Two people were killed in a head-on crash in Nodaway County Wednesday afternoon.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report identifies the victims as 47-year-old Kristy Lake of Maryville and 83-year-old Thomas Strueby of Conception Junction.
Investigators say Lake’s vehicle crossed the center line along Route F two miles east of Maryville shortly before 4:30 pm Wednesday and crashed into Strueby’s car.
Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
A program helping people deal with grief after the loss of a loved one begins meeting this week in St. Joseph.
Don Weston with Brookdale Presbyterian Church is one of the facilitators of the GriefShare group which meets at the church. He said, over the years, through the program, they have helped over a hundred people dealing with grief.
“There’s a need for facing grief and I think people who come really enjoy being there with others and it helps them get that walk through that loss that they had,” Weston said.
The 14 week program features video sessions which cover topics including living with grief, the effects of grief and your family and grief. Each session is “self-contained” so participants can begin attending at anytime.
Kathleen Fisher lost her husband last year and began attending GriefShare in January.
“I believe that GriefShare was a Godsend,” Fisher said. “The Lord brought me there to really help me get through the grief, to understand what all is entailed in grief because (with) other losses I’ve had in my life I don’t think I really did go through the grief. Through GriefShare I get so much comfort and love, just to be able to be there and talk about your grief and to see these videos that really show the different emotions that you’re going through in grief. It just gives you hope and comfort that there’s other people that are going through the same grief that you are and know that there’s help out there.”
Fisher said GriefShare is a good atmosphere to help anyone dealing with loss to deal with their grief at their own pace.
“Sometimes it’s hard to find your relatives and friends that really know what to say when you’re going through grief,” Fisher said. “But there everyone is experiencing the same kind of grief. It might be different whether they lost a child, a parent or a spouse or a friend, they’re still experiencing that deep grief and it gives you something in common. It’s hard to find anywhere to go to really share what’s going on with you.”
Weston says while GriefShare is a faith based program participants don’t have to be member of any church or denomination to attend.
The GriefShare Support Group will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays starting Sept. 1, at Brookdale Church, 203 South 31st Street. For more information call Brookdale Church at (816) 279-0983.
A group will begin in Maryville on Sept. 12. Meetings will take place at 9:30 a.m. at the Maryville Public Library, 509 North Main Street. For more information call the AseraCare office at (816) 324-1250.
The Kansas City Royals win over the New York Yankees on Monday also marked the highest-rated telecast ever on FOX Sports Kansas City.
The telecast earned an 18.4 household rating/166,000 households in the Kansas City DMA according to Nielsen Media Research.
Facts and Figures
· The Royals on FSKC (18.4) beat Kansas City’s nine over-the-air TV stations combined (18.3) during the game (7-10:45 p.m.).
· Royals-Yankees peaked at a 22.3 rating/201,000 households from 9:30-9:45 p.m.
· The previous record, a 17.8, came June 1 vs. Tampa Bay. This is the 15th season of Royals baseball on FSKC.
· Royals’ local-market TV ratings rank No. 1 in MLB for the second straight season.
· The Royals have won eight of their last 10 and 18 of 22 to pull within two games of the second AL Wild Card and 5 ½ games of the AL Central lead.
· The Royals series against the Yankees continues tonight and tomorrow at Kauffman Stadium and on FSKC. The Detroit Tigers visit Kansas City this weekend, with Friday’s and Sunday’s games on FSKC and Saturday’s game a national telecast on FS1.
The Royals front office offered this list of the team’s highest rated games on FSKC:
1. 18.4 Aug. 29, 2016 vs. New York (AL)
2. 17.8 June 1, 2016 vs. Tampa Bay
3. 17.6 May 31, 2016 vs. Tampa Bay
4. 17.3 April 26, 2015 at Chicago (AL)
5. 17.2 April 22, 2016 vs. Baltimore
A sobriety checkpoint in Clinton County last weekend took at least one drunk driver off the road. Captain James E. McDonald, commanding officer Troop H, St. Joseph, announced the results. The checkpoint was held from 10 p.m. on August 26, 2016, to 2 a.m. on August 27, 2016.
As a result of this operation, officers made one arrest for driving while intoxicated, issued two citations and four warnings, and made one misdemeanor warrant arrest.
“Removing impaired drivers from Missouri roadways is one of the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s top priorities,” states Captain McDonald. “If you choose to drink and drive, you will be arrested and you will go to jail. If your plans include alcohol, always have a sober designated driver.”
Rainy weather Wednesday give way to sunny and cool conditions. Here’s your 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service.
Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 11am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. North northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. East wind 5 to 7 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 76. East southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Labor Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.
Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thousands of KCP&L electrical customers lost power in our area Tuesday night.
Shortly after 8pm, an outage map showed 3,903 customers in southern St Joseph and areas of Buchanan south of town were without electrical power. The area extended from U.S. Highway 36 on the north to the town of Faucett on the south.
St. Joseph police, in a Nixle alert, said the utility is aware of the outage.
The cause of the outage was not immediately available. Power was restored by about 8:30 pm.
