Obituary - Teresa Hunter

Teresa E. (Ford) Hunter’s wishes were to be cremated and remembered with fond memories. There are no public services scheduled at this time. Arrangements under the direction of the Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel and Crematory (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri. Online condolences www.schowengerdtchapel.com.

Teresa Ellen Hunter 77, died May 2nd, 2026 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Teresa was born November 23, 1948 in Adrian, Missouri to Frances and E.L. Ford (Junior).

Teresa’s favorite employment was being a cook on a riverboat. That’s where she met her husband Fred, a riverboat captain.

They spent most of their time living on their 40 acres in Columbia, Missouri, while enjoying watching the wildlife. When Fred retired, they moved to Karns City, Pennsylvania beside the Alleghany River where Fred was from. After Fred passed in March of 2023, Teresa moved back to Harrisonville, Missouri to be near her siblings.

Teresa had a heart for the underdog. She always felt that they needed her support. She also had a knack for making strangers or new people to a group feel welcomed, she initiated conversations often and liked to learn about people. Teresa’s passion was reading. She was happy as long as she had a good book to read.

Teresa had two brothers, Gary (Teresa) Ford, Donnie (Rosie) Ford; and two sisters, Anita (Jack) Baize, and Donna (Bill) Busby. Teresa was blessed with many aunts, uncles, and cousins; as well as nieces and nephews; and her stepson John Hunter, and his wife Heather, and their boys Jack, Ian, and Wesley of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

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BCMH pays honor to Oncology Nursing Month

During Oncology Nursing Month, we recognize the compassionate nurses and providers who walk alongside patients through every step of their cancer journey. From treatment days to follow-up appointments, education, coordination, and support, their care reaches far beyond the infusion chair.

At Bates County Memorial Hospital’s Long-Nissen Infusion Center, patients have access to skilled oncology and infusion services close to home in a peaceful, welcoming environment with appointments available four days a week. Our team works closely with patients to help navigate treatments, testing, scheduling, referrals, and insurance requirements while providing personalized care and encouragement along the way.

We are grateful for the dedication of:

• Kielynn Dains, RN

• Kate Long, RN

• Emily Noble, RN

• Rebecca Julien, RN

• Karen Landers, RN

• Ashlyn Kauffman, RN

• Heather Dains, FNP-BC

• Bhinde Ballagan, PA-C

• Dr. Jaswinder Singh, Oncologist-Hematologist

Services available through our oncology program include chemotherapy, immunotherapy, infusion treatments, diagnostic imaging, biopsies, lab services, and coordinated cancer care support.

Thank you to our oncology team for the compassion, advocacy, and expertise you bring to patients and families every day.

For more information, call 660-200-7006, or visit https://bcmhospital.com/find-a.../oncology-and-hematology/

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Trial date set for Kyle Mallatt in 1st Degree Sodomy case

A trial date has been set for defendant Kyle Bruce Mallatt, 43, of July 21st at 8:30 am in the Bates County Circuit Court. Mallatt has been charged with Sodomy Or Attempted Sodomy - 1st Degree {Felony Unclassified RSMo: 566.060} related to events that allegedly took place around March of 2021.

Mallatt is represented by Kansas City attorney Andrew Christie. If fully convicted, he could face life imprisonment. 


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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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Recipe of the Week

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Rich Hill readies for the 4th

July will be here before you know it and the Rich Hill 4th of July committee has been working nonstop to insure this year, the 250th birthday of our great nation, brings the best including a free concert by country legend Aaron Tippin.

 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

Airline News Of The Weird

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

Judge Julie Highley-Keutzer presiding

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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