"Swatting" incident this morning in Nevada

 

This morning, there was a large law enforcement presence on Ash Street involving the Nevada Police Department and the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities received a report of a hostage situation in which an individual was reported to have been shot inside a residence.

Additional personnel were requested, and a perimeter was established. During the investigation, law enforcement made contact with the residents after several attempts. It was ultimately determined that the residence was the victim of a “swatting” call.

Swatting is a form of criminal harassment that involves deceiving emergency services into sending a police or emergency response to another person’s residence under false pretenses.

There is no threat to the community, and the situation has been resolved. Detectives will continue investigating to identify the individual responsible and will submit findings to the prosecuting attorney for review.

Obituary - Jack Bastow

 

Jack Dean Bastow, 85, of Nevada, MO, passed away on Friday December 12, 2025 at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. 

     Jack was born September 27, 1940 to Roderick F. and Ida Faye (Robbinson) Bastow in the bedroom of his parents’ home on North Adams Street in Nevada and has lived in Nevada his whole life.  As a child, he was baptized in the Sylvandale Baptist Church and as a young man attended  First Baptist Church.  He was a student in the Nevada R-5 School System, graduating in 1958.  He began his work history in high school on a work program, delivering flowers for Darnold Florist.   After graduation, he worked for Darrow Lumber Yard until it sold to Community Lumber Company.  Jack started out as a truck driver for Community Lumber and later became Assistant Manager, working for the firm for 30 years.  Later he was employed by the Nevada Housing Authority as Maintenance Supervisor for 18 years, retiring in 1984.

     Jack was a hard-working man.   Besides holding a full-time job, he built houses and barns, cut trees, remodeled homes, and owned rental property.  He was an excellent woodworker and master carpenter.  He built beautiful furniture from oak, walnut, and various other woods.  Jack, Shirley Ann and Steven restored their Victorian home on 504 South Cedar Street with Jack reproducing/refinishing any wood in the home back to its natural state.  He loved sharing his talents and after retirement he made toys for the  Vernon County Toy Drive for many years. Jack also built the first Santa house and painted by his father and set it up yearly on the Courthouse lawn in Nevada.

 He served on the Planning Commission for the City of Nevada as well as the Nevada Street Committee, driving on every road in Nevada with his wife as secretary making notes of every bumpy street and bad curb.  Additionally, he was on the Moss House Board of  Directors.  He was very interested in the community and diligently read the Nevada Daily Mail from cover to cover. 

     Jack loved his family and his wife’s family.  He was a loyal  friend and would help anyone.  His devoted friends of 46 years, the  Bell family, were a large part of Jack’s life.  He loved to visit and will be missed by his family and friends.

     Jack is survived by his wife, Shirley Ann ; his son, Steven; sister, Judy Humprey, her husband Melvin, nephews Mark Humphrey and  Rodney Bastow and a niece, Jamie Collins, and their families; and his cousin, Gail Current, Plattsburg, Mo, and her family.  He was preceded in death by his parents and his younger brother, Jim.

     Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada with Pastor Terry Mosher officiating.  Interment will follow in Moore  Cemetery, Nevada.  The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 16, 2025  at the funeral home. 

     Those who wish may contribute in Jack’s memory to The Parkinson

 Foundation or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in care of  Ferry Funeral Home.

Rain this week may stay well east of Bates County

 

Here's an early look at a rain event setting up for early hours of Thursday morning. Looking for around a quarter-inch of rainfall in central MO and eastward.

-Greg@660weather

Warming this week!

 

RISING TEMPERATURES will be the big picture weather story this week for KS and MO. Combined with a possible rainy system on Wednesday / Thursday.

-Greg @ 660 Weather

Competitor of the Week, Kylee Dubray

 

Congratulations to our Competitor of the Week for 12/8–12/14: Kylee Dubray!

Kylee capped off an outstanding volleyball season and is already making waves on the basketball court, earning Tournament MVP honors to start the year strong! She shows up every day ready to compete, ready to win, and ready to represent the Bears with pride — all while putting in the work in the classroom.

Keep it rolling, Kylee!

Lady Bears Fall on Road to Appleton

By Cody Morris, Tailgate TV

The Butler Lady Bears traveled to Appleton City for some basketball action. Butler came into the contest fresh off a championship run at the Warsaw tournament, and a victory last night at Archie.

The Bears began the night with possession after winning the opening tip, following a couple of quick turnovers on each end of the court, Kiersten Dubray made it to the charity stripe and sunk a free throw to start all scoring and give the Bears an opening 1-0 lead. After a stretch of stagnate offense, Kiersten went back to the line, again going 1 of 2 before Park would open the basket open the basket for the Bulldogs and spark a 7-0 Appleton run. Dubray, the Kylee would narrow the gap with a post bucket, Appleton still lead 7-6. Gabby Carmichael and Brownsberger traded buckets before Kiersten went back to the line and sunk one more free throw to knot the contest up at 9 a piece. At the end of the opening period, Park grabbed a put-back basket to give the Lady Bulldogs an 11-9 lead after 8 minutes.

Out of the quarter break, Appleton had possession and converted on a basket from deep off the hands of Brownsberger. Carmichael responded with a shot from range herself, sparking a 5-0 Bears run. Brownsberger put a stop to the Bears momentum with her third triple of the evening. On the Bears end, Kiersten earned yet another trip to the line where she was able to sink both shots and cut the Appleton lead to just 1 point. Brownsberger drilled her fourth three pointer of the half, leading to a 9-3 Bulldogs run to end the half. Going into the locker room the Bears found themselves trailing 27-20.

