King City High School will soon have a new plaque honoring one of the school’s most famous graduates.

Roger Wehrli a football standout at the school, went on to Mizzou, was drafted by the St Louis Cardinals, and was selected to the NFL’s Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007.

As part of its so-called “Hometown Hall of Famer Program,” the Ford Motor Company is hosting a ceremony at King City High School, in which a plaque honoring Mr Wehrli will be presented. Tom George for Ford Motor Company in the Kansas City region will give opening remarks.

The event is Thursday, May 12, at 10:00 a.m. at King City High School, 300 N Grand Avenue in King City.

Wehrli was born in New Point, Mo. While at Mizzou, he was a first round draft pick for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1969. Wehrli earned a starting role as rookie and led or tied for the lead in interceptions for Cardinals four times. He amassed 40 career interceptions, and recovered franchise record-tying 19 fumbles. Wehrli was named All-Pro and All-NFC five times, and selected to seven Pro Bowls. Roger Wehrli was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007.

The photographs above are courtesy of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

An Ogden, Iowa man was injured in a single vehicle crash along Route-M east of Eagleville in Harrison County Tuesday night.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 25-year-old Seth Coleman’s pickup left the roadway, hit an embankment and overturned, coming to rest on its top.

Mr. Coleman was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital with what were described as moderate injuries.

A two-vehicle crash in Clinton County Wednesday evening sent a 71-year-old woman to the hospital with moderate injuries.

According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Gladys Baker of Trimble was injured when another motorist turned left in front of her along U.S. Highway 169 north of Trimble just before 5 p.m. Her Hyundai was hit by the pickup truck as it turned left into her lane.

Ms Baker was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital. The other driver, 17-year-old Ethan Foster of Trimble, was not injured.

A truck driver from Iowa suffered moderate injuries in a rollover crash Wednesday night in Dekalb County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 73-year-old Paul Allis lost control of his semi on a curve along U.S. Highway 36, one mile north of Osborn, shortly before 8 p.m.

The vehicle left the highway and overturned.

Mr. Allis. of Estherville, IA, was flown to Truman Medical Center in Kansas City.

Preliminary hearings are scheduled later this month for two Maryville residents accused of child endangerment for allegedly contributing to the death of an infant child with whom they shared a bed.

During their first appearances this week, bail was set at $25,000 each for Jeffrey Scott Meyer and Christon Chambers. According to court documents the pair consumed alcohol and then fell asleep in the same bed as the infant and another child on July 5, 2015.

The 7-week-old child was found unresponsive early the next morning and was pronounced dead at Mosaic Life Care. Officials believe one or both of the parents rolled on top of or against the infant while sleeping.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled May 26th for Meyer, while Chambers is scheduled for a hearing May 20. Both were detained in the Buchanan County Jail Thursday morning.

According to online court records, prosecutors in Buchanan County filed probable cause statements in the case last week, but the warrants were not served until earlier this week.

Sheriff Steve Cox in Livingston County says “angels DO exist.”

This week Ms. Ruby Lamp called Cox’es Office and asked them to come by as she wanted to donate something for the children helped by the office. Ms. Lamp showed them “Grandma’s Precious Puppies” which she makes by hand.

In a news release, Cox said they learned how Ruby has made such things for a long time but has been making the “Grandma’s Precious Puppies” for around a year.

Ruby shared how she has made 241 of these quality stuffed animals and has donated a majority of them to children at hospitals, to children in need who have been in the news, and to kids she learns of by word of mouth. Ms. Lamp has even sent 2 of her Precious Puppies to a couple of kids in France.

Cox says Ms. Lamp finally agreed to have her picture taken showing her donation. She also showed Cox and his deputies many photos of the joy these Precious Puppies have brought to children. Sheriff Cox shared these photographs with us.

Cox says it was an honor to meet and visit with Ms. Ruby Lamp and learn about her talent and what he called her “huge heart.”

“We wish to thank Ruby Lamp for her hard work and donation to the LCSO,” Cox said in a news release.

“Today was evidence proving that Angels do exist.”

The St. Joseph Police Department is searching for a man after an attempted robbery was reported Wednesday at the Wood’s mini-mart in downtown.

Police said around 11 a.m. a call came into the communications center from an employee at the mini-mart located at 1334 Frederick.  The employee allegedly reported he had a man display a knife and demand he open the register.

“The employee told him no and called 911,” said Capt. Jeff Wilson. “The suspect was still in the store and fled on foot prior to officer arrival.”

The suspect is described as a white man wearing a red shirt and blue jeans.

A man was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after a rollover crash on 36 Highway in Buchanan County.

The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Dept. said a 40-year-old Cameron man was driving a white pickup truck and following too close to another vehicle.

“He swerved to miss a vehicle and hit a tractor-trailer causing him to roll his vehicle,” said Col. Bill Puett.

The crash took place around 8 a.m. just east of St. Joseph.

Puett said the man was taken by ambulance to the hospital for evaluation and later released without injury.

The man was issued tickets for following too close and not wearing a seat-belt.  The driver of the semi was not injured.