KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in Kansas City, Missouri, are investigating the death of a pedestrian hit by a tractor-trailer while he tried to cross Interstate 29.
Police tell WDAF-TV that the victim had bought cigarettes and a sandwich at a convenience store and was trying to make his way across the freeway about 2 a.m. Monday when he was hit.
The man’s name has not been released.
The accident forced the closure of a stretch of I-29 for nearly four hours.
The trucker was not injured.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Roads are gradually reopening across the state as floodwaters recede in many areas.
The Missouri Department of Transportation says 126 roads are closed Monday, down from a high of 384 at the peak of the flooding. Most of the closures are concentrated in the southern half of the state and along the Mississippi River.
Six deaths are now blamed on flooding in Missouri, while four occurred in Arkansas. Floodwaters also inundated homes and businesses, forcing hundreds to evacuate.
The Meramec River was preparing to fall below major flood stage Monday at Valley Park, Fenton and Arnold in the St. Louis area. River levels also are falling along the Mississippi River in Cape Girardeau.
Resurfacing of the basketball court and a new pickleball area is closing Bode Sports Complex.
The City of St. Joseph said the complex will be close from now until the work is completed.
The adjacent Bode Ice Arena is still open for ice skating.
Scattered thunderstorms will affect northern Missouri this morning, otherwise conditions should be partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid 80s. Tuesday, another mild day is expected with highs in the mid 80s despite clouds being on the increase during the day. Storm chances increase Tuesday night and continue through Wednesday and Thursday. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. South southwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. South southwest wind 8 to 11 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. West southwest wind 7 to 9 mph.
Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. West southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. South wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 70.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
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 May 8 – 14 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, 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 with weather conditions.
Atchison County
Route M – CLOSED from 180th Street to 170th Street for a culvert replacement, May 9, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Route O – From the Iowa state line to Route C for pothole patching, May 11
Route AA – Pothole patching, May 12
Buchanan County
U.S. Route 36 – One mile east of Route AC for a bridge project, May 8 – 12
U.S. Route 36 – Sweeping and flushing bridges, May 9 – 11
Carroll County
Route UU – From U.S. Route 65 to County Road 234 for drainage work, May 9
Route J – From County Road 281 to County Road 311 for drainage work, May 10 – 11
Chariton County
U.S. Route 24 – From Route 5 to the Randolph County line for a resurfacing project, May 8 – 12
Route J – From Route MM to the end of state maintenance for chip sealing, May 10 – 12
Route Z – Chip sealing, May 10 – 12
Clinton County
Route F – CLOSED at Redbud Lane for a culvert replacement, May 10 – 12, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily
Daviess County
Route 13 – Just north of Route 6 for drainage work, May 9 – 12
DeKalb County
U.S. Route 36 – Night work at the I-35 Overpass Bridge for painting, May 8 – 12, 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
I-35 – Night work at the U.S. Route 36 interchange for painting, May 8 – 12, 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Route EE – CLOSED just north of Wamsley Road for a culvert replacement, May 11 – 12, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.
Gentry County
Route ZZ – CLOSED from Route T to Route P for a resurfacing project, May 9 – 11, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
Route ZZ – CLOSED from Route P to U.S. Route 136 (Harrison County) for a resurfacing project, May 12, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Grundy County
Route JJ – CLOSED from Route J to SE 20th Street for a culvert replacement, May 10, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Route JJ – CLOSED from SE 20th Street to NE 10th Street for a culvert replacement, May 11, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Harrison County
Route N – Sealing, May 9 – 12
Route DD – Drainage work, May 9 – 12
Route ZZ – CLOSED from Route P (Gentry) to U.S. Route 136 for a resurfacing project, May 12, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Holt County
Route D – CLOSED for pothole patching, May 9 – 10, 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily
Linn County
Route TT – From U.S. Route 36 to the Chariton County line for pothole patching, May 9
Route TT – From the Linn County line to Route 139 for pothole patching, May 10
Livingston County
Route 190 – At the Thompson River Bridge for maintenance, May 9 – 10
Route C – At the Shoal Creek Bridge for maintenance, May 11
Nodaway County
Routes AF, M, P and 246 – Pothole patching, May 9 – 12
Route JJ – CLOSED from West Warren Street to Wolfers Street for a culvert replacement, May 10, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Route VV – At the Platte River Bridge, for maintenance, May 10 – 12
Route B – CLOSED from Hawk Road to Route FF for a culvert replacement, May 11, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Putnam County
Route CC – CLOSED at the South Branch Shoal Creek Bridge for a bridge replacement project. The bridge will be closed through May 2017.
Route 149 – CLOSED from the Iowa state line to Route DD for a culvert replacement, May 9, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Route 149 – CLOSED from Route DD to 120th Street for a culvert replacement, May 9, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Routes W and 149 – Pothole patching, May 9 – 12
Worth County
Route W – Sealing, May 9 – 12
A local speed dating event next weekend will raise funds for “The Little Free Pantry.”
Michelle McCart and two of her friends decided they wanted to create their own event for singles to meet in St. Joseph.
“We wanted to make a date that was going to be fun and effortless and didn’t have any expectations to it,” McCart said. “We’ve all had our fair share of bad dates but we wanted to try to at least give somebody a good time and have fun and meet new people.”
The event will begin will signing up and getting a nametag at the door. According to McCart, the men or the women will be seated and every five minutes participants will go around to the next person.
“There will be a deck of cards on the table for questions so you’ll have something to talk about and it won’t be an awkward silence the whole time,” McCart said. “At the end of the speed dating and the mixer event, you’ll get a little survey card.. And if you want to give somebody your number, you put it in the box with your name and who you wanted to give your number to and then it goes into our hands and we reach out to the other person to give it to them.”
