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Missouri teacher suspended after student dresses as Klansman

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POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – A southern Missouri school district has suspended a teacher who oversaw a class presentation in which a ninth-grader dressed as a Ku Klux Klan member.

Photo Courtesy Springfield News

Poplar Bluff district superintendent Scott Dill visited the American History class Monday to read the suspended teacher’s letter of apology.

The student who dressed as a Klansman Friday was among a group assigned to study the 15th Amendment, which awarded voting rights to black men. During their presentation, they discussed organizations that engaged in voter suppression.

A photo of the student has circulated on social media.

It’s unclear if the teacher directed the student to dress as a Klansman. The district says it doesn’t believe the student was acting with discriminatory intent.

Dill hasn’t returned an Associated Press reporter’s call.

Limited Health Dept. clinic services and hours Nov. 14th

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The City of St. Joseph Health Department Clinic immunization services and TB test administrations and readings will be closed from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday.

According to the department, the closures are due to contractually obligated site visits.

During this time, prenatal case management and pregnancy testing services in the clinic and all other divisions within the health department will remain open.

No other services at Patee Market, 904 South 10th Street, will be affected.

Kan. man hospitalized after partially ejected when truck rolls

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BROWN COUNTY — One person was injured in an accident just after 3:30 a.m. Tuesday in Brown County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Toyota Tundra driven by Douglas Lee Coulter, 33, Horton, was westbound on Kansas Highway 20 Falcon and Dewberry Road.

The truck traveled across the center line, left the roadway to the south, traveled down an embankment, rolled over and the driver was partially ejected.

Coulter was transported to the hospital in Horton. He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.

Governor names Eric Schmitt as Mo. attorney general to replace Hawley

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Mike Parson is scheduled to announce who will replace Josh Hawley as Missouri’s attorney general.

Parson is planning a news conference Tuesday morning to fill the attorney general’s post, which Hawley held after being elected in 2016.

Hawley will be moving to the U.S. Senate, after defeating Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill in last week’s election.

It is the second statewide office that Parson will fill since taking over as governor June 1.

He appointed Mike Kehoe to be lieutenant governor, a post Parson held until taking over the governor’s office when Eric Greitens resigned from office. Greitens stepped down rather than continue fighting possible impeachment and allegations of personal and political misconduct.

Temps warming through the week

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After a pretty chilly start to the work week, expect gradual and steady warming through the remainder of the work week. Temperatures will still remain below seasonal normals, however. The next chance for some light snow comes Saturday night into Sunday morning. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Sunny, with a high near 33. North northwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 17. Light and variable wind.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 42. South wind 3 to 6 mph.

Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 20. South southeast wind 3 to 6 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 49. South southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 55.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 47.

Anheuser-Busch to relocate Clydesdale training center to Missouri

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MERRIMACK, N.H. (AP) – Anheuser-Busch says the famed Budweiser Clydesdales will no longer train in New Hampshire.

The brewing company says the horse training facility at the Merrimack brewery is being relocated to a state-of-the-art breeding facility near Boonville, Missouri. Anheuser-Busch Corporate Communications Director Samantha Roth says that the move will allow the training team to be closer to young Clydesdales and begin training earlier.

The east coast hitch, or team of horses, will remain in Merrimack, so the public will still get to see them. However, there will be parts of the year when the hitch will be touring in other parts of the country.

Anheuser-Busch officials say the move will not impact any part of the brewery’s operations.

Blue Bell Ice Cream returns to St. Joseph, the region in 2019

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BRENHAM, Texas — Blue Bell Creameries voluntarily recalled its ice cream products in 2015 after they were linked to 10 listeria cases in four states, including three deaths in Kansas.

On Tuesday, Blue Bell announced it is expanding its distribution area to include Kansas City and the surrounding area beginning March 18, 2019, according to a media release from the company.

In addition to the Kansas City (metro area) the ice cream will return to St. Joseph and Sedalia in Missouri and to Topeka, Lawrence, Leavenworth and Ottawa in Kansas

 

“It has always been our goal to return to Kansas City, and we believe that we are in a great position to expand our sales territory next year,” said Jimmy Lawhorn, vice president of sales and marketing for Blue Bell.

“Currently, you can purchase Blue Bell in the southeastern corner of Kansas and southwest Missouri. In 2019, we will be able to include larger portions of both states. We can’t thank our customers enough for their patience.”

Blue Bell will reopen its distribution facility located in Kansas City. “We have started hiring personnel, including a number of former employees, and will continue to add more as needed over the next few months,” Lawhorn said.

No store locations have been released at this time, but ice cream fans can expect to find Blue Bell at most major supermarkets and drug stores when it returns to the area.

In addition to Kansas City, Blue Bell will soon announce more cities it is expanding to next year. “We are anticipating a busy and successful year ahead,” Lawhorn added. “And our fans can look forward to enjoying many of their favorite flavors and products when Blue Bell returns in 2019.”

To find out where you can currently purchase Blue Bell and for the locations that will be added in March, visit www.bluebell.com/locator.

 

Missouri woman dies after Jeep overturns

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AUDRIAN COUNTY — One person died in an accident just before 5p.m. Monday in Audrain County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Jeep Wrangler driven by Bonnie J. Heying, 41, Perry, was westbound on U.S. 54 just west of County Road 717.

The vehicle traveled off the right side of the road, struck a ditch and overturned.

Heying and a passenger Lucas S. Kerr, 21, Perry, were transported to SMS Health St. Mary’s Hospital where she died.

They were not wearing seat belts, according to the MSHP.

Kansas domestic violence deaths in 2017 highest in 2 decades

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas recorded more domestic violence related homicides in 2017 than it had in more than two decades.

In February 2018, Jacob Ohnmacht admitted the strangulation murder of his wife. He is currently being held in the Lansing Correctional Facility

A Kansas Bureau of Investigation report shows the 38 domestic violence deaths in 2017 was twice as many as 2016.

The agency says 20 of the deaths were female and 18 were male. Also, 33 of the suspects were male while five were female. And firearms were used in 26 of 38 cases.

KBI spokeswoman Melissa Underwood says 2017 was the second highest number of domestic violence-related deaths since records began in 1993, with 41 deaths.

In June of 2017 Jonathan Perret was sentenced for the murder of his girlfriend and texting a photo of her dead body. He is serving a life term in Lansing Prison, according to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections

Erin Reazin, a victim services coordinator for Topeka’s YMCA, says society needs to changes the culture from telling females they are responsible for reducing their risk to finding only the perpetrator at fault.

Christmas film set in St. Joseph to be shown at Missouri Theatre

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A Christmas film set in St. Joseph will be shown at the Missouri Theatre in December.

Jason Hudson is the Director of Christmas at the Chateau. Hudson said the film is a Hallmark-style Christmas romantic comedy that was shot at the Shakespeare Chateau and other places in St. Joseph.

“People love Christmas movies and… it’s one that we could do relatively cheap, so we started writing a Christmas movie centered around St. Joe, centered around the Shakespeare Chateau,” Hudson said. “When you think of movies filmed in St. Joseph, Paper Moon always comes up… there’s been some other films since then, but nothing that really showcased the city of St. Joseph.”

Hudson said St. Joseph gets to see the movie first. There will be five screenings of Christmas at the Chateau December 21-23 at the Missouri Theatre in St. Joseph.

For more information or tickets, click here.

 

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