A St. Joseph woman was injured in a single vehicle crash in Andrew County Thursday.
The crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says Samantha Fidler lost control of her Chevy Cavalier along Route M northwest of Union Star at 11:40 a.m. Thursday. The vehicle left the roadway, hit a utility pole and a fence.
Fidler, 32, was transported by ambulance to Mosaic Life Care for treatment of moderate injuries.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Five Nebraska players have been suspended for the Sept. 5 opener against BYU for violating team rules.
Coach Mike Riley announced the suspensions after practice Thursday night. He said he wouldn’t name the suspended players at this time but might by the week of the opener. He said “it will become obvious as the kickoff occurs.”
Riley also announced that receiver Sam Burtch and cornerback Chris Jones had knee surgeries this week. No timetable is set for their returns. He also said running back Jordan Stevenson didn’t practice because of a bad ankle.
Riley also announced that Givens Price has moved from the offensive line to defensive tackle and backup tight end Jared Blum is transferring to South Dakota State.
Missouri Senator Roy Blunt visited with hospital administrators and health care professionals in St. Joseph Thursday to talk about issues around healthcare.
“Challenges they’re having with the implementation of the healthcare bill, the efforts the government’s going to to reduce Medicare payments so they can help fund Obamacare,” Blunt said. “I always thought that was a huge part of the problem with Obamacare. Okay you’re going to help fund this by reducing Medicare by $500-billion dollars over the first 10 years of Obamacare?”
It was just one of many listening sessions Blunt is holding this week around the state.
Recently Blunt introduced the Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act, which would provide liability protection to emergency physicians who treat patients under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) federal mandate in emergency departments.
Blunt also touted reforms to the current Recovery Audit Contract (RAC) system. Blunt said he supports reforming the current bounty hunter structure into a system that encourages auditors to pursue genuine waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare program.
Blunt introduced the bipartisan Excellence in Mental Health Act, which will significantly strengthen our nation’s mental health services by expanding access to community mental health treatment and improving the quality of care for those individuals and their families living with mental illness. This legislation, which was signed into law in April 2014, puts mental health centers on more equal footing with other health centers by improving quality standards and expanding access.
After several reports of vehicle break-ins Thursday the Chillicothe Police Department is asking the public for help.
According to the department the break-ins took place during the overnight hours of August 12-13. The suspects were targeting both locked and unlocked vehicles.
Police said currently it looks like the suspect or suspects have focused on the west side of Chillicothe in area of 1300 block of Calhoun Street, 1700 block of Jackson Street, 1400 block of Bryan Street and all of Sunset Street.
“Please remember to lock your vehicles and take any valuable items inside your home when your vehicle is not in use,” the department said on its social media account.
Anyone with any information about the break-ins or if anyone who notices anything missing from their vehicles is urged to contact the department at (660)646-2121.
Route H in Agency reopened for travel Thursday after being closed due to flooding.
The Missouri Department of transportation announced that crews were able to reopen the road in Buchanan County at noon.
It’s the last road that was closed in northwest Missouri to reopen.
The entertainment lineups for the City Stage and Family Stage at Trails West!® 2015 have been released.
“We’ve got a good mix of Trails West!® favorites from years past and artists who have never performed at the festival before,” said Sarah Stockett, Trails West!® entertainment chair.
Trails West!® is held Aug. 21-23 at Civic Center Park in St. Joseph, Missouri. Entertainment on the City Stage and Family Stage ends before the Main Stage entertainment. Main Stage entertainment opens at 8 p.m. including Resurrection: A Journey Tribute followed by Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, Friday, Aug. 21; emerging country star Kelsea Ballerini followed by the legendary Charlie Daniels Band, on Saturday, Aug. 22; and a community worship service followed by Christian artists Sanctus Real at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23.
City Stage
Friday, Aug. 21
5:30 p.m. – Winston 2fresh (DJ): Winston Ridings from St. Joseph started mixing in October 2013 with just a laptop. He bought a mixer in March 2014 and has been at it ever since, playing shows in various venues, including the Czar Bar and One% in Kansas City, and the First Ward House, Piatto, Amnesia Too, Pop’s Place, Hammerjacks and Legends in St. Joseph. He was given the opportunity to play at his first festival, Strangleland 2015 in Omaha, Nebraska this May. He is inspired by artists like Diplo, Crizzly, Giraffage, Borgore, and Skrillex. He is also the front man of the #Glorymovement, a group of DJ’s from St. Joseph trying to give our community a new feel, a new light, a night scene.
