(AP) – A judge has ruled that a 16-year-old accused in the death of a northwest Missouri man who was bound, stabbed and left to bleed to death in a restroom will remain in juvenile custody.

The youth faces charges of first-degree murder, felony kidnapping, robbery and three counts of armed criminal action in the death of 58-year-old Mark Thomas, who was found dead last weekend in a restroom at Smithville Lake.

A Clay County judge ruled Thursday after a brief hearing. Another hearing will be held Feb. 6 to determine if the boy will face charges as an adult.

Police say Thomas, of Liberty, was attacked while driving two acquaintances of a family member home last Friday.

Twenty-year-old Zachary Lisle is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery in Thomas’ death.

Michael Armstrong has been named associate vice president for University Advancement at Missouri Western State University. Armstrong was previously major gift officer at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. He began his duties at Missouri Western Jan. 7.

“I’m pleased we were able to find someone with Mike’s experience and skill set in fundraising for higher education,” said Jerry Pickman ’85, vice president for university advancement and executive director of the Missouri Western State University Foundation. “In addition to our ongoing efforts to raise private support, we are in the planning stages of a potential capital campaign, and Mike will play a key role.”

Armstrong was at UCM for nearly seven years. As a major gift officer, he secured private support from university alumni and constituents, initiating more than 30 new scholarship and endowed funds. He also developed a comprehensive prospect management program that resulted in a 52 percent increase in gifts of over $10,000 in its first year of implementation.

At Missouri Western, Armstrong will help lead the Division of University Advancement, which includes development, alumni services, public relations and marketing, and campus printing and design services.

(AP) – Target says that personal information – including phone numbers and email and mailing addresses – was stolen from as many as 70 million customers in its pre-Christmas data breach. That was substantially more customers than Target had previously said were affected.

The chain also cut its fourth-quarter adjusted earnings forecast and outlook for a key sales barometer.

Target had announced in December that about 40 million credit and debit cards may have been affected by a data breach that happened between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 – just as the holiday shopping season was getting into gear.

The retailer said Friday that the personal information stolen is not a new breach, but was discovered during its ongoing investigation.

Target Corp.’s stock fell in Friday premarket trading.

Two people were injured in an overnight crash in DeKalb County.

According to the Missouri Highway Patrol thirty-year-old Beth Wilson of Kidder, Mo was driving a 2000 GMC SUV west on US 36, just south of Osborn at approximately 3:30 a.m.

Wilson lost control on the ice; the SUV went off the south side of the road and struck an embankment where it came to rest. Wilson and a passenger Derek S. Abbett, age 28 of Kidder, were transported to Cameron Regional Medical Center. They were not wearing seat belts.

A British man accused of the statutory rape of a St Joseph teenager appeared in court Thursday.

Mohammed Ashref Rahman, 23, of London, was charged last month with statutory rape for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old girl. Police say he met the girl online.

On Thursay, Rahman waived his preliminary hearing on the charge.

He is now scheduled to appear in court again January 27.

Rahman remains behind bars, unable to post $75,000 bond.

Here are Friday’s school closings and delays.
*Lathrop R-2 Closed
*Mound City R-2 Two hour late start
*Nodaway Holt R-7 (Maitland and Graham)Two hour delay
*Stewartsville C-2 Closed

Sheriff’s deputies are now on the job as Resource Officers at all five schools in rural Buchanan County. Sheriff Mike Strong says it keeps a promise made during the campaign for a county law enforcement tax.

Strong hired from within the department as officers volunteered for the positions. Hirings began last month and the final School Resource Officer, at Bessie Ellison School, came on board this week.

The new School Resource Officers are Matt Schute, David Giron, Rich Steele, and Josh Rudisell. The original SRO, Deputy Sarah Hardin, remains at Mid Buchanan and helped train the new officers.