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Month: January 2014

After deaths, shelter gets grant to educate on train safety

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Railroad Crossing 001(AP) — A Topeka homeless shelter has received a $5,000 train safety education grant after two recent railroad track deaths of residents.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reported the Topeka Rescue Mission is among 21 public safety agencies and other groups nationwide receiving such grants from Union Pacific.

A woman staying at the Rescue Mission died in May on nearby tracks in a suicide, and a male guest died in July in what was believed to be an accident.

Rescue Mission executive director Barry Feaker says at least six people have been fatally injured on the tracks in the past 25 years. Feaker says the grant will be used to create educational materials and expand safety education efforts.

Sunday church fire under investigation

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Syracuse is approximately 110 miles NW of St. Joseph
Syracuse is approximately 110 miles NW of St. Joseph

(AP) — Firefighters from several cities and towns have responded to a call from Syracuse, Nebraska to help battle a blaze at an old church.

The fire was reported a little after 6:30 p.m. Sunday, when some Boy Scouts entered the United Methodist Church for a meeting. Fire Chief Bruce Neemann says no one was injured.

The flames consumed a large section of the roof, and at least one church wall had collapsed. The fire cause is being investigated.

Syracuse is a city of more than 1,900 northwest of St. Joseph.

 

Save Our Heritage Grant Apps on Landmark Comm. Agenda

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city of st joseph sealAGENDA
ST. JOSEPH LANDMARK COMMISSION Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 7:00 P.M.
1100 Frederick Ave. (City Hall), 3rd Floor Council Chambers St. Joseph, Missouri
I ROLL CALL
II APPROVAL OF AGENDA
III NEW BUSINESS
A) Steve Hofferber will answer Property Maintenance Questions from the
commissioners.
B) ASaveOurHeritageGrantApplicationwillbeheardforthefollowingproperty;
• Jennifer K. Baxter-Higgs, for the restoration of the Charles and Annie Buddy Home located at 424 S. 9th St.
IV OLD BUSINESS
V APPROVAL OF MINUTES A) August 6, 2013 Minutes
VI STAFF UPDATE ON PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES
VII. ADJOURNMENT

Saint Joseph Woman Falls Six Stories, Critically Injured

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SJPD patchA woman fell from a sixth floor window at the Village East Tower in Saint Joseph late yesterday afternoon.  Police say the 41 year old victim was taken to Heartland Regional Medical Center in critical condition.

Officials say it’s not known whether the fall was accidental or intentional.  It happened shortly after 4 pm from a window on the north side of the high-rise apartment building at 1218 Village Drive.  The incident is under investigation.

Gone with the wind chill: Gusts spread winter pain

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Screen Shot 2014-01-03 at 5.58.41 PM (AP) — It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity, goes the old saying.

For the tens of millions of Americans currently trapped in the deep freeze: It’s not the cold, it’s the wind.

Air temperatures plunging into the negative teens, twenties and even thirties Sunday into Monday are bad enough. But add wind speeds of even a few miles per hour, and what’s already deeply unpleasant becomes downright dangerous.

Severely low wind chills are a serious threat to the body. Emergency room doctor Douglas Brunette from Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis says he’s “seen frostbite occur through clothing.” He says it’s important to have clothes “made for the elements.”

Winds are blowing arctic air across large swaths of the U.S. — with temperatures suppressed by what meteorologists call a “polar vortex.”

 

New man to lead Kansas school board group

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Screen Shot 2014-01-06 at 5.12.30 AMTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The president of a south-central school board has been elected to the leadership of the Kansas Association of School Boards.

A recent delegate assembly in Wichita chose Don Shimkus, of Oxford, as the association’s president-elect designee. He will begin serving as president-elect on July 1 and serve as president on July 1, 2015.

Shimkus says he will work to ensure that all Kansas communities have the resources they need for public education.

The association has nearly 5,000 members representing school boards, community colleges and technical schools.

 

Missouri Using New High School Equivalency Exam

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Screen Shot 2014-01-06 at 5.03.37 AM(AP) — Missouri has dropped the GED and made the switch to a new high school equivalency exam.

