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Month: September 2014

Teen hospitalized when ejected from the bed of a pickup

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Missouri Highway Patrol MHPUNION STAR- A teenager was injured in an accident just before 5 p.m. on Monday in Andrew County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1999 Ford Ranger driven by Isaiah T. Pankau, 16, Clarksdale, was northbound on County Road 116 five miles north of Union Star. The driver failed to negotiate a curve. The pickup traveled off the north side of the road and overturned.

A passenger Sean D. Kelly, 18, Union Star was ejected from the bed of the pickup. Pankau was not injured.

Kelly was transported to Heartland Regional Medical Center.The MSHP reported Pankau was not wearing a seat belt. He was not injured.

Suspect Arrested After Armed Standoff

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SJPD patchAn armed standoff at a home in the 200 block of Elm Street in Saint Joseph ended early Tuesday morning when police dosed the suspect with pepper spray and took him into custody.

Police Sergeant Brett Kelly says it began about six hours earlier as a domestic disturbance call. When the suspect refused to come out the Special Response Team was called. There were firearms in the home. A negotiator began talking with the suspect. Other family members were allowed to leave the residence.

Shortly after midnight officers breached the door and administered a shot of pepper spray. The suspect came out and surrendered. No shots were fired. There were no injuries. The suspect was booked for investigation of domestic disturbance.

Missouri Capitol hosts wine-tasting fundraiser

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JEFFERSON CITY (AP) – Historic preservationists are hoping that a wine-tasting event in the Missouri House chamber can help determine what it would take to refurbish artwork in the Capitol.

Organizers were hoping to make $35,000 to $40,000 from the Monday evening fundraiser hosted by the Missouri State Capitol Commission. Tickets cost $500 a piece.

The desks where lawmakers normally cast votes were transformed into wine-tasting stations for the fundraiser. The House speaker’s office also was being used.

Dana Rademan Miller is chairwoman of the Capitol Commission and also the assistant chief clerk for the House. She said the fundraiser will help pay for an art expert to inspect the murals and paintings in the Capitol and come up with an estimate of how much it would cost to restore them.

Celebrity Softball To Raise Money For Special Olympics

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Last Year’s Competitors

Local celebrities will once again team up to raise money for Special Olympics. They’ll gather for the annual Celebrity Softball Game at Phil Welch Stadium, starting at 6pm Tuesday. The lineup will include some well known folks from city and county government, local television stations, and even the NFL.

The gates open at 5pm, with opening ceremonies slated for 6pm and the first pitch at 6:30. Admission is $4.

There’s also a special VIP arrangement, with special seats and refreshments served by volunteers for $20.

All proceeds will benefit Special Olympics of Missouri-North Area, to help pay for special athletes traveling to the State Fall Games in Jefferson City Next month. The North Area will have teams playing softball, flag football, bocce, golf and tennis. To donate or to get more information contact Melody Prawitz at (816) 233-6232 or [email protected]

Special Olympics Missouri is a year-round program of sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. More than 17,000 athletes participate in 21 Olympic-type sports throughout the state. Special Olympics provides people with intellectual disabilities continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and experience joy as they participate in the sharing of gifts and friendship with their fellow athletes, their family and friends, and communities across Missouri.

Special Olympics Missouri is proud of its financial health, returning 90 percent of every dollar back to program services. Visit Special Olympics at www.somo.org. Engage with us on Twitter @somissouri; or on Facebook at fb.com/specialolympicsmo.

Winter wheat planting underway in Kansas

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Screen Shot 2014-09-09 at 5.15.01 AMWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas growers have begun seeding their fields for next year’s winter wheat crop.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that winter wheat planting is at 2 percent. That is about the same as last year at this time and the average for early September.

Topsoil moisture statewide is running about 66 percent adequate to surplus as wheat planting gets underway.

Kansas farmers also continued harvesting corn between thunderstorms that brought rain to much of the state last week. The agency reports 12 percent of the Kansas crop has been cut, about 3 points ahead of last year’s pace.

About 9 percent of the sorghum crop has now matured, and 11 percent of soybeans have begun dropping leaves.

 

Kansas City drops first game of series at Detroit

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RoyalsDETROIT (AP) — Jeremy Guthrie couldn’t find a way out of trouble.

Torii Hunter had two of his three hits in a six-run third inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat Kansas City 9-5 Monday to close within a game of the AL Central-leading Royals.

“They just kept putting the ball in play,” Guthrie said.

Detroit won its 9,000th game, tying a season high with eight hits in the third and opening an 8-2 lead. Guthrie (10-11) allowed eight runs — six earned — and 10 hits in 2 2-3 innings. He has given up 14 earned runs in his last 6 2-3 innings against the Tigers.

Seven of Detroit’s first eight batters got hits in the third, which began with Hunter’s infield single. Victor Martinez’s infield hit drove in the first run, glancing off the glove of first baseman Eric Hosmer toward the dirt behind second. Don Kelly’s double made it 4-2, Nick Castellanos hit a two-run double and RBI singles by Al Avila and Hunter boosted the lead to 8-2.