6:30 p.m. – The Devil and the Southern Fellowship (rock): The Devil and the Southern Fellowship is a local rock band from St. Joseph, Missouri. Formed from five old friends from incarnations of numerous other local bands, they provide original and cover music ranging in styles combining a cool translucent magnitude of 70s thundering arena rock, with the soulful meanings of 90s “alternative,” combining harmonies of 80s pop/head-bouncing music, tastefully composed to the 2000’s headstrong composite-driven meaning of music, and often using a flare of alt-country to glue them all together. Featuring Moose on vocals and percussion guitar, Chad O’Callaghan on lead guitars and background vocals, Terry Musser on guitars, Sean Selecman on Bass guitar and Mike Giseburt on drums.
Saturday, Aug. 22
10:30 a.m. –Dance Arts Center (dance): For thirty years the Dance Arts Center has taught students the art, discipline and joy of dance. The studio was founded in 1985 by Ms. Lynn Fankhauser. In 2005, former student and professional dancer Marla Heeler returned home from Chicago to carry on the tradition Ms. Lynn instilled in many students during her twenty-year career. The Dance Arts Center offers a wide variety of dance, including ballet, pointe, jazz, tap, musical theater, contemporary, hip-hop and tumbling. Students at the Dance Arts Center not only learn grace, poise and confidence, but they also gain a lifelong appreciation of dance, and develop skills such as team work, time management and problem solving.
11:30 a.m. – RiverSong (choral): RiverSong, of Sweet Adelines International, is a fellowship of women singers committed to personal and musical growth through ongoing education and performance. RiverSong (formerly the St. Joseph Show Chorus) has a long tradition of participating in competitions and winning top honors. As the chorus grew in numbers and knowledge, their success continued, including 13 regional championships. The chorus traveled to compete in such exciting cities as London, England; Portland, Oregon; Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and Honolulu, Hawaii, and placed as high as 2nd place at the international contest.
12:45 p.m. – Mary Beth Rosenauer (vocal/piano): Mary Beth Rosenauer is the winner of this year’s St. Joe’s Got Talent. She graduates from Missouri Western this spring with hopes of becoming a band director. Mary Beth enjoys singing, piano, clarinet, saxophone and trombone. She is also a member of the local band Foxlin and works at the recently opened Tiger’s Den in downtown St. Joseph.
1:30 p.m. – Dance Arts Center
2:30 p.m. – The Barbecutioners (rock)
4 p.m. – Grindstone Creek (country): Grindstone Creek is a good-time alternative/country rock band with pop sensibilities. They are a group of friends that like to have fun and play music together, performing original music as well as covering an assortment of today’s country music hits and a few classics that everybody really enjoys. They’ve branded themselves as “Redneck Bonfire Music,” best explained as good-time tunes you can sit around and enjoy listening to with your friends.
6 p.m. – One Headlight High (pop punk): Hailing from the small town of Tarkio, Missouri is a group of five early-twenties pop/punk friends: Tyler McIntosh, Danny Hogue, Tim Miller, Ethan Piveral, and Duston Noland, known collectively as One Headlight High. The band got their start in February 2010 when four high school friends decided to start creating music together. Ethan, Tyler and Duston are the current founding members of the band. One Headlight High is a pop/punk rock band with an alternative rock feel and very catchy melodies, influenced by bands such as All Time Low, Yellowcard, Blink 182, A Day To Remember and The Wonder Years.
