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Teenager And Suspect Injured in Pleasant Hill Shooting Released from Hospitals

A teenager injured in a shooting last week has been released from a Kansas City-area hospital and continues to recover at home. The Pleasant Hill Police Department said 16-year-old Ayden was injured in the shooting while working at the Pleasant Hill grocery store where the crime happened.

Investigators said the man suspected in the shooting was also released from a hospital yesterday. Investigators said he turned the gun on himself as people tried to detain him. Allen T. Price is held in the Cass County Jail without bond. He is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday morning.

Price is charged with first-degree murder and harassment in connection with the shooting. Investigators identified 45-year-old Amy Coon of Strasburg as the woman killed in the shooting.

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Bates County Memorial employee of the month

 Bates County Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce April Curtright of Environmental Services as the May Employee of the Month.

April joined BCMH on April 19, 2000, working in housekeeping and laundry services before transitioning fully into housekeeping. During her 26 years with the organization, she has earned the respect and appreciation of coworkers across the hospital.

Her nominator shared, “April Curtright is by far one of the nicest people in this organization! She does every task asked of her with a smile and never complains. She's a hard worker and doesn't get the credit she deserves.”

April is recognized for her dependable work ethic, positive attitude, and dedication to maintaining a clean and welcoming environment for patients and staff. BCMH is proud to honor her years of service and commitment to the organization.

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Concert Tickets win yours today

 It’s time to party! Listen for your chance to win a pair of tickets to The Ag City Music Festival at the Little Dixie Family Mud Run in Harrisonville. Celebrating agriculture, live music, and America’s 250^th birthday, Friday & Saturday, June 19 & 20^th. Friday night will kick off with rock bands, while Saturday highlights local country talent, featuring Headliner, Tate Stevens. Food trucks, vendors, beer garden, tractor pull, sky diving show, kid zone, and more. Listen for your chance to win tickets. Call in number - 660-679-4191.  

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Nevada Storage Unit Space for Rent

 

Need extra storage space? 4-Oaks Storage in Nevada is now open and offering the hard-to-find storage solutions you've been looking for. With a variety of unit sizes available, from small closet-style units to spacious storage for boats, recreational equipment, and more, 4-Oaks Storage has the space to fit your needs. Enjoy affordable rates, a secure fenced facility, and on-site surveillance for added peace of mind. Over 61 units for rent from 1210 South Main Street in Nevada. For current rates and rental information, call Daniel Shubert of Butler at 660-424-9265. That's 660-424-9265. 4-Oaks Storage in Nevada — secure, convenient, and ready when you need more space. Serving Nevada, Butler and beyond. First Come…First Serve until all units  are full.

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Ed Orstatdt Memorial Free Family Fishing Day

 The Adrian Lions Club Presents the Ed Orstatdt Memorial free family fishing day this Saturday, June 6^th. Bring your own poles and lawn chair, bait will be provided .Enjoy a free lunch of  Free Hot Dogs, Chips and Drink. Free fishing from 10 am until 1pm at the Harley Marteens Pond located 1 mile east of Adrian on 18 Highway . That’s the annual Ed Orstatdt Memorial ,Free Fishing Day this Saturday June 6^th from 10 till 1. See The Adrian Lions Club Facebook page for complete details.

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Adam Leland Swarens, age 44, Hume

Adam Leland Swarens, age 44, Hume, Missouri passed away Thursday May 28, 2026.  

Funeral service will be 11 am Friday, June 5, 2026 at the Hume, Missouri School.  Visitation will be held 5 to 7 pm Thursday, June 4, 2026 at the Schneider Funeral Home, Pleasanton, Kansas Chapel.  Memorial contributions are to the Adam Swarens Childrens Memorial.  Online condolences can be left at www.schneierfunerals.com.

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MDC proposes permits for use of unstaffed firearms shooting ranges

 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) offers free recreational firearms shooting on more than 35 unstaffed shooting ranges around the state. The ranges were designed decades ago primarily for hunters with most traditional use being in the spring and fall in preparation for various hunting seasons.

According to MDC, range use has increased significantly in recent years with more home/self-defense firearms practice and increasing use of modern sporting rifles.

Increased use has also resulted in increasing damage to shooting range signs, booths, and other infrastructure from some shooters, along with increasing litter from some shooters in the form of spent shells, targets, and other items not being collected and properly disposed of.   

To help reduce range damage and misuse, MDC is proposing requiring users of its unstaffed firearms shooting ranges to have a valid small game permit. Existing age and disability exemptions will remain. The proposed regulation changes would apply only to MDC owned unstaffed firearms shooting ranges, not partner ranges or MDC’s five staffed shooting ranges.

For residents, the allowable permit options start at $11.50 for an annual small game permit. For non-residents, daily small game permits are $16 and annual small game permits are $108.50.

The Missouri Conservation Commission recently gave initial approval to the proposed MDC permit recommendation at its May 29 open meeting in Washington.

