January 2014 – Page 9 – St. Joseph Post Archive

Business border war bill in the Mo. House

Posted on January 29, 2014

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones has filed legislation that would call a truce in the Kansas City area battle for businesses between Missouri and Kansas.

The bill introduced Wednesday would apply to four counties on each side of the Missouri-Kansas border.

Missouri would stop offering tax breaks to companies from the Kansas counties, so long as a similar bill or executive order is enacted in Kansas. But if Kansas offers tax breaks to lure Missouri companies, then the truce would be off.

The four counties in Missouri are Jackson, Clay, Platte and Cass. The four Kansas counties are Wyandotte, Johnson, Douglas and Miami.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback have both expressed support for a moratorium in the multi-million-dollar tax break battle.

Interracial family back for Cheerios Super Bowl ad

Posted on January 29, 2014January 29, 2014

(AP) — Cheerios is bringing back an interracial family to star in its Super Bowl ad.

They were featured in an ad last year that made headlines after it sparked ugly comments online. But the negative remarks were followed by an outpouring of support for the fictional family made up of a black dad, white mom and their young daughter.

General Mills, which owns Cheerios, said at the time that it cast the actors to reflect the changing U.S. population. Despite the controversy, the Minneapolis-based company continued running the ad for several months as planned.

Northwest Championship trophy tour details

Posted on January 29, 2014January 29, 2014

Northwest Missouri State has announced dates for the Championship Trophy Tour, celebrating the football program’s 2013 NCAA Division II National Championship. The tour, which is being presented by the Northwest Alumni Association and the Northwest Foundation, will include five stops in the Midwest, beginning Friday, Feb. 21.

The Bearcats won the program’s fourth national championship with a 43-28 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne on Dec. 21, 2013, in Florence, Ala. The game marked Northwest’s eighth appearance in the national championship game, and the Bearcats became the fifth team to go 15-0.

“It’s incredible how many Bearcat fans there are throughout the Midwest and across the country,” head football coach Adam Dorrel said. “Winning a national championship is something that everyone who cares about Northwest should be able to celebrate, no matter where they live. Being able to bring a championship trophy to our fans who have supported us throughout is a great feeling.”

Dorrel, Director of Athletics Mel Tjeerdsma and Northwest President Dr. John Jasinski will be present at all five stops and will be available to answer questions and sign autographs. Fans will be able to take photos with the championship trophy and pick up an exclusive championship poster at each event. There will be an opportunity for fans to bid on auction items at each event, including a football, a helmet and a jersey.

Each event begins at 6 p.m. and will last until about 8 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided. All events are free of charge and open to the public. These events are family friendly and all ages are welcome to attend. Fans may RSVP and find more online at www.nwmissouri.edu/champions.

Event dates and locations are as follows:

Friday, Feb. 21 – St. Louis (Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel, 191 Westport Plaza, St Louis, MO 63146)
Monday, Feb. 24 – St. Joseph (Northwest Missouri State, St. Joseph Center – Suite 100 South 3500 N. Village Dr., St. Joseph, MO 64506)
Tuesday, Feb. 25 – Omaha (Slowdown – 729 N. 14th St., Omaha, NE 68102)
Thursday, Feb. 27 – Des Moines (Hy-Vee Corporate Conference Center – 5820 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines, IA 50266)
Friday, Feb. 28 – Kansas City (Sporting Park – 1 Sporting Way, Kansas City, KS 66111)

In addition to the Championship Trophy Tour, Northwest will celebrate with the Maryville community with events Feb. 8-9.

Select members of the Bearcat football team and head coach Adam Dorrel will be at Hy-Vee Saturday, Feb. 8, beginning at 8 a.m. Players and coaches will be available for pictures and autographs, and children under age 10 will receive a free breakfast buffet compliments of Hy-Vee.

The Northwest football team also will be available for an autograph session at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, in Bearcat Arena. Fans will have an opportunity to interact with members of the 2013 NCAA Division II Football National Championship team and coaching staff.

The event is free and open to the public. The team will be available to sign for approximately 90 minutes, and fans will be limited to two items for signing, including a free championship poster for all fans in attendance. The event also will feature a display of the 2013 national championship trophy as well as the special uniform combination created by Adidas and worn by the Bearcats in the title game.