“He was one pitch away from getting out of that third inning but it just kept snowballing and he couldn’t make that pitch,” Royals manager Ned Yost said.

Kansas City closed in the seventh when Hosmer tripled, Billy Butler hit an RBI groundout and Lorenzo Cain hit an inside-the-park homer off Justin Verlander (13-12), a ball that Hunter ran down in right-center only to have Kelly collide with him and knock off Hunter’s glove.

Hosmer’s RBI single in the eighth against Joba Chamberlain made it 8-5, but Billy Butler hit an inning-ending groundout with runners at the corners.

“We battled all the way, tried to chip away. Just couldn’t chip away enough,” Hosmer said.

Verlander (13-12) allowed four runs and six hits in seven innings for his third win in four starts.

“It was pretty good,” he said. “They put up a couple runs in a couple innings, but even after they got those two early runs, I went back and watched the video and those were all good pitches. They’ve just got a good lineup.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: LHP left-hander Danny Duffy will miss his next turn in the rotation because of a sore shoulder. “He’s in Kansas City going through three or four rounds of treatment every day,” Yost said. “We’ll evaluate him when we get back.” … Closer Greg Holland, who hasn’t pitched since Wednesday because of a strained right triceps, is getting closer to returning. Yost said Holland threw on the side Monday and could be available Tuesday.

Tigers: RHP Joakim Soria (left oblique strain) threw 27 pitches in a simulated game and felt good. “Big step today. Hopefully, it feels good tomorrow,” Soria said. Manager Brad Ausmus said Soria threw all of his pitches and looked strong. If Soria feels good on Tuesday, he will likely be activated the following day.

UP NEXT

Jason Vargas (11-7, 3.14) is slated to start Tuesday for the Royals and Max Scherzer (15-5, 3.25) for the Tigers. Scherzer is 9-5 against Kansas City.

SIGNALS CROSSED

Hunter was down for a couple of minutes after the collision with Kelly, was checked by Tigers head athletic trainer Kevin Rand and stayed in the game.

DON’T LET ME CATCH YOU

Cain was second and Mike Moustakas was on third with one out in the third when Nori Aoki lofted a single to shallow center. Moustakas thought Kelly might catch the ball and held up, but Cain read the play correctly and was two steps behind Moustakas as they crossed the plate.

BUSY DAY

Across the street later in the day, the Detroit Lions hosted the New York Giants at Ford Field. The start of the baseball game was moved up three hours to accommodate.

— Associated Press —

Mizzou’s Mauk named SEC Offensive Player of the Week

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MUUniversity of Missouri sophomore QB Maty Mauk (Kenton, Ohio) was named the Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week for his prolific performance this past Saturday as he helped lead the Tigers to a 49-24 win at Toledo.  Mauk won the award, as announced tonight by the league office, after throwing for five touchdown passes and running for a sixth, both totals which tied program single-game records.

Playing just 75 miles away from his hometown, and before an estimated 1,500 friends and family, Mauk led the Tigers to a convincing road win against the pre-season MAC West Division favorite, as he completed 21-of-32 passes for a career-best 325 yards.  His five scoring strikes came from 7, 13, 13, 25 and 12 yards out, and tied his own school record that he co-holds with former star QB Chase Daniel.  Mauk threw five TD passes last year at Kentucky, tying the mark Daniel had previously established four times on his own.

Mauk also scored on a 1-yard keeper in the 2nd quarter at Toledo, and the six total touchdowns accounted for also tied the Mizzou single-game record, held by former greats Terry McMillan (1969 at Kansas) and Corby Jones (1997 at Oklahoma State).

He becomes the first Tiger to win the weekly offensive player of the week award in the SEC.  The last Tiger to win a conference offensive player of the week award was Henry Josey in 2011.  Mauk was named the SEC freshman of the week winner three times a year ago.

Mauk was pleased to win the award, but was quick to credit his teammates for putting him in position to make plays.

“It means a lot, but obviously you can’t do it without the five guys up front protecting me, they gave me a ton of time to throw, and our receivers were in the right spots in the right time and it’s my job to get them the ball, so it was a great group effort,” Mauk said.

Mauk and the 20th-ranked Tigers continue preparations this week for Saturday’s showdown against the UCF Knights.  The game is set for an 11 a.m. kickoff at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field.

— MU Sports Information —

Cardinals stay hot with 5-0 win at Cincinnati

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CardsCINCINNATI (AP) — Everything has fallen into place, allowing the St. Louis Cardinals to pull away.

Matt Carpenter broke a scoreless tie with his two-run single in the seventh inning, Matt Adams added a three-run homer, and the Cardinals extended their surge in the NL Central by beating the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 on Monday night.

St. Louis has won nine of 10, going from two games out to a season-high 4 1/2 games up in the division. The Cardinals are 10-3 against the Reds this season and 40-24 against the NL Central overall.

“Everything is clicking right now,” Adams said. “Our starting pitching is just unbelievable right now, and our offense is doing what it’s capable of doing.”