Get the latest information directly from the utility on their outage map here.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A St. Joseph man with a prior murder conviction was sentenced in federal court Tuesday on charges related to child pornography.
Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that Robert W. Knorr, Jr., 47, of St. Joseph, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to eight years and one month in federal prison without parole.
On Feb. 4, 2016, Knorr pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing child pornography over the Internet, one count of receiving child pornography over the Internet and one count of possessing child pornography.
On March 11, 2014, an FBI Child Exploitation Task Force officer used peer-to-peer file-sharing software to connect to Knorr’s computer and download a 23-minute video of child pornography that depicts a pubescent female approximately 12 to 13 years of age. The officer downloaded a second video on May 19, 2014, that depicts the sexual assault of a 13-to-15-year-old female.
Investigators discovered evidence on Knorr’s computer of numerous Internet and peer-to-peer network searches for child pornography, including images of children as young as three years of age, and evidence showing the downloading of thousands of files.
In making a sentencing recommendation, the government referred to Knorr’s prior convictions for murder (for which he was sentenced to 15 years in prison) and accessory to murder after the fact (for which he was sentenced to three years in prison) to demonstrate the extreme danger he poses to the public.
This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney David Luna. It was investigated by the FBI Cyber Crimes Task Force.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – After an earlier delay, resurfacing projects are set to begin in Clinton County.
Beginning this week, a crew from Herzog Contracting Corp., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will begin prepping for the project. Then on Tuesday, Sept. 6, they will begin paving on Route Y. They will close one lane of Route Y in two-mile sections between Route K in Stewartsville and Route NN.
Following the work on Route Y, the crew will begin resurfacing on Route VV between Route N and U.S. Route 169 in Gower. It will also include lane closures in two-mile sections.
A pilot car will be used to guide motorists through the work zones. The contractor plans to work daylight hours Monday through Friday, but could work on Saturdays, if needed. The work is scheduled to take one month to complete.
For more information about this and other MoDOT projects, call 1-888-ASK-MODOT (888-275-6636) or visit MoDOT’s website.
Officials praised the leadership of the late U.S. Senator Thomas Eagleton, who helped secure the funding to construct the new Missouri Western campus and to enable the college to build the original pool in what was then known as the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Building.
Hereafter, the pool will be known as the “Thomas Eagleton Indoor Pool.”
We spoke with the Physical Plant Director, Jerry Gentry who tells us they’ve accomplished quite a bit since the project got underway in May.
“We put in an all-new pool, a new pool liner, a new pool deck, new paint, new lighting, new duct work and HVAC, locker rooms and restrooms, new bleachers, and a new front entryway that we didn’t have before,” Gentry said in an interview.
Gentry says they just put the finishing touches on the project this week, and it was expected to be open for the first time Tuesday.
“Since it was a community project, it will be accessible for everyone to use,” he said. “You know, the city, the school district, the parks board, the county, everybody has partnered on this project to make it happen, so it’s just a matter of scheduling the times and reserving the spaces.”
Missouri Western and the City of St. Joseph have signed a five-year programming and use agreement for the pool. The city will make an annual payment to Missouri Western to offset part of the pool’s operating expenses, provide programming in the pool, and make the city’s aquatic recreation supervisor available to help manage the pool during the months of September through March.
The pool will be available for “open swim” recreational use by the general public at least 30 hours per week. A daily pass is $4.
In addition to the city, Missouri Western has worked with the YMCA, St. Joseph School District, Buchanan County and others to be sure all local pool users can be accommodated.
Cub Scout recruitment events begin Tuesday night throughout St. Joseph for the Pony Express Council Boy Scouts of America.
Any boys in 1st through 5th grade can join Cub Scouts. This week in St. Joseph, the Cub Scout Packs in St. Joseph will be holding recruiting events at various community locations and schools.
According to District Director of the Pony Express Council Erik McGuire 300-400 Cub scouts are recruited each year during recruitment week.
McGuire said in addition to camping, earning badges and doing service projects each year, scouts meet every week and learn new skills.
“The catchphrase is, ‘Scouting is fun with a purpose,'” McGuire said. “So while a scout may do a project like build a pinewood derby race car, while they’re building that, there’s various lessons and values being instilled in those scouts. So, it’s fun, but it’s fun that teaches them something.”
McGuire said joining a Scout Pack can be an activity that involves the whole family.
“It’s one of the few activities that Mom and Dad and/or grandparents or guardians can actively participate alongside their child the whole time,” McGuire said. “It’s not like a sports team where you have a coach that is doing all the work while a parent may be at the practice and then takes their child home. The parents actively go along with their scouts, if they’re able to, and help them through their activities and really build that bond. So it’s a time investment where you’re actually spending time helping your child develop.”
The Pony Express Council serves an 18 county area in Northwest Missouri and in Kansas including Atchison, Brown and Doniphan Counties.
Recruiting events in the St. Joseph area begin today and will also be held Wednesday and Thursday. For times and locations go to the Pony Express Council’s Facebook page.
