider selling the property and was told that his advice will be taken to committee for further discussion.
Ashley Swartz came before Council as a representative of the Kaysinger Basin RPC to ask if she should proceed with applying for a Community Development grant due by July 31. The city would need to have a public hearing and pass a resolution of approval. Mayor Pro Tem Liggins suggested she meet with council before the next meeting to discuss in detail what the grant was for and the process needed. City Clerk Alexander will schedule a work session with council before the next regular council meeting.
Guest Teresa Heckenlively Presented the Kaysinger Basin RPC Safe Streets for All project. They are collecting information on behalf of their seven-county region through a survey for each county. With the information they collect, the top priority areas of concerns will be used to create a plan to achieve zero roadway fatalities and serious injuries. They hope to create a 20-year Safety Action Plan that has well defined strategies and a comprehensive approach that can be utilized by municipalities and counties as a tool to secure funding opportunities for project implementation. The survey will be available on the Mid-America News and City of Butler websites.
The council continues to work with the Student Advisory Committee, as reported by Denny Rich a meeting was held on May 4th where they had discussed the requirements needed for membership and updating the application, plus appointing the lead person in charge for each event. They voted on a banner design to be made for the committee and decided to hold a Pickleball Tournament on June 27. Other ideas were to have a Back to School Bash, a Membership Drive, a Basketball tournament and a 5K run. Their next meeting is to be held June 1.
A public hearing was held where attorney James Newell spoke of Hertzog Meat Co, who has proposed the use of Chapter 100 incentives for the redevelopment of the former Wal-Mart building as a food processing, storage, distribution, and retail facility and includes the associated parking, landscaping, and infrastructure improvements. The proposed incentive includes real property tax abatement, personal property tax abatement, sales tax reimbursement, and the issuance of bonds.
The Plan proposes the issuance of industrial development revenue bonds in the amount of $11,462,000.00 to finance costs for Hertzog Meats. The Grand Opening was held last week so there is no worry about start-up costs.
Chapter 100 is a section of the Missouri Constitution that authorizes the issuance of industrial revenue bonds to help projects like this acquire financing. Their bond financing will come at a later date. During the term of the bonds, the City owns the property but leases it back to the company under a lease-purchase agreement for tax abatement purposes. The term of the bonds is expected to be ten years. The company will be responsible for making payments that are sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds as they come due and will be paid to the City. After the term of the bonds has ended, the company resumes ownership of the bond-financed property.
The most recent equalized assessed valuation of the Project site is $246,820.00. The estimated total equalized assessed valuation of the Project site after development of the Project is $1,760,000.00.
Payments in lieu of taxes are expected to be made to the affected taxing jurisdictions in accordance with the Chapter 100 Plan and bond issuance documents. There is also a Cost-Benefit Analysis attached to the Plan in accordance with State Statutes and shows the costs and benefits to the City and to other taxing jurisdictions affected by the Project.
If there are any future changes in ownership, they must come to the City Council again. This takes away a lot of the risk and requires Hertzog to comply with state requirements.
Following the public hearing, council unanimously approved the ordinance (agreement) between the City and Hertzog Meat Co.
Another ordinance approved was for the city of Butler to take ownership of a portion of Rice Road from Mount Pleasant township, as well as a portion of Elks Drive. In return, the township will assume ownership of a portion of county road NE 5004.
City Clerk Gayle Alexander reported that only one bid was received for mowing hay at the Butler city lake. Eric Gaylord was the winning bidder at $37.50 per acre.
Police Chief Jarrett Wheatley expressed frustration regarding adjudications and continuances for citations regarding code violations. It has been decided to go the route of the abatement process which will take two to three times longer and has more documentation, but there will be consequences for not adhering to the City codes. They will issue the citation, hold a hearing, give them fifteen days to comply, if not, file a search warrant, clean up the property, send them a bill, and if not paid, place a tax lien on it. The purpose is to fix the lack of fines caused by the current court.
Last week, Butler water users were asked to conserve, as an issue with sludge in the settling basin of the water plant caused a malfunction in the filtering system. Danny Lewis of Alliance Water said he was aware this could be a problem but the fix will require some substantial changes. Currently, he is making a plan on what to improve for the plant and will meet with the mayor next week when they will make a list. They will also talk about where and how to dispose of the sludge produced.
Scott Bitner, on behalf of the Butler Parks & Rec department received approval to replace a diving board at the Aquatic Center for $5,990.00. The old board is worn away along one side, making it a potential hazard.
Remember, the Butler city council meets on the first and third Tuesdays, 7 pm, at city hall. The public is highly encouraged to get involved.
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