Butler News

Who: Mildred Ferguson, 80, of Kansas City. When and how she died: June 10, of heart failure.Hatchery queen: A brunette with blue eyes, Ferguson was elected Fair Queen for Butler, Mo., where she was raised.

CARTHAGE, Mo. - A coroner's preliminary report points to a drug overdose in the apparent suicide of a Carthage police sergeant.

A Carthage police officer was found dead in a motel room in Butler Thursday, according to police reports.

Dones Eugene Bumgardner, 88, of Appleton City, formerly of Lebanon, died Friday, May 29, 2009, at Heartland of Willow Lane in Butler.

Someone shipped 20 pounds of marijuana through Fed Ex and when it arrived at the office in Jefferson City, sheriff's deputies were there to make an arrest.

Authorities have released court documents that may shed light on the hours leading up to a police chase that ended with two people dead.

BUTLER, Mo. a ' A Belton man who caused a fatal accident Wednesday while fleeing police had allegedly killed his family's dog and threatened a woman.

Authorities are investigating after a fleeing driver was involved in a deadly crash on U.S. 71 in Bates County.

Authorities have identified two men killed in a head-on crash Wednesday on U.S. 71 north of Butler, Mo.Joe Nowlin, 40, of Vinita, Okla., was killed when his truck was struck by a car driven by Nicholas Schilling, 26, of Belton.

A charity in Miller County is closed this week after floodwaters swept through over the weekend.

BATES CO., Mo. a ' A chase along U.S. Highway 71 ended in the death of a suspect Wednesday afternoon.

Bates County Memorial Hospital , a 60-bed acute hospital located in Butler, MO has selected the MedGenix financial and patient management system.

The children and grandchildren of Kenneth and Vesta Limpus celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at Cornerstone Christian Church April 19, 2009.

APRIL 17, 2009 - OSAGE PECAN COMPANY OF BUTLER, MO ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IT IS VOLUNTARILY RECALLING ALL ROASTED AND SALTED IN-SHELL PISTACHIOS SOLD UNDER THE OSAGE PECAN COMPANY LABEL IN 1 POUND PACKAGES BETWEEN THE DATES OF OCTOBER 23RD, 2008 AND APRIL 1ST, 2009.

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Missouri anglers are off to a running start for 2009, having set half the number of records normally recorded in one year.

The Missouri Air Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Community First Bank, West Entrance, 915 West Fort Scott St.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced Friday that it ordered BC National Banks to shore up its practices related to commercial real estate and construction and development loans.

Jefferson City -- The Missouri Air Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on control of sulfur emissions from stationary boilers during its monthly meeting on March 26.

The following recalls have been announced because the products may be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, the elderly ...