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Obituaries April 13

Posted on April 15, 2016

Bobby Lee White
1970-2016

Bobby Lee White 45, of Saint Joseph, Missouri passed away Wednesday April 13, 2016 at Mosaic Life Care hospital. He was born July 9, 1970 in St. Joseph, Missouri son of Candace & Robert White. he graduated from South Park Christian Academy. He worked at Triumph fork lift and bobcat driver for several years. He loved to fish and hunt. Bobby was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Robert White, and a sister, Debra White. He is survived by sister, Della Zamora of Saint Joseph, MO three children: Gracie, Jordan and Kyle White, two brothers, Richard and Fred White of St. Joseph, MO, niece, Candace Aradondo, 2 nephews, Jeremy & Shane White as well as his companion Paula Mihelich. The family will receive friends from 2:00 – 3:00 pm on Thursday with a memorial service to follow at 3:00 pm at the Rupp Funeral Home. He has been cremated under the care and direction of the Rupp Funeral Home. Memorials are requested to the Bobby White Memorial Fund in care of Rupp Funeral Home. Online condolence and obituary at www.ruppfuneral.com

James Dale “Jim” Robinson
1933-2016

James Dale “Jim” Robinson was born on Sunday, April 16th, 1933 and passed Wednesday, April 13th, 2016. Visitation will be held Monday, April 18th, 2016, 6:30pm – 8:30pm at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Chapel. Service will take place Tuesday, April 19th, 2016, 10:30am at Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Chapel. Interment is located at the Leavenworth National Cemetery.

Beautiful weekend, rainy next week

Posted on April 15, 2016April 15, 2016

We have a beautiful weekend in store, but rain on the horizon. Here’s your 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 74. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. South southeast wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Southeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southeast wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Southeast wind 7 to 13 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Cloudy, with a high near 71. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Chris Neff resigns as boys basketball coach at Lafayette

Posted on April 14, 2016April 15, 2016

Click here to listen to Dave Riggert’s interview with Chris Neff

The head coach of the boys basketball program at Lafayette High School has resigned. Chris Neff sent a letter to the St. Joseph School District Thursday morning, to take a position in the North Kansas City School District. He will be the head boys basketball coach at Staley High School.

“It has been a pleasure to work in the Saint Joseph School District for the past nine years,” Neff wrote in his resignation letter. “I would like to thank each of you for all that you have allowed me to do and all that you have done for me within the district. I am forever grateful for all that we have accomplished and how we have grown. The relationships that my family and I have through our time in St. Joseph will always be cherished and have helped to mold us into the people we are today.”

Coach Neff was hired in 2007 as a math teacher and head basketball coach. Neff’s accomplishments as head coach at Lafayette high School include, among others:

• 2016 Class 4 Final Four, 2nd Place
• 2014 Class 4 Final Four, 2nd Place
• 2011 Class 4 Final Four, 4th Place
• 7 MEC Championships: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
• 6 District Championships: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016
• 2013-2014 St. Joseph Sports, Inc., Coach of the Year

“We certainly have big shoes to fill at Lafayette High School. The students and staff will miss Coach Neff. He was the driving force for our success in the basketball program and we congratulate him on moving to the next level. We thank him for his tireless efforts to make our basketball program one of the best,” said Tyran Sumy, Principal.

Victims in I-29 crash near Platte City identified by authorities

Posted on April 14, 2016April 14, 2016

I-29 fatal accident. Photo by Rob Horning

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified the victim’s involved in a fatal crash Thursday on I-29 near Platte City.

79-year-old Delma George of Platte City was killed after driving her 2007 Chevrolet northbound in the southbound lane of traffic around 12:30 p.m. at the 19 mile marker on I-29. The report said George drove into the rear of a 2005 Honda driven by 33-year-old Matthew Prince of Omaha and then was struck by two semi-trucks, one driven by 56-year-old Stephen Judd of Kansas City, Kan., the other driven by 58-year-old Russell Johnson of Van Buren.

George was pronounced dead at the scene. Prince and Judd were transported by ambulance to the hospital with what was described as minor injuries.

Both north and south bound lanes of traffic were shutdown for about three hours while emergency crews were on scene.

Man charged after allegedly wrecking multiple stolen vehicles

Posted on April 14, 2016April 14, 2016

A 27-year-old man has been charged after allegedly crashing two stolen vehicles in St. Joseph.

Andrew Justice is charged in Buchanan County with a felony for tampering with a motor vehicle.

According to court documents, on two occasions Justice has wrecked stolen vehicles. Justice was arrested Tuesday at a crash involving a stolen pickup.

However, the tampering charge stems from an incident that took place Jan. 18 when a Toyota Tundra was stolen from a victim in the 800 block of S. 16th.

“The vehicle was found wrecked and abandoned several hours later at 2902 N. 12th,” said Det. Chase Cotter with SJPD. “Approx. 30 minutes after the accident, according to a witness statement, the defendant was at 1525 St. Joseph Ave. where he asked for a ride due to wrecking a truck at Highland Meadows after running from the police.”

Justice allegedly told detectives when he was arrested at the scene Tuesday that he had just gotten back into town.

“He was arrested on 4/12/16 in another stolen pickup truck, where he wrecked into 3 parked cars after fleeing police,” Cotter said. “He is a suspect in an armed robbery and a receiving stolen property case from less than a week ago.”

Cotter said Justice has no job, residence or ties to St. Joseph.

Bail for Justice has been denied. He’s scheduled for an arraignment Friday.

