St. Joseph Police are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found Monday morning.

According to Capt. Jeff Wilson with the St. Joseph Police Department, shortly after 10 a.m. Monday, officers responded to the 200 block of West Nebraska Ave. in reference to an abandoned vehicle. Upon arrival, officers found the body of a man inside the vehicle.

Capt. Wilson said detectives are conducting a death investigation and are considering it a suspicious death at this time.

This post will be updated as we learn more information.

Open burning for spring 2018 has been approved for Monday, April 2, 2018 through Sunday, April 22, 2018 by the Air Pollution Control Unit Chief of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

According to a press release from the City of St. Joseph Health Department, open burning is permitted on these days within the City of St. Joseph under the following guidelines:

• Burning of yard waste of residential properties only – only dry yard waste such as leaves, brush and logs grown on the property can be burned. No trash, paper, lumber or building debris may be burned.
• Burning is allowed between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
• All fires must be in an upright cylindrical metal container with a volume equal to no more than 55 gallons. Containers must be located at least fifteen (15) feet away from any building. Only one burn container per residence.
• All fires shall be monitored from a point on the property where the fire is located, by a person capable of containing a fire, should containment become necessary.
• Fire-fighting material, including but not limited to, a garden hose or a container of water sufficient to contain any fire started shall be at the site of the fire.
• If weather conditions such as high winds indicate the safety of the community or the public may be endangered or if open burning may create a health hazard, the Fire Chief or Health Director may invoke a temporary burning ban.

Any violation of the open burning restrictions may result in a summons to appear in court for a misdemeanor violation.

Residents are encouraged to explore alternatives to open burning. Many options for disposing of yard waste are easy, do not contribute to air pollution, are not dependent on time restrictions or the weather, and provide the healthy benefit of physical activity while doing yard work instead of breathing acrid smoke from a waste fire. Such activities include mowing leaves into fine particles and leaving them lay to fertilize the lawn, or incorporating leaves into a mulch container to decompose into humus for use in vegetable and flower gardens or for use on lawns as a soil amendment. Larger wood brush that can be chipped makes excellent mulch around trees and shrubs. Family and friends with gardens may want additional yard waste to use as mulch.
If you choose to burn, please do so within the days provided, as open burning session will not be extended due to weather blackout dates.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the Northwest Missouri region planned for the week of March 19 – 25 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations and could include lane closures with delays. All scheduled maintenance and construction projects are subject to change.

MoDOT reminds the public to stay alert, watch for road work, buckle up, slow down, and drive with extreme caution through work zones and in changing weather conditions.

For more information about a project, please contact MoDOT at 1-888-ASK-MoDOT (888-275-6636) or visit modot.org/northwest. You can also follow MoDOT’s Northwest Missouri District on Twitter @ModotNorthwest and on Facebook.

Andrew County

U.S. Route 71 – Pothole patching from the city limits of Maryville (Nodaway County) to Route B, March 21 – 23

Atchison County

U.S. Route 136 – Pothole patching, March 19 – 23

U.S. Route 275 – Shoulder and drainage work, March 19 – 23

Buchanan County

Interstate 229 – CLOSED for guardrail work at the ramp from southbound I-29 to northbound I-229, March 29, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Caldwell County

Route 116 – Bridge maintenance at the railroad bridge near Polo, March 19 – 22. A temporary traffic signal will direct traffic through the work zone.

Carroll County

U.S. Route 65 – Pavement repair from U.S. Route 24 to Route 10, March 19 – 20

Route YY – CLOSED for railroad work at the crossing just south of Route J near Hale, March 21, daylight hours

U.S. Route 65 – Flushing bridges from U.S. Route 36 (Livingston County) to Route J, March 22

Route 139 – CLOSED for railroad work at crossing in the town of Hale, March 22, daylight hours

Chariton County

Route JJ – Shoulder work from Route E to the Linn County line, March 19

Daviess County

Route 13 – Drainage work just north of Jameson, March 19 – 23

DeKalb County

Route F – Pothole patching, March 19 – 23

Harrison County

Route EE – CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the Muddy Creek Bridge. The road will be closed through May.

Route Y – Pothole patching, March 19 – 21

I-35 – Drainage repair from Route AA/H to Route A, March 19 – 23

28^th Street – CLOSED for bridge maintenance at the I-35 overpass, March 19 – 22. The road will be closed around the clock.

Holt County

U.S. Route 59 – CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the Davis Creek Bridge. The road will be closed through June.

Linn County

Route 5 – Shoulder work from the city limits of Marceline to U.S. Route 36, March 20

Route M – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Hiver Road to Indigo Road, March 21, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Livingston County

U.S. Route 65 – Flushing bridges from Route 190 to the Grundy County line, March 21 – 22

U.S. Route 65 – Flushing bridges from U.S. Route 36 to Route J (Carroll County), March 22

Route 139 – CLOSED for railroad work at the crossing between Route H and the city limits of Sumner, March 24, daylight hours

Nodaway County

Route C – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route YY to Route UU, March 19, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route A – Shoulder and drainage work, March 19 – 20

Route C – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route UU to Bluebird Trail, March 20,   8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

U.S. Route 71 – Pothole patching from the city limits of Maryville to Route B (Andrew County), March 21 – 23

Route 113 – Shoulder and drainage work, March 21 – 23

Putnam County

Route B – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from 227th Street to 230th Street, March 21, 7 a.m. to noon

Worth County

Route AA – CLOSED for a culvert replacement 1.5 miles east of Route C, March 21, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route AA – CLOSED for a culvert replacement 2 miles east of Route C, March 22, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.