Shelby Miller (9-9) gave up three hits while pitching into the eighth in his first victory in three starts against Cincinnati this season. Two relievers finished the three-hitter.

Miller faced the minimum 12 batters over the first four innings — Brandon Phillips singled but was taken out in a double play. Devin Mesoraco led off the fifth with a double but was stranded at second, the only Red to reach scoring position.

The Cardinals didn’t walk a batter and turned a pair of double plays. As a result, their pitchers faced only 28 batters, one over the minimum.

Miller is putting together his best stretch of the season by turning to his curveball, a pitch he used less frequently early in the season. He allowed only three hits in seven innings of a 1-0 win over the Pirates his last time out.

“It’s just building confidence in that pitch,” Miller said. “I feel it’s the second-best pitch I have.

“The biggest thing is just using it. The more you use it, the more you get a feel for it and you can throw it where you want to.”

Carpenter’s single off Manny Parra (0-3) left Cincinnati’s bullpen 0-14 since the All-Star break, part of Cincinnati’s 16-33 slide over that time. The Reds have dropped eight of their last 10 and fallen 10 games under .500 for the first time since 2009.

The Reds had two pitchers leave the game because of injury.

Reds starter Dylan Axelrod threw only seven pitches before pulling his right oblique. Left-hander David Holmberg relieved and went a career-high 5 2/3 innings, allowing four hits while throwing 81 pitches.

Right-hander Pedro Villarreal took a grounder off his forearm in the ninth and left the game. Ondrusek replaced him and gave up Adams’ three-run homer on his second pitch.

“That was a beautiful swing by Matt Adams,” manager Mike Matheny said. “That was one of the loudest ones I’ve ever heard.”

The Reds went through seven pitchers overall, including four in the decisive seventh. Parra gave up Randal Grichuk’s pinch-hit double and Kolten Wong’s infield single. After Miller’s sacrifice, Carpenter singled to right for a 2-0 lead.

SLUMP BUSTER

Slumping Cardinals OF Matt Holliday got Sunday off. He was back in the lineup on Monday and singled to end the slide at 0 for 10. He later added another single.

STATS

Carpenter has driven in a pair of runs in each of the last two games. He has three straight multihit games. … Wong extended his hitting streak to five games. … The Reds are 10 games below .500 for the first time since Sept. 23, 2009. They’re a season-high 13 games out of first place. … Holmberg’s outing was the longest by a Reds reliever since Carlos Fisher threw 5 2/3 innings during a 19-inning game on May 25, 2011, at Philadelphia.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: INF Greg Garcia, OF Tommy Pham and RHP Sam Tuivailala were promoted from Triple-A Memphis. C Audry Perez and OF Rafael Ortega were designated for assignment to create room on the 40-man roster.

Reds: SS Zack Cozart was in the lineup for the third straight game after missing time because of a sore right wrist. He is in an 0-for-16 slump.

UP NEXT:

Cardinals: Michael Wacha (5-5) makes his third start of the season against Cincinnati. The Cardinals are 5-2 at Great American Ball Park this season and have won six straight against Cincinnati overall.

Reds: Mike Leake (10-11) is coming off his worst start of the season. He gave up a season-high seven runs and three homers in only four innings of a 9-7 loss at Baltimore on Thursday.

— Associated Press —

Nixon among governors meeting with Japanese officials UPDATE

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Governors from five Midwest states joined Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad on Monday in meetings with Japanese governors, officials, and company executives for the annual gathering of the Midwest U.S.-Japan Association.

The group, founded in 1967, meets yearly to discuss the growth and progress of economic relations of the American Midwest and Japan.

Governors from Nebraska, Missouri, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin planned to give speeches. The Japanese ambassador and the consulate general from Chicago attended the meeting.

The speakers also included Kikkoman Corp. Honorary CEO Yuzaburo Mogi, who is credited with introducing soy sauce to the United States in 1959. He is the Japanese conference chairman.

“The theme this year is building a robust and sustainable future,” he said. “We hope this meeting will help identify and develop business opportunities for all of us.”

Mogi joined executives from Nippon Airways, Toshiba and Toyota at the conference to discuss continued trade, government and business relationships between the two countries.

It is the 46th year the organization has met. Former Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson, the U.S. conference chairman, said this year’s goal is to find new synergies between the states highlighting growth in environmental industries and in the health and wellness sectors as the population of Japan and the U.S. states age.

Obama decries domestic violence after Rice cut

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JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is speaking out against domestic violence in the wake of Ray Rice’s termination by the Baltimore Ravens.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest says he spoke Monday evening with Obama about Rice. The running back was let go by his team and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video emerged showing him knocking his then-fiancee unconscious.

Earnest says that Obama, as an American and the father of two daughters, believes domestic violence is “contemptible and unacceptable.” He says real men don’t hit women, regardless of whether it’s in public or private.

Earnest says stopping domestic violence is bigger than football and all Americans have a responsibility to stop it.

The White House this week is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act.

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