Relative allegedly helps police locate stolen vehicle after tailing driver

Posted on April 14, 2016April 14, 2016

Brenda K. Parkhurst (LCSO booking photo)

A woman has been arrested in northwest Missouri on a warrant after authorities allegedly caught her driving a stolen pickup due to a tip from a relative of the vehicle’s owner.

The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office said authorities were dispatched Wednesday to the southern part of the county to a report of a stolen pickup. The office said a relative of the vehicle owner was following a female who was driving the alleged stolen vehicle and they were headed for Carroll County.

The Carroll County Sheriff and MSHP were able to stop the reported stolen pickup in Carroll County near the Tina junction. The female driver allegedly provided those law enforcement officers with a specific name and personal identifiers. That person was subsequently arrested by Carroll County authorities for alleged Driving While Intoxicated and Driving While Revoked. The suspect was then turned over to Livingston County Sheriff’s Office and extradited back to the LCSO.

The LCSO said it learned at the scene the suspect allegedly has a completely different real name from what had been provided to Carroll County authorities. A LCSO deputy then attempted to print the female on its Live Scan digital finger print instrument and quickly received information back of yet another name for the woman. That individual was found to be Brenda K. Parkhurst, 51 and wanted in Macon County for alleged felony Driving While Intoxicated, Driving While Revoked, Identity Theft, and Tampering with a Motor Vehicle with a $20,000 cash bond.

LCSO has received an arrest warrant for Brenda K. Parkhurst, 51, for alleged Tampering with a Motor Vehicle and the court has requested a $25,000 cash bond.

Parkhurst has most recently been residing in Chillicothe. At this time Ms. Parkhurst remains at the Daviess Dekalb County Regional Jail in lieu of bond.

Woman killed in I-29 crash, road re-opened to traffic

Posted on April 14, 2016April 14, 2016

Authorities have confirmed an older woman was killed in a crash on I-29 near Platte City that shut down the roadway for several hours.

The road has since re-opened to traffic.

St. Joseph Post’s Rob Horning said the Missouri State Highway Patrol is reporting the woman turned heading south on exit 19 out of Platte City, taking the wrong exit ramp.

“If you take that exit it goes right onto southbound traffic, she was heading north on the southbound exit and she went right onto I-29 and ran into two semi-trucks that were side-by-side. There was nowhere for them to go, they ran right into her,” Horning reported.

Two other individuals were transported to the hospital with unknown injuries.

Both lanes of the highway were shutdown from around 12:30 p.m. until just before 3:30 p.m.

Sgt. Jake Angle with the Missouri State Highway Patrol said the highway was backed up from the 19 mile marker to the 26 mile marker, just past Camden Point.

“No gun was ever displayed. Nobody was ever threatened with a gun, and it would be our indication that there never was a gun involved.”

Posted on April 14, 2016

Some exaggerated reports from the public may have created unnecessary panic in St Joe Thursday morning. But police and school officials took no chances, and kept students at one elementary school inside.

Commander Eric Protzman says officers were dispatched to the area near the Burger King restaurant on St Joseph Avenue and Highland shortly after 7 a.m. to the report of a juvenile with a gun in the area. Early indications were that the young runaway had fled west on foot in the general direction of Lindbergh School.

But Commander Protzman tells us there was no gun. “Officers were dispatched up there, there was a report of a gun, there was no confirmation that there ever was a gun,” Commander Protzman said. “The runaway was taken into custody.

“No gun was ever displayed. Nobody was ever threatened with a gun, and it would be our indication that there never was a gun involved.”

Protzman says early reports from the public may have been intended to bring police to the scene faster.

“Unfotunately sometimes people will call us with different information to try to expedite a police response, which is not always good. It creates panic throughout the community.”

Based on the earlier, exaggerated reports, officers made contact with officials at Lindbergh Elementary, who agreed to keep students inside. Commander Protzman says they’ve been given the “all clear.”

In a statement, St. Joseph School District spokeswoman Joey Austin also downplayed the situation.

“Police officers are responding to an incident in the vicinity of Lindbergh school. There is no threat to the school or the students, however as a precautionary measure students have been brought inside.”

Rain expected next week. Here’s your 7-day forecast

Posted on April 14, 2016April 14, 2016

If you were wishing it would rain, your wish could come true starting next week. Here’s the latest 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 71. Light south southeast wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 49. Southeast wind around 9 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 73. South southeast wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southeast wind 9 to 13 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 71. South southeast wind 9 to 13 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 73.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

One investigation leads to an arrest in another in Chillicothe

Posted on April 14, 2016April 14, 2016

The Chillicothe Police Department investigating one case were able to solve another. In an announcement on social media, the department said they were able to broaden their investigation of a theft case Wednesday and make an arrest for an attempted robbery the day before.

As we reported, the Livingston County Sheriff sought citizen input on the residential robbery attempt in the 1500 block of Bryan Street Tuesday afternoon.

Chillicothe police say that on April 13, officers responded to a theft in the 1000 block of Graves Street. While investigating the theft, were able to arrest the two suspects. Officials say 40-year-old Christopher Campbell was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to commit robbery, and 20-year-old William Burfield-Farly was arrested on a charge of attempted robbery. As of Thursday morning no formal charges had been filed in court.

“We want the citizens of Chillicothe to know that the Chillicothe Police Department takes these incidents seriously and act swiftly when a member of our community is put in harm,” the department said in the announcement on Facebook.

“We would like to thank all the citizens of Chillicothe, Wal-Mart Asset Protection, and the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance during this investigation.”