Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians from several agencies are partnering to offer a free car seat installation check today at the City of St. Joseph Health Department.

The city said car seat installation checks reassure parents and caregivers they are using seats that are not expired or on a recall list, are appropriate for the age and size of the child, and are installed and used correctly.

The CPS Techs will be available today from 10:00 a.m. to Noon in the parking lot north of Patee Market Health Center, 904 S. 10th Street. The city said anyone who transports children under the age of eight is welcome.

Buchanan County prosecutors will press on with a statutory-sodomy case despite assertions by the defendant that he’s been found not guilty in Texas. Certain other assertions by the defendant will guarantee that he remains in jail during prosecution of the case.

David Lee Throckmorton appeared in court via video-conference Tuesday morning from the Buchanan County Jail. He told Judge Rebecca Spencer that a jury found him not-guilty of these charges in Texas.

Prosecutors insist they’re not the same charges. They acknowledge that a panel in Texas found Mr Throckmorton not guilty on multiple criminal counts, and there was a mistrial on one count. Officials say Mr Throckmorton was released by mistake by officials in Texas.

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Kate Schaefer says when they interviewed the victim in St Joseph, she disclosed multiple unlawful actions by the defendant, which she said happened here and in Texas. The defendant was in Texas at the time. The case was referred to authorities in Texas, who filed their own case.

Ms Schaefer filed a motion to increase the bail in the case, or deny bail altogether. A judge two years ago set bail at $25,000 in the Missouri case. Ms Schaefer told Judge Spencer that Mr Throckmorton’s only ties to St Joseph are these charges, and the fact that the victim still lives here.

That’s when the defendant interrupted the proceedings. “There’s no victim in this case,” he said. “Only a liar.”

Judge Spencer scolded Mr Throckmorton, urging him to “have a little respect.”

“No,” he said, “there is no respect. I’m gone.” And, with that, he handed the telephone receiver back to the jailer handling first appearances and disappeared out of camera range.

That’s when Judge Spencer thanked the defendant and agreed with prosecutors to deny bail.

Mr Throckmorton is scheduled for a preliminary hearing September 29 at 11am. He is charged with first-degree statutory sodomy with a victim under 14 years old. According to court documents, Throckmorton abused the victim by touching her genital area with his hand in a series of incidents through December 2008.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Changes are coming once again for drivers traveling the eastbound lanes of U.S. Route 36 at the Platte River Bridge.

Traffic has been head-to-head in the eastbound lanes of U.S. Route 36 for several months as contractors working with the Missouri Department of Transportation redecked the westbound bridge. Beginning next week, traffic will be moved head to head on the new westbound bridge so the contractors may close the eastbound bridge for repairs. This change could occur as early as Thursday, Sept. 17, but weather delays could push the switch to next week. Motorists may experience delays when the change is being conducted. All planned traffic changes are weather permitting.

Work on the eastbound bridge is currently scheduled to run through November. Motorists should always be alert and follow all construction signs and message boards. All work is weather permitting and schedules are subject to change.

A funeral home in Atchison, Kansas says no services are planned for an Atchison man who was fatally shot last week.

According to an announcement at the Arensburg-Pruett Funeral Home Web site, Winston Downing has been cremated and no services are planned

The 24-year-old was shot to death in a dispute outside an Atchison convenience store September 9.

Terell Dixon was arrested in Clinton, Missouri a day later. He’s being held in Henry County awaiting extradition on a Kansas murder warrant.

A 31-year-old is behind bars in Brown County, Kansas after a bar in Hiawatha reported receiving a counterfeit $20 bill.

Jeffrey Kosman was booked into the Brown County Jail on charges of Making a False Information as well drug and paraphernalia charges. No formal charges have been filed as of yet.

The chief of police in Hiawatha says his team is investigating a string of counterfeit $10 and $20 bills recently passed at local businesses. At least three serial numbers have been duplicated.

A Texas man is being held in the Buchanan County Jail pending a formal court appearance on a charge of first-degree statutory sodomy with a victim under 14 years old.

David Throckmorton was arrested last week on a case that was originally filed in October of 2013.

A judge earlier set bond at $25,000 for the 40-year-old Bedford, Texas man, who is due in court Tuesday.

Prosecutors have filed a motion to increase or deny bail.

An Atchison man avoided injury when his boat capsized in the Missouri River Saturday.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol report says James Pyle had anchored his boat to the shore of the river in Platte County at about 9:45am Saturday.  The 48-year-old Atchison man was trying to maneuver the boat into the current.

Investigators say he slipped and hit the throttle.  The boat ran aground, began taking on water and eventually capsized.

One person was killed and two more were injured in a traffic accident in Livingston County Friday evening.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says a motorist lost control of his vehicle on a curve along US-65 highway north of Chillicothe at about 7:05 pm Friday.

The Ford LTD crashed head-on into a pickup truck.

The driver of the pickup, 74-year-old Perry McCollum of Tina, Missouri suffered serious injuries. He was flown to Truman Medical Center for treatment. His wife, 55-year-old Karen McCollum, was killed in the crash.

The other driver, 53-year-old Ronnie Fauss of Corder, Missouri, was transported to Hedrick Medical Center for treatment of moderate injuries.

The Kansas Highway Patrol says a fatality accident on Wednesday night in Nemaha County was not discovered until Friday morning.

According to the crash report, a Lincoln, Nebraska woman lost control of her Jeep along US-36 highway south of Oneida. The vehicle crossed a field, jumped a creek, hit an embankment and then rolled into some trees.  The driver, 20-year-old Ashley Vaughn, was ejected and killed in the crash.