The St. Joseph School District is holding open enrollment for preschool for the first time at Oak Grove Elementary.

Enrollment opened Thursday for Three and Four-year-olds to start preschool Oct. 1

It’s the first time Oak Grove has offered 3-year-old preschool for general enrollment. Students will need to be at least 3 years old as of July 31 to enroll.

The district said preschool will be $44 per week, with a $49 registration fee. preschoolers attend four days a week for three hours. Currently, there are morning and afternoon slots available. Enrollment will be based on availability, on a first-come, first serve basis. Parents who are interested in enrolling should contact Oak Grove at (816) 671-4290.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Contractors working with the Missouri Department of Transportation plan to close two on and off ramps on northbound Interstate 29 through St. Joseph on Wednesday, Sept. 30.

The ramp from northbound I-29 to westbound U.S. Route 36 at exit 46B and the ramp from eastbound U.S. Route 36 to northbound I-29 will be closed. In addition, other ramps within the area will have brief lane restrictions. All work will begin after 6 p.m. and all ramps should reopen by 6 a.m. the next morning.

MoDOT said because this work is highly weather dependent and slow-moving equipment will be traveling between ramp locations, motorists should be extremely alert and follow all construction signs and message boards.

All work is weather permitting and schedules are subject to change.

A St. Joseph man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a one-vehicle rollover crash in Doniphan County.

According to Doniphan County Sheriff Deputy Raymond Hall, 61-year-old Rickey Lattin Sr. was eastbound on Kansas Highway 20 in a 2004 Ford Ranger pick-up just before 5 p.m. About two-tenths of a mile east of Bendena, Kan. Lattin went off the right side of the roadway, over-corrected and over-corrected again causing his vehicle to skid down the road.

“The tires caught and flipped the vehicle multiple times,” said Hall. “He was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.”

Lattin was not wearing a seat belt.

Thirty-seven St. Joseph School District students were selected for the Northwest District Honor Choir. A record fifteen students were from Benton High School, eighteen from Central High School and four from Lafayette High School.

A total of 198 students were selected for the ensemble, from over 30 participating school districts in Northwest Missouri.

“It is a great honor to be selected to represent this fine musical ensemble,” said Kevin Griffin, Coordinator of Secondary Fine Arts for the St. Joseph School District. “Our students continue to show great talent and dedication in the field of music – this audition is evidence of that fact.”

Students auditioned Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. They have been preparing for the audition since the beginning of the school year.

The Northwest District Honor Choir will perform at Platte County High School in Platte City on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. Students selected for this choir will have the opportunity to audition for the Missouri All-State Choir on that date.

The Missouri All-State Choir will perform at the annual Missouri Music Educators Association Conference at the Tan-Tar-A Resort in Lake of Ozarks, Missouri on Jan. 31, 2016.

A St. Joseph man has been charged after an August motorcycle crash on Lovers Lane.

25-year-old Quinn Reeder was charged Tuesday in Buchanan County with operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner involving an accident.

The charge stems from an accident that took place on Aug. 25 that the St. Joseph Police Department said shutdown Lovers Lane around the 2200 block for several hours and sent a passenger, 27-year-old Zachary Sauls to the hospital with a serious injury.

Reeder is scheduled for an arraignment in the case Sept. 29.