Beginning this month, Missouri began using HiSet, which Educational Testing Service is offering. The switch came with the introduction of a more costly computer-based version of the GED.

Even though the state went with the lowest bidder, the new exam will be more costly for some test takers.

Previously it cost $40 to take the GED once, with each retake costing another $40.

Missouri adult education official Tom Robbins says the most affordable way to take the HiSET is to pay $95 for the five-test battery. Participants get two free retests within a 12-month period. Out of that amount, $10 goes to the state to administer the program.

Monday Weather Closings and Cancellations

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snowA lot of businesses and school districts are closing up shop on Monday, largely because of extreme cold temperatures.

High winds will make it feel like -40 in some areas Monday.

 

Albany R-3 Closed
Auburn Nebraska Public Schools Closed
Avenue City R-9 Closed
Breckenridge R-1 and R-4 Closed
Cainsville R-1 Closed
Cameron R-1 Closed
Craig R-3 Closed
Fairfax R-3 Closed
Fall City Nebraska Schools Closed
Hamilton R-2 Closed
Helen Davis State School Closed
Jefferson C-123 Closed
KANSAS – Atchison County Community HS USD 377 Closed
KANSAS – Atchison USD 409 Closed
KANSAS – Doniphan West USD 111 Closed
KANSAS – Fort Leavenworth 207 Closed
KANSAS – Hiawatha USD 415 Closed
KANSAS – Jefferson County North USD 339 Closed
KANSAS – Kickapoo Nation Closed
KANSAS – Leavenworth USD 453 Closed
KANSAS – Riverside USD 114 Closed
KANSAS – South Brown County USD 430 Closed
KANSAS – Troy USD 429 Closed
Kearney R-I Closed
King City R-1 Closed
Maryville R-2 Closed
Maysville R-1 Closed
Mid Buchanan R-5 (Faucett and Agency) Closed
Mirabile Closed
Missouri Western State University Closed
New York R-IV Closed
Nodaway Holt R-7 (Maitland and Graham) Closed
North Andrew R-6 (Rosendale and Filmore) Closed
North Nodaway R-6 (Hopkins and Pickering) Closed
Northeast Nodaway (Ravenwood and Parnell) Closed
Osborn R-O Closed
Rockport R-2 Closed
Rolling Hills Consolidated Library Closed St. Joseph & Savannah locations
Savannah R-3 Closed
South Nodaway (Barnard) Closed
South Park Christian Academy Closed
Southwest Livingston R-1 (Ludlow) Closed
Spikard R-2 Cancelled
TEACHER IN-SERVICE CANCELLED. BUSES WILL NOT RUN TO TRENTON
St. Gregory Closed
St. Joseph Beauty University Closed
St. Joseph Catholic Schools Closed
St. Joseph Christian Schools Closed
St. Joseph Public Schools Closed
St. Paul Lutheran School Closed
Stanberry R-2 Closed
Stewartsville C-2 Closed
Union Star R-2 Closed
~Specialty Industries Closed
Missouri Western Griffon Luncheon cancelled (games will be played)

Dangerously cold Monday

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Screen Shot 2014-01-06 at 5.00.16 AMDangerously cold conditions will continue across the region today, with highs topping out in the single digits above and below zero, and continued wind chills in the -15 to -30 degree range. A wind chill warning is in effect across the region for this morning, and warnings or advisories will continue through early Tuesday. These frigid conditions can be life threatening for anyone outdoors.

Today Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 0. Wind chill values between -22 and -32. West northwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around -7. Wind chill values between -10 and -20. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south after midnight.
Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 24. Wind chill values between -7 and -17. South wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tuesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable.
Wednesday Cloudy, with a high near 23. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph.
Wednesday Night Cloudy, with a low around 10.

 

Flight Makes Emergency Landing at KCI

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KCI aerial(AP) – An American Airlines flight has made an emergency landing at Kansas City International Airport after a flash drive was found in a bathroom.

Airport spokesman Joe McBride says the discovery was made Sunday afternoon as Flight 24 was headed from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

McBride says the Boeing 767 was taken to an area away from the terminal and was being searched. The 227 passengers and crew members were evacuated. McBride says it is “a new day and age since 9-11” and that officials take precautions if something is deemed suspicious.

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