MDC invites online public comment on the proposed regulation changes July 16 through Aug. 14 at mdc.mo.gov/contact-engage/public-commenting-opportunities.

The Commission will then give final consideration to the proposed regulation changes at its Sept. 11 open meeting. If given final approval, the changes will become effective Feb. 28, 2027. 

WHY PERMITS ARE NEEDED

“The illegal misuse of MDC unstaffed shooting ranges has resulted in significant increases in damage from some users intentionally targeting range signs, booths and other infrastructure, along with more litter such as spent rounds left on the ground,” said MDC Hunter Education and Shooting Range Specialist Justin McGuire.

McGuire added that the rising popularity of home/self-defense firearms practice and other high-volume recreational use has led to many more people using the ranges throughout the entire year and much more spent ammo being left as litter.

McGuire explained that the permit requirement would have several benefits.

“Unless exempt, Missouri hunters are required to have completed a certified hunter education program to get firearms hunting permits. Hunter education teaches shooting safety, ethics, and etiquette,” he said. “Requiring a small game permit to use MDC unstaffed firearms shooting ranges would ensure that users have completed hunter education to help improve safety for themselves and other range users, visitors, neighbors, and MDC infrastructure. It also gives conservation agents another tool to improve public safety at MDC ranges.”

He added that requiring a permit will also help create an increased sense of ownership of the ranges, respect for the facilities, and compliance with posted rules for safer and more responsible range use.

McGuire noted that many shooting range users won’t be affected by the new permit requirement because they already purchase a small game hunting permit or they’re exempt from needing one.

“These challenges are not unique to Missouri,” he said. “Among neighboring states, both Oklahoma and Kentucky have hunting-permit requirements for users of their unstaffed shooting ranges.”

MORE INFORMATION

MDC offers multiple options for range users in need of hunter education. Learn more at mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/hunter-education.

Small game permits can be purchased at permit vendors, on the MDC website, at MDC offices, and through the MDC Mo Hunting app. More at mdc.mo.gov/permits.

Find more information on MDC shooting ranges at mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/activities/shooting.

Misuse of MDC unstaffed shooting ranges has resulted in significant increases in damage to range signs, shooting booths, and other infrastructure, along with significantly more litter such as spent rounds left on the ground. MDC is proposing requiring a permit to use the ranges.

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What's Up: A Cirrus’ Wild Ride

 Getting airborne required some patience and ingenuity last week, waiting out some storms stagnating over the mid-section of the country. The sun popped out for brief periods last weekend, and the Blue Moon on Sunday night beamed brightly.

 Local flying activity included Randy Miller and myself, taking the club Skyhawk out for separate spins. The SkyDive KC Cessna 182 flew a few sorties with jumpers but had to stand down for much of the weekend.

 It’s a good idea to check Notices To Airmen before flying around the metro areas. If you’re heading to St. Louis, be aware of the big airshow at Spirit airport this weekend, starting Friday. It’ll tie up airspace below 15,500 feet as the military struts it’s stuff. And the much-vaunted FIFA World Cup soccer tournaments in Kansas City are already generating TFRs over the venues, primarily drone-free areas right now, but certain to expand to inhibit general aviation as the games run through mid-July.

 In week-ago-Saturday news out of Austria, a paraglider pilot flying over the Alps was ran over by an errant Cessna. The plane sliced through the powered-parachute’s canopy, escaping unharmed, but the paraglider pilot had to go to the manually-deployed reserve chute, landing with bruises after the harrowing descent. Pilots need to look outside for canopies, not just stare at navigation screens.

 A Washington state study has determined that the 3 billion gallons of “sustainable” jet fuel that was supposed to be produced each year by 2030 is more likely to be just over 2 billion, due to a shortfall in feedstock material used to make the non-petroleum fuel. One can make burnable diesel-type fluid out of almost anything, but not always in a practical fashion. We’re going to be flying on dinosaur juice for a long time yet.

 In a similar hoped-for Green initiative, Dutch airline easyJet is considering “taxiing” their Airbuses to the runway with an electric robot tow tractor, rather than firing up the plane’s engines at the gate.

They would start only at the last minute. The cabin comfort will still have to be maintained by the ship’s auxiliary power unit. It will save, they say, about 55 gallons of fuel per flight. The lowered emissions have to be considered in light of the electricity used.

 Back in April, a Cirrus SR-20 pilot flying near Chanute, Kansas heard a loud noise up front and determined he was now flying a glider. Unable to coast to CNU airport, he did as he was trained and pulled the Cirrus whole-airplane rocket-deployed parachute, which worked as advertised. They floated down under canopy and upon hitting the ground found themselves being drug downwind by the big chute, across fences and ditches. They were able to get the doors open and extricate eventually, after a pickup driver blocked their careening plane. That’s one Cirrus that won’t fly again.