Mo. Mom Charged in Young Daughter’s Drowning

Posted on January 29, 2014

(AP) – A rural Clay County woman has been charged with second-degree murder and first-degree child endangerment in the drowning death of her 19-month old daughter in October.

A grand jury on Tuesday returned an indictment against 27-year-old Amberlyn Farrow, who lives on a farm near Holt about half an hour northeast of Kansas City. She was taken into custody Tuesday and was being held on $500,000 bond.

A spokesman for the Clay County prosecutor’s office said Wednesday she didn’t have an attorney.

Sheriff’s deputies were called at 10 p.m. Oct. 16 to Farrow’s home to investigate the death of the girl, who appeared to have drowned in a pond. The grand jury said Farrow created a substantial risk when she took the girl to the pond and failed to protect her.

Mo. based discount brokerage fined $2.5M

Posted on January 29, 2014January 29, 2014

(AP) — Federal regulators say St. Louis-based discount brokerage firm Scottrade has agreed to pay $2.5 million in fines for not providing the agency accurate and complete details about trades.

In announcing the action, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Scottrade failed to satisfactorily honor the agency’s request for specifics about certain trades between 2006 and 2012.

The SEC says the requests were part of its December 2011 probe of suspicious trades made in a Scottrade online brokerage account that was the apparent victim of account intrusion.

Scottrade says the omissions were “inadvertently” caused by a computer-programming error, and the company promptly corrected the issue when it was discovered.

Lawrence homicide suspect to return to Kansas

Posted on January 29, 2014

(AP) — A 19-year-old woman charged with killing a Lawrence businessman has agreed to return to Kansas from Florida, where she was arrested over the weekend while camping in Everglades National Park.

Sarah Brooke Gonzales McLinn waived an extradition hearing Wednesday in federal court in Miami.

McLinn is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 52-year-old Harold Sasko, who owned pizza restaurants in Lawrence and Topeka. McLinn was an employee, and Sasko’s relatives have said he let her move into his home while she was having personal problems.

McLinn’s family reported her missing around the same time Sasko was found dead Jan. 17 in his home. Douglas County authorities allege Sasko was killed with an “edged instrument” after being subdued.

Rams sack Defensive Coordinator

Posted on January 29, 2014

(AP) – The St. Louis Rams fired defensive coordinator Tim Walton on Wednesday after finishing in the middle of the pack in his one season.

Coach Jeff Fisher announced the move and wished Walton well. Walton spent four years as the secondary coach in Detroit before he was hired last year by the Rams.

The Rams finished with the 15th overall defense in the NFL during the regular season, allowing 345 yards per game. They were 13th in points allowed (22.8).

The team finished 7-9, but was just 1-5 against the rest of the rugged NFC West.

Mo. man injured in Wednesday pursuit and rollover crash

Posted on January 29, 2014

A Missouri man was injured in a Wednesday morning law enforcement pursuit and rollover accident in Nodaway County.

According to the Missouri Highway Patrol thirty-one year old Dustin L. Smith of Independence was driving a 2014 Ford Focus north on US 71, 5 miles south of Maryville.

A Nodaway County Sheriff was pursuing him. Smith hit a tire deflation device, skidded out of control and travelled off the west side of the roadway. The vehicle struck a road sign, overturned and came to rest on its wheels in the median. Smith had minor injures.

Broken Pipe Closes Senior Center Briefly

Posted on January 29, 2014

A broken pipe forced a brief shutdown of the Joyce Raye Patterson Senior Citizen Center in downtown St Joseph.

The center was closed shortly after 9am Wednesday. About an hour later, officials reopened the center.

Officials said the cafeteria would remain closed Wednesday. Several groups have cancelled activities for the day.

UM president comments on swimmer’s death

Posted on January 29, 2014

University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe

(AP) — University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe says the four-campus system is committed to bolstering its mental health services as a separate legal review of a former school swimmer’s suicide is expected to soon begin.

Wolfe spoke personally Wednesday about Sasha Menu Courey’s 2011 death, noting that his own daughter is a first-year college athlete.

He told reporters that “one of our students is dead. And I don’t want to feel that anymore.”

The university’s Board of Curators is expected to vote later Wednesday on Wolfe’s request for an independent report on how the school handled Menu Courey’s death and her claims of a sexual assault by several football players when she was a freshman.