One dead following crash near Appleton City

According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, a 79 year old man succumbed to injuries in a rollover accident about 1 mile east of Appleton City MO around 2 pm on May 26th.

The report indicates a 1997 Ford pickup driven by the Appleton City man went off of the right side of 52 highway and overturned; the driver was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedic James Head.

This is the 52nd fatality reported by the Missouri Highway Patrol for 2026.


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Rich Hill brush site now open

Contact city hall for more information (417) 395-2223

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Attention Bates county 4-Her's

4-H families and FFA advisors, please be on the lookout for emails regarding the 2026 Bates County Fair. This year, we will be sending livestock rules, entry forms, schedules of events, information regarding cleanup days and times we will need help during the week of the fair, etc via email.

If you are an FFA member, please check with your advisor regarding all fair information and updates. For all FFA members, if you would like to be added directly to our email list, please email batescountyfair@gmail.com, or message us here on Facebook with your email address, so we can include you in future updates and information.

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Weather to be a bit more active starting tonight

Good morning everybody. Mild & boring weather has kept my posts to mostly morning updates! The pattern gets a little more active starting tonight into tomorrow, but still -- no severe weather expected in the days ahead. Can't rule out a thunder storm here and there and we may see a few as early as tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon. A few pockets of instability will be out there but far and few between. Meaning most of us get showers off and on, and some of us will get a thunderstorm. Here's a possible radar picture of around 8am tomorrow as precipitation will slowly work its way up from the southwest overnight tonight. You can see it reaches the KS side first, and will be the heaviest over there. Showers and storms don't get into west central MO much until tomorrow afternoon. -Greg@660weather


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Obituary - Kenneth Cummins

Kenneth Cummins, age 59, of Clinton, Missouri, passed away, Saturday, May 23rd, 2026 at Adair Village, Clinton, Missouri. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton, Missouri and are pending at this time.


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Obituary - Michael Emery

Michael Lynn “Mike” Emery, 70, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2026 at his home in Nevada, MO. Mike was born January 31, 1956, in Ft. Scott, KS to Kenneth Leon and Betty Lou (Saathoff) Emery.

     No Services are planned, courtesy Ferry Funeral Home.

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Obituary - Raymond Crist

Raymond Crist, 98 of Butler, Missouri passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at Medicalodges of Butler. A visitation will be held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am Friday, May 29, 2026 at Mullinax Funeral Home, Butler (660-679-0009). Funeral services will follow at 11:00 am Friday, also at the funeral. Burial will take place in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler. Memorial contributions may be made to the Butler RV Educational Foundation or the Medicalodges of Butler. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com.

A complete obituary is pending at this time.

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MSHP Reports Eight Traffic Fatalities Over Memorial Day Holiday

Colonel Michael A. Turner, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, provides the following preliminary statistics related to the Memorial Day holiday:

Eight people died and 99 were injured in 234 traffic crashes during the 2026 Memorial Day holiday counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Friday, May 22, 2026, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 25, 2026.

2026 Memorial Day Holiday Traffic Statistics

Traffic Crashes — 234
Traffic Crash Injuries — 99
Traffic Crash Fatalities — 8
DWI — 107

Boating Statistics

Crashes — 4
Injuries — 6
Fatalities — 0
Drowning — 0
BWI — 7

During the 2025 Memorial Day holiday counting period the Patrol investigated 203 traffic crashes involving three fatalities and 92 injuries. Statewide, four people died and 356 were injured in 868 vehicle crashes in 2025. Three boating crashes were investigated throughout Missouri in 2025.

Further details related to the traffic crashes and arrests can be found on the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s website.

The fatality statistics in this news release could change if late deaths occur, or if other departments report fatal traffic crashes after this news release is sent to the media.

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