Back to school shoppers will get a break from taxes this weekend in Missouri.
The Back to School Sales Tax Holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 7 and runs through Sunday, Aug. 9.
Over the three day time span shoppers will not have to pay sales tax on certain back-to-school purchases like clothing, school supplies, and computers and more.
CLICK HERE to see what items are exempt by state law.
The sales tax holiday applies to state and local sales taxes when a local jurisdiction chooses to participate in the holiday.
However, some places can choose to not participate. CLICK HERE to see the list of cities not participating this year.
St. Joseph will be taking part in the tax-free weekend.
Northwest Health Services announced Thursday that its Board of Directors has hired a new Chief Executive Officer.
Matt Younger started the position Monday.
Younger grew up in Holt County and said he looks forward to leading the organization that provided his own family care as a child.
“We always went to a Northwest Health Services clinic growing up,” said Younger. “The organization was formed when I was young and throughout my life, it has been known as a people-minded organization that supports its communities.”
Northwest Health Services is an organization of Federally Qualified Community Health Centers (FQHCs) with locations spread over 16 counties.
Terry Steinbecker, Board President said the board is excited to bring Younger on.
“The board looks forward to Matt’s leadership and guidance in a changing health care environment as our organization continues to provide high-quality patient care in the communities we serve,” said Steinbecker.
Younger’s most recent experience came as a Director of Operations for Platinum Health Care – a corporation that acquires and operates nursing homes. Younger supervised nursing home administrators in Missouri, ensuring high-quality care. Earlier, he worked at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) as the Administrator of the Section for Long-term Care Regulation. There, he oversaw the licensing and inspection of 1,143 facilities in Missouri.
Younger said he is glad to be back home and excited to make a positive impact on the communities where he was raised.
“Northwest Health is an organization with a unique mission and identity,” said Younger. “We have a charter higher than commerce. Northwest Health Services is located in areas where care is needed but scarce, and improves access to care for Americans regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.”
Desiderio HernandezA northeastern Kansas police chief is singing the praises of “Nixle.” Chief John Calhoon of the Horton, Kansas Police Department says they used the alert system Thursday night, urging residents to stay indoors because of a standoff involving a shooting suspect.
“We utilize Nixle which is a free, opt-in, message service for emergency alerts, community alerts, etc, and I just figured that is our quickest way to get the word out,” Calhoon said.
Calhoon says his office received a tip from Nebraska authorities that the suspect, Desiderio Hernandez, might be in Horton with a relative. Shortly thereafter they located the Falls City, Nebraska man in a mobile home at 510 W. 9th Street in Horton. When Hernandez spotted the officers, Calhoon says the suspect barricaded himself inside the mobile home.
Two Horton officers kept an eye on the front and back doors while they asked for additional help, Calhoon said.
“There were two officers there immediately, and then as the evening continued, we ended up with well over, probably, 30 law enforcement officers, into the wee hours of the morning,” Calhoon said. “We had a lot of help.”
“I made a decision to contact the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office and their SWAT team.”
Deputies from Jackson and Brown counties in Kansas, along with Kansas Highway Patrol Troopers and a paramedic response team were also on the scene.
“We did eventually end up using some flash-bangs, and finally started getting some movement in the trailer, and were able to do some negotiating, and then, obviously, when their eyes were on him they were able to deploy a taser,” Calhoon said.
“From that point they were able to go in and get him.”
Authorities in Falls City, Nebraska charge Mr Hernandez with second-degree murder for a shooting in Falls City Wednesday. The victim, 31-year-old Joseph DeBella Jr of Falls City, was in critical condition at the Bryan Trauma Center West Campus in Lincoln Thursday afternoon, according to the Nebraska State Patrol.
A judge in Brown County Kansas was expected to hear an extradition request Thursday afternoon.
Meanwhile, state troopers from Nebraska were in Horton Thursday morning, looking for evidence in the shooting case. Horton would not say if their search included recovery of the weapon allegedly used in Falls City. Horton said at the time the taser was deployed, Mr Hernandez was not armed.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Two additional routes have reopened after being closed due to flooding. Yesterday Route C in Linn County opened and this morning, crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation were able to open Route D in Chariton County.
The Missouri Department of Transportation provides a Traveler Information Map at www.modot.org/northwest which lists all road closures and planned roadwork. Motorists are advised to check the map before heading out to plan alternate routes, as needed. MoDOT encourages everyone to pay attention to barricades and water over the road. Remember: Turn Around! Don’t Drown!
NOW CLOSED:
Buchanan County
Route H at Route FF in Agency (Platte River)