There is a $20 entry fee to the event. Part of the proceeds will go to “The Little Free Pantry.” McCart said they heard the pantry on Edmond Street has had items stolen and wanted to help.
“Items were being stolen off of this mother’s front porch that was doing this thing for the community,” McCart said. “We wanted to give something back to the community in all of this. If we’re trying to get people from the community, we want to give back.”
A social mixer will be held after the speed dating portion. There will be food, drinks, music, games and prizes.
For more information, visit the Spring Fling Speed Dating event on Facebook or call (816) 262-9602 or (816) 273-4621.
The St. Joseph Public Library is hosting a trivia night later this month to raise funds to buy books.
Saturday, May 20th the 7th Annual Library Trivia Night will be held at 7 p.m. in the Fairview Golf Course Banquet Room, 33rd and Pacific.
The event features ten rounds of questions on general trivia with prizes for the best team after each round. There will also be a silent auction and a 50/50 draw. Prizes and auction items have been donated by numerous local businesses, organizations and individuals.
The cost to participate is $60 per table with teams of up to six people. The first question will be read at 7:10 p.m. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks will be available for purchase. Participants are invited to bring their own snacks and grill-style food will also be available for purchase.
No need to register, however reserving a table by paying in advance is recommended. Contact Crystal Stuck at (816) 236-2107 to get more information about reserving a table. Proceeds from this event will be used to purchase books for the library.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo – New power lines means a traffic disruption for Interstate 29 traffic in Andrew County this weekend.
Kansas City Power and Light run new power lines over Interstate 29 at Exit 53 in Andrew County. This exit is the U.S. Route 59/Business U.S. 71/ Loop I-29 interchange.
The work will take place from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, May 7. The passing lane of northbound I-29 around Exit 53 will be closed during that time. The southbound lanes and all ramps at Exit 53 will remain open.
There is one exception, however. Between 7 and 7:30 a.m., both directions of I-29 will be stopped for approximately 15 minutes.
All work is weather dependent and schedules are subject to change.
Summer and sunshine will soon be here and a St. Joseph dermatologist urges everyone to take precautions to avoid getting too much sun.
Dr. Melody Stone is a dermatologist with Advanced Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center in St. Joseph.
According to Stone, skin cancer is the most common cancer.
“Most people think about breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon,” Stone said. “If you took all those cases in the year here in the U.S. and added them up, none of them would equal the number of new cases of skin cancer we’re going to have in the U.S. this year.”
Stone said that number will be between 2.5 and 3 million cases of new skin cancer diagnosed. Stone said the three main types of skin cancer are Basal Cell Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Melanoma.
Stone said science and research have come a long way in finding out how sun damages the skin.
“Sun is really radiation, it’s UV A, B and C radiation that comes through the clouds, strikes the skin and damages the skin cells. It damages the skin’s DNA and its ability to repair and do other repair type processes,” Stone said. “After so many hits by the sun from the radiation to the DNA, the DNA and the skin cells can no longer repair themselves, then that’s when you get skin cancer, which is uncontrolled cell growth.”
Stone said some tips for helping protect skin from the sun include applying sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or or more before going outside and reapplying throughout the day, doing any outdoor work before 10 a.m. and after 3 p.m. and wearing lightweight clothing such as “sunscreen shirts.”
Stone said approximately 95% of skin cancer cases are caused by sun exposure, and can therefore be prevented. The other five percent is due to genetics or other non-sun related causes.
Advanced Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center in St. Joseph will be hosting their annual free skin cancer screening from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 3rd, at their location at 1419 Village Drive St. No appointment is necessary.
For more information, click here.
(News release) – A St. Joseph resident who created a local radio commercial has been nominated for the 2017 Radio Mercury Awards.
Miles Ramsay has worked for Eagle Radio Communications for more than eight years. He is a production director for the company and helps local businesses to develop radio commercials. Recently, an internal campaign he created titled, ‘Eagle Web Service: Jess Rap’ was nominated as a finalist in a competition that draws entries from advertising agencies, production houses, radio stations and educational institutions from across the country.
According to the Radio Mercury Awards’ website, around 17,500 commercials have competed for over $3.1 million in prizes.
Ramsay’s said he feels lucky to have been nominated.
“Mostly, it means that I’m lucky. It’s a subjective thing. What’s good to one person, might be terrible to someone else,” Ramsay said. “That being said, having your work deemed ‘good’ by a panel of Creatives from the ad world is pretty awesome.”
The commercial Ramsay was nominated for takes a rap spin on how Digital Sales Director Jess Christian helps businesses show up in a Google search. It was produced using only station staff and personnel; talent included Ramsay and Amanda Hundley.
“It was clear to me that the only way to market a guy that does very high tech stuff was to make a ridiculous rap ad about it, “Ramsay said. “If we attempted to get very specific as to what exactly he does in terms of SEO, SEM, and Google ads the listener would either be bored or confused. I think this ad hints at what he does in a fun way that makes people curious enough to contact him.”
The 2017 winners will be announced at an awards event Thursday, June 1 at Stage 48 in New York City. Mercury Awards said this year, judges will disburse over $87,000 in cash prizes including a $50,000 prize for Best of Show.
Eagle Communications, Inc. is a Kansas-based Broadband Services and Media Company with over 290 employee-owners. The company operates 28 radio stations in Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri including KKJO, KSJQ, KFEQ and KESJ in St. Joseph. The company also offers e-business solutions, web hosting, telephone service, high-speed Internet, and wireless Internet in most service areas. For more information log on to http://www.eaglecom.net.
