UPDATE: Cancelled Endangered Person Advisory-McKayla Rykiel-Grain Valley PD-072817

McKayla L. Rykiel

State of Missouri CANCELLED Endangered Person Advisory

The Grain Valley Police Department has CANCELLED an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing person incident that occurred at 1219 Scenic Drive, Grain Valley, MO at 11:00 p.m. on July 18, 2017.

Missing was:

McKayla L. Rykiel, a white female, age 15

Brief circumstances regarding the Endangered Missing Person incident:

Subject has been located and is safe.

From the city of Pleasanton

On Monday, July 31st, Burlington Northern will be closing 6th Street at the Railroad Tracks to replace a section of rail. 

This portion of 6th Street will be closed from approximately 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

Enforcement Blitz Nets Almost 2,000 Speeders in Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missouri law enforcement officials issued 1,951 speeding citations as part of a six-state speed enforcement blitz conducted throughout the state from July 21 to July 23.

“Obey the Sign or Pay the Fine” was an intensified effort to crack down on speeding in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas and Oklahoma. More than 7,700 speeding tickets were issued in the six states during the three-day enforcement period.

In addition to cracking down on speeding, the effort also resulted in citations for other offenses, such as driving while intoxicated and not wearing seat belts. In Missouri, the results for the “Obey the Sign or Pay the Fine” initiative are as follows:

3728	Total Number of Traffic Citations Issued
316	Total Number of Seat Belt Citations Issued
1951	Total Number of Speed Citations Issues
2148	Total Number of Traffic Warnings Issued
54	Total DWI Arrests and Citations
106	Total Commercial Vehicle Citations Issued
67	Total Commercial Vehicle Warnings Issued
79	Total Drug Arrests Made
213	Felony Arrest/Other

“While we’re pleased with the results of this effort to crack down on speeding, we still have a long way to go,” said Bill Whitfield, director of Highway Safety for the Missouri Department of Transportation. “Speed continues to be one of the leading factors in fatal crashes in Missouri.”

Law enforcement officials reported 180 crashes in Missouri during the blitz, 33 of which were speed related. In addition, there were seven fatalities on Missouri highways during the three-day speeding crackdown, with one occurring on the routes included in the enforcement effort. Interstates 70, 44, 55, 35 were the primary routes targeted in the initiative because that’s where most of the state’s speed-related crashes occur.

In 2015, speeding was a contributing factor in 27 percent of all fatal crashes in the U.S. and more than 9,500 lives were lost in such crashes, according to the latest data available from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In Missouri during 2015, there were 869 total traffic fatalities with 310 of them (36%) speeding related.

Regional results for the “Obey the Sign or Pay the Fine” initiative are as follows:

1,362	Total Number of Crashes
359	Total Number of Speed -related Crashes
12,150	Total Number of Traffic Citations Issued
1,091	Total Number of Seat Belt Citations Issued
7,731	Total Number of Speed Citations Issues
12,330	Total Number of Traffic Warnings Issued
276	Total DWI Arrests and Citations
227	Total Commercial Vehicle Citations Issued
941	Total Commercial Vehicle Warnings Issued
295	Total Drug Arrests Made
467	Felony Arrest/Other

Few appointments still open for BCMH Vaccine Clinic

A few appointments are still open for The BCMH Vaccine Clinic at the Nursery Street Family Care Clinc on August 3rd and August 10th, between 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. This vaccine clinic is only for students entering kindergarten, 8th grade and college. 

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 660-200-3627.

Body found in Clinton

On 07/28/2017 at approximately 6:00 AM, Clinton Police Officers responded to call of a deceased subject behind the Benson Convention & Exposition Center, located at 1008 East Sedalia Avenue. 

The subject was located and determined to be deceased. The death investigation is ongoing and no names will be released pending notification of next of kin. 

Preliminary investigations do however indicate that the cause of death was suicide.

Updated Obituary - Christy Robin Dawson

Christy Robin Dawson

Christy Robin Dawson, age 43, of Clinton passed away Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, Clinton. 

Memorial services will be held 10:30 am Saturday, July 29, 2017 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri. Condolences and fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Christy was born in 1974 in Tacoma, Washington the daughter of Robert and Darline (Littlejohn) Dawson. She earned a Bachelor Degree in Business Management from Phoenix University. She was administration director at Essex Nursing Home in Lebanon, Missouri.

Christy is survived by three sons, Devon Harris of Clinton, Drake Harris of Clinton and Dylan Dawson of Lebanon; her father, Robert Dawson of Clinton; brother, Timothy Dawson, Phillippines; and sister Kayanna Willard of Clinton.

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

Christmas in July at the BCMH Auxiliary Gift Shop

IT'S STILL CHRISTMAS IN JULY at the BCMH Auxiliary Gift Shop. If you're visiting, swing by to see the sale tables outside the shop, located in the lobby. Items are marked down 20-50%. 

Our gift shop is open Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and on Sunday from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

From Butler Fire Department

Photo Submitted 

At 9:52 p.m. on July 27, 2017 the Butler Fire Department received a report of a car that had been swept off of the roadway by floodwater a half mile west of I-49 at the east 52 exit. 

Upon arrival a vehicle was located about a quarter mile further west from the edge of the floodwater washed up against the fence. 

The Butler Fire Department launched their boat and made contact with three individuals stranded in their vehicle. The Bates County Sheriff's Department also responded with their MRAP rescue vehicle. 

The three individuals were transferred into the boat and then into the Sheriff's rescue vehicle. There were no injuries. Do not drive through water over the roadway. 

A mere 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult. It takes just 12 inches of rushing water to carry away a small car, while 2 feet of rushing water can carry away most vehicles. It is NEVER safe to drive or walk into flood waters!!

Courtesy of the Butler Fire Department