Out of the intermission, each squad struggled to find any rhythm, until Park knocked down an awkward jumper, leading to some back-and-forth action that saw the Bulldogs stretch their lead to 12. Trailing 35-23, the Bears coaching staff was forced to use a time-out in an attempt to get the Lady Bears back on track. Following the water break, Kylee was able to force a turnover and then record a bucket for the Bears, showing signs of life for Butler. However, Brownsberger would quickly silence the Bears fans in attendance as she drilled her 5th deep ball of the game and prompting a 9-2 Appleton run to close out the quarter.

As the fourth and final quarter began, the Bears found themselves with a lot of ground to make up as the Bulldogs had built themselves a comfortable 46-27 lead. The fourth began with Stephan knocking down a shot from distance, and the Bulldogs never looked back. At the final whistle the Bears fell to the Bulldogs 55-34.

Baylor Brownsberger led all scoring with a massive 26 points, going 5 of 6 from range and grabbing 5 boards. LeeAnna Park also ended her night in double figures with 14 points and 9 rebounds.

The Bears were led by Carmichael with 10 points.

photo by Erin Dubray

Bears and Bulldogs Contest Proves to be Intense

By Cody Morris, Tailgate TV

Butler went on the road to battle the Appleton City Bulldogs. The Bulldogs opened up the contest by forcing 4 quick turnovers that led to a 4-0 opening run by Appleton. Chandler started the scoring for the Bears as he went 1 of 2 form the free throw line. The Butler defense locked in and forced some big stops on their way to a 5-2 run of their own. However, turnovers continued to plague the Bears, who found themselves on the wrong end of an 11-10 score after 8 minutes of play.

To open the second Jesse Carter would sink a floater and ignite a 7-2 Bears run. Carter would then burry another triple to gift the Bears a 20-15 lead. The Bulldogs continued to battle and work the painted area, but Carter was on fire as he drilled a 3rd long range shot, forcing an Appleton timeout as the Bears held a 23-19 advantage with 4 minutes remaining until half. Out of the timeout the Bulldogs continued to play bully-ball down low, but the Bears were content trading 2’s for 3’s as Lucas Davidson stepped up and sunk a three for Butler as well, after which Chandler converted a 3 point play, the old fashioned way and the Bears took a 31-23 lead. Both teams continued to exchange baskets for the remainder of the half, and the Bears took a 33-30 lead into the locker room.

To open the open the second half of play, Powell quickly drove to the rack and grabbed a bucket and a foul to tie the game back up at 33-33. Butler rattled off a pair of turnovers but their defense was able to hold and not allow Appleton to convert off the mistakes. After a few minutes of battle, Carter once again tickled the twine for 3, putting the Bears back in front. Carter stayed red hot, knocking down yet another three point basket. With a score of 41-40 the intensity amplified and forced a time-out while both teams struggled to regain composure. It felt as if whichever team could remain calm, cool, and collected would leave the gym victorious. Out of the time-out, Appleton did what they do best, worked the ball inside and retook a 42-41 lead. After 3 quarters of play the Bulldogs led 46-43.

The Bulldogs opened the fourth with a basket in the painted area, followed by a blocked Butler shot, and just as the momentum was shifting back to the Bulldogs, Jake Chandler came up with a steal that Grubb converted to points on the Bears end. With 6 minutes to go Chandler would drive the lane, and toss up a shot as he was falling down which would miraculously go in and tie the game at 48. Loney would immediately answer back with a three to retake a 51-48 Bulldog advantage. Out of a time-out, turnovers continued to be an issue for the black and red, as they gave the ball back to Appleton and let Harkrader hammer home a trifecta. Both schools fans were letting their team know they were in attendance, as the contest continued to intensify and go back and forth. After a plethora of whistles and free throw trips for each team, the Bears found themselves down 57-61 with two minutes remaining. Powell went 1/2 at the line, before the Bears would turn the ball back over into the hands of the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs closed out the contest with a multitude of trips to the charity stripe where they closed out a 68-57 victory over Butler.

Jesse Carter had the hot hand on the evening and led all scores with 24 points, going 6 of 14 from range. Carter was followed closely by Chandler who ended his night with 23 points, 10 of which he collected at the free throw line.

Smith led the Bulldogs with 18 points, trailed by Williams with 17.

The Bears showed tremendous heart as they were outsized from the start, but continued to apply pressure and attempt to overcome all odds. Butler battled back and gave themselves a chance multiple times in the game, turnovers just continued to be the largest blemish on the Bears night. Butler proved they are prepared to play intense ball this season, and will be a fun team to watch as the year unfolds. If the Bears can secure the ball, and continue their defensive efforts they should be a decent squad.

Photo by Erin Dubray

Friday basketball scores

 Boys

Butler 57
Appleton City 68

Pleasant Hill 68
Archie 47

KC Lutheran 42
Drexel 63

Knob Noster 73
Holden 58

Nevada 34
Joplin 58

Windsor 61
Kingsville 68

Midway 41
Miami 43

Girls

Butler 34
Appleton City 55

Midway 29
Drexel 53

KC Lutheran 47
Kingsville 38

Pleasant Hill n/a
Archie n/a

NE Vernon County n/a
Hume n/a