 The week’s question was “what nation was second to put a jet airliner into service, after England’s Comet in 1952?” That would be the Soviet Union, with a TU-104 in 1953,  a Russian bomber modified with windows and seats. For next week, we’re asking “how fast do jet airliners move when taxiing with idle power?” You can send your answer to [email protected].

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Gale Arlin Robinson, age 78, of Rich Hill

Gale Arlin Robinson, 78, of Rich Hill, Missouri, passed away April 8, 2026.

A Celebration of Life Service and memorial will be on June 4th at 10:00 am at the Rich Hill United Methodist Church. A lite lunch will be served following at the home.

Gale was born June 20, 1947, in Chillicothe, Missouri, to Lee Arlington Robinson and Mary Emmaline Reynar Robinson. He married Edith (Margaret) Hanvy Mannering.

A proud Army veteran, Gale served with the 6th Battalion, 80th Field Artillery near the DMZ at Camp Knox, Korea, and was honorably discharged in October 1969. He spent his professional life in food service management, where he was respected for his steady leadership and dedication to those he worked with. Active in his faith, Gale was a longtime member of Rich Hill United Methodist Church where he served on the church board of trustees. His commitment to community and church life was a central part of who he was.

Gale was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret, and his parents. He is survived by his sister, Rita Davis of Kansas City, Missouri; nephew, Spencer (Katie) Robinson Davis; and two grandnephews, Calvin and Patrick, who brought him great joy.

Gale received exceptional care from the staff at the Kansas City VA Medical Center. He was incredibly grateful for the kindness shown to him during his extended illness.

Family and friends will remember Gale for his quiet strength, loyalty, and the kindness he brought to family, church, and work.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to organizations dedicated to supporting veterans or to the Rich Hill United Methodist Church.

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Pleasanton man enters plea deal in death of 13-year-old neighbor

A Pleasanton man who admitted to dumping a Kansas teen's body in a ravine in rural Bates County, Missouri has been sentenced to prison. He was sentenced after entering a plea agreement in connection with the death of his 13-year-old neighbor, Airen Andula. Court records show that Damon Leonard, 47, entered the plea in Bates County Circuit Court and was sentenced on Friday, May 29, at 3 p.m.

Leonard was charged in December with felony abandonment of a corpse after he transported Andula’s body across state lines and left it in a remote creek bed in rural Bates County. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office said Andula was last seen the morning of Dec. 21, 2025, riding a red mountain bike through the Holiday Lakes community near Pleasanton, possibly heading into town. Authorities indicated that Andula’s family reported him missing to the Sheriff’s Office around 6:20 p.m. that same evening.

On Dec. 22, the Bates County Sheriff’s Office said Leonard called deputies and told them he knew where Andula was - and that the boy was dead. According to court documents, Leonard admitted he had transported Andula’s body from Kansas into Missouri and left it in a creek bed in a remote area of the county.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department said an autopsy was conducted by the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office, and that autopsy confirmed the cause of Andula’s death was multiple dog bite injuries.

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 Nan Kern recognized the warning signs when her husband could not move his arm and exhibited facial drooping. She drove him to the Emergency Department at Bates County Memorial Hospital, where stroke protocol was already in motion.

Bill Kern woke in the middle of the night and tried to turn over in bed. He couldn’t.

His movements, what Nan later described as “thrashing,” woke his wife. She noticed his words were garbled, one side of his face drooped, and he couldn’t move one of his arms.

Nan recognized the signs of stroke, and she did not wait.

Bill was able to walk to the car, and Nan drove him to the Emergency Department at Bates County Memorial Hospital.

Their daughter, Tainya Robinson, lives near the hospital. She has spent 25 years working in hospital emergency departments and patient access leadership, most recently with St. Luke’s Health System.

When she arrived, her dad was on his way to a CT scan. The scan confirmed the stroke was caused by a clot rather than bleeding in the brain, allowing the emergency team to safely administer clot-busting medication.

Everything that followed moved quickly.

“Before my dad even came out of CT, the helicopter was landing,” she said. “I told my mom, ‘LifeFlight just came in.’ She thought they must be there for someone else. It was that fast.”

As physicians and nurses worked at Bill’s bedside, preparations were also being made for the next step in his care.

Once stabilized, Bill was transferred by LifeFlight Eagle to Research Medical Center for continued treatment. The hours that followed were uncertain. At first, he struggled to speak and could not walk on his own, but his family reported he quickly responded to treatment. After five weeks of rehabilitation, Bill had made significant improvement. He can walk with a cane or walker, and while his speech is slower, he does not slur when he talks.

About a month after Bill’s stroke, Tainya stopped by the emergency department to thank the staff personally for the care they gave her dad.

“I’ve worked in emergency rooms for 25 years. I know what critical care looks like,” Robinson said. “That’s why I came back to thank them. They did an outstanding job that night.”

For the Kern family, recognizing the signs and acting quickly made all the difference. Tainya has seen stroke outcomes that do not turn out this way.

“I know how bad they can be,” she said. “Not everyone bounces back like my dad did.”

 

 
 
 

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