Sunday, Aug. 22
11:30 a.m. – Maria the Mexican (soul/Mexicana): Influenced by traditional mariachi music, Maria the Mexican is a hybrid of Mexican folklore and rock. For ten years, Teresa and Maria Elena Cuevas performed with Marachi Estrella founded by their grandmother Teresa Cuevas in 1970. As one of the first all-female mariachi bands in the country, Maria Teresa Alonzo Cuevas is a pioneer in the Hispanic musical community. Her band flourished in the 80s but was struck by tragedy when four of the seven members were killed in the Hyatt Skywalk collapse in 1981. Once Teresa recovered she began teaching her grandchildren mariachi music. In 2000, Teresa and Maria began exploring other genres of music while simultaneously co-directing Mariachi Estrella. Today the fusion of Maria the Mexican is mixed with a touch of blues, soul, funk and rock n’ roll enhanced by the musical knowledge and sounds of Garrett Nordstrom. With a southwestern flair and melancholy motifs, Maria the Mexican rocks it out in Spanish and English with a host of emotion.
Family Stage
Friday, Aug. 21
5:30 p.m. – T. Texas Terry (cowboy comedy): When T. Texas Terry hits the stage, audiences can expect to see a high-energy, wild and crazy, fun-loving cowboy who shares lots of laughs with his unique blend of cowboy skills including old-time rope twirling, gun spinning and whip cracking. Throw in some down-home family comedy and lots of audience participation and T. Texas Terry says his show will be a guaranteed good time for all! T. Texas Terry (aka – Terry DaVolt) has entertained crowds across the USA and around the world for over 25 years. He has won awards like Harrah’s “Entertainer of the Year” and toured with famous folks like country music stars Brooks & Dunn, and he’s performed as far away as England, Singapore and Japan. Along with appearing on “America’s Got Talent,” his other high profile shows include: touring with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, entertaining during the White House Easter Celebration, filming Japanese commercials for Borden Cheese Products, performing for the President of Singapore and entertaining at Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, Circus-Circus and Harrah’s casinos, as well as state fairs and festivals across the USA.
6:30 p.m. – The Center State (folk/Americana): Jeremy Sharp, Mckenzie and Brad Davidson’s acoustic stylings of raw thought, hearty passion and agonizing love, tied together with anchored faith in God are stories of life and all that it entails. Based in St. Joseph, the Center State has opened for Matthew West and Paul Clark. They would like to be known for their laughter, their smiles, the fact that they want to love everyone and their honesty, whether it’s a dirty gritty honesty or lovely.
Saturday, Aug. 22
10:30 a.m. – Parasol Puppets: Peter Allen has performed as a puppeteer and actor for 50 years. Born in England, he began doing puppet shows at the tender age of eight. Peter has performed puppet shows in England, Scotland, Germany, Canada and the USA. Peter moved to Hawaii when he married puppeteer Debbie Lutzky in 1986. Debbie Lutzky Allen has a master’s degree in theatre and puppetry and has been a working puppeteer since 1979. She taught in numerous schools, conducting residencies to emphasize language arts through puppetry. As a company of solo puppeteers, Peter and Debbie successfully performed and taught puppetry from their Hawaii base for 10 years. In 1997, Peter, Debbie and Parasol Puppets moved to a farm outside of Jamesport, Missouri. From this central location, they continue to tour with their puppet performances to the East Coast, West Coast, Hawaii, Canada and many points in between.
11:30 a.m. – Inspirations Dance Interactive Dance: Bring your children Saturday morning for a children’s interactive dance session led by Inspirations Dance Studio. This is the perfect opportunity to let your kids run off energy, while learning some new dance moves.
12:15 p.m. – Inspirations Dance Center (dance): Inspirations Dance Center has taught technique and appreciation, inspiring students to love dancing for a lifetime, since it opened in Savannah, Missouri in 2008. With a move to a larger facility in 2014, Inspirations continues to share the art of dance. Inspirations dancers perform often at community events for the United Way, Special Olympics, Royal Family Kids Camp, Moila Shriners, St. Joe Mustangs and East Hills Mall.
1:15 p.m. – Tunes of Fun (children): Tunes of Fun Music Class involves music and movement for children. Children sing, dance, march, jump, skip, play instruments and have fun. Children at a very young age can learn early music skills such as keeping a steady beat, matching pitch and repeating rhythms.
2 p.m. – The Wires (cello and violin duo): The Wires are an alternative exploration in string sound. Hailing from Kansas City, Missouri, the Wires compose and perform original music for violin and cello. Inspired by a myriad of genres and eclectic sounds, the Wires are not your typical strings group. The project encompasses a blend of wide-ranging styles, from tango to gypsy, jazz to rock and infused with the precision of classical form, created, composed and performed by Laurel Morgan (violin) and Sascha Groschang (cello).
3 p.m. – Mary Beth Rosenauer
4 p.m. – Zale Bledsoe singer/songwriter
6 p.m. – Foxlin (indie/pop/folk): Foxlin is an Indie/Folk band from Saint Joseph, Missouri. Starting as a solo passion project for songwriter Ryan Johnson, Foxlin is developing into a full band with catchy, throwback melodies and cautionary tales of love and loss.
7 p.m.- Best Family Dance Party: Bring your whole family with your dancing clothes on, because we are having a family dance party.
Sunday, Aug. 23
11:45 a.m. – The Center State
The St Joseph School District will turn a profit on a controversial painting purchased for the office of a fired administrator.
The bidding has already topped the purchase price in an auction on the Web site eBay. The painting by Thomas Kinkade is called “City by the Bay: Sunset on Fisherman’s Wharf.”
It was purchased for $1,500 during an office upgrade for district’s fired Chief Operating Officer Rich Hartigan.
Last week, the district announced it was putting the painting up for auction on eBay (read our coverage here).
The bidding started Wednesday. By Thursday morning, the auction site had recorded 18 bids, and the current bid was $1,825. (Get the latest auction info here)
The description on eBay is telling: “Originally purchased for executive office decoration, the painting was identified in the 2015 Missouri State Audit Report as an item that “appears unreasonable and/or does not appear to benefit the school district.” Proceeds from the sale of this painting will go to the St. Joseph School District. – Certificate of Limitation & Authenticity along with descriptive owner’s manual included.”
St. Joseph, MO- Trails West!® 2015 is helping the St. Joseph Firefighters celebrate its 150th anniversary at the festival this year.
The Allied Arts Council is urging people to bring the kids out to the festival to see one of the old museum fire trucks and interact with the firefighters themselves.
The St. Joseph Firefighters will have activities throughout the day for children, including a relay using bucket gear, and will also have the kids participate in a bucket brigade.
“A bucket brigade is how in the old days they would get water to fire. Men and women would line up from a water supply and fill buckets up and pass them along throwing water on the fire,” explained George Albert, Captain of the St. Joseph Fire Department.
The firefighters will be out during the listed timeslots on Saturday, August 22: 11:05-11:30 a.m., 1:00- 1:15 p.m., 2:45- 3:00 p.m., 5:15- 5:30 p.m. and 6:45- 7:00 p.m.
A Kansas man was hospitalized Wednesday morning after he crossed the center line on a state highway in Buchanan County. Traffic investigators say the driver of a semi in on-coming traffic took evasive action but they still collided nearly head on.
“If he hadn’t swerved to the right, it could have been much much worse,” said Buchanan County Sheriff’s Captain Tiger Parsons.
“It would have been a full, head-on collision. As it was the front corners of the two vehicles collided,” Parsons said.
The accident happened Wednesday morning at 116-Highway and Old Highway 59 in Rushville.
Emergency responders called for help extricating Travis Allen of Olathe, Kansas from the wreckage, but eventually got him out through the back of the vehicle. Allen, 36, was transported to Atchison Hospital with moderate injuries.
The driver of the truck was not hurt.
Captain Parsons says the driver of the car will be ticketed for the infraction.
On August 11, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, working with Chillicothe police and Livingston County deputies, pulled over a vehicle and arrested two of the suspects, Krystal Marie Anderson, 30 and David A Mace, 36, both of Carrollton.
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox says the team sought a search warrant for a home in Wheeling, Missouri, where they arrested the third suspect, identified as Daniel W. Phelps, 52, of Wheeling.
Cox says an estimated half-ounce of suspected high-grade methamphetamine was seized at the site of the search.
All three suspects have since been charged in Livingston County. Mr. Phelps was charged with two class-B felony violations of Distribution/Attempt or Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. His bond was set at $75,000 cash.
Mr. Mace and Ms. Anderson were charged with one count under the same statute. Their bond was set at $50,000 cash. All 3 were transferred to the Daviess Dekalb County Regional Jail.
Cox says at least one investigator on the case was on duty for nearly 30 hours straight.
