Bates County News

It has been a year since David Cook disappeared from his Bates County home. Missouri Highway Patrol troopers said there are few clues about what happened to him.

It was a nasty afternoon; light drizzle and intermittent sleet pelted me occasionally as I sat in the blind.

David Cook was last seen on Nov. 18 2008 at the Kansas City Power & Light plant in LaCygne, Kan.

Five family members were arrested today in connection to sex crimes against children.Five males spanning ages 47 to 77 were charged with multiple felonies, according from a press release from the Missouri Highway Patrol.

A retired military officer has come back to Missouri to spearhead a campaign to rewrite a bit of Civil War history.

Two people were killed early Saturday afternoon when their car was struck by a train, a television station said.The Missouri Highway Patrol said the pair were killed when their car collided with the train on Highway Y in Bates County, NBC Action News reported on its Web site.The names of the victims weren't immediately available.

Two people have died in a car-train collision in western Missouri's Bates County.

The Bates County Childrena s Center has officially opened its doors to provide a child-friendly, safe setting in which law enforcement and Childrena s Division personnel can conduct investigations of alleged child abuse.

Who: Jerry K. Yogi Clark of Adrian, Mo.Age: 68When and how he died: Aug. 23, from a blood clotA community pillar: Clarks hometown was his passion.

A North Carolina man was injured in a single vehicle accident in Bates County, Thursday August 27, 2009.

Joanne Badovanic from Lockwood and Tom Beck from El Dorado Springs demonstrate their carving crafts.

David Cook is missing from his home in rural Bates County, Missouri. AMSTERDAM, Mo.

David Cook is missing from his home in rural Bates County, Missouri. AMSTERDAM, Mo.

David Cook is missing from his home in rural Bates County, Missouri. AMSTERDAM, Mo.

" A nationally-recognized search team is providing renewed hope for the family of David Cook, a Bates County man who has been missing since November.

David Cook is missing from his home in rural Bates County, Missouri. AMSTERDAM, Mo.

High-tech help arrived in Bates County on Friday to aid in the search for a Missouri rancher who has been missing for nine months.

Frontier Village was the Saturday, August 1, 2009 destination of the descendants of Albert Harrison and Clara Margaret Robey.

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. -- A month after being shot during an attempted arrest, a Missouri Highway Patrol trooper is back on the road - thanks to the bulletproof vest that saved his life.

Bates County Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the expansion of the existing Nursery Street Family Care Clinic located west of the Hospital at 617 West Nursery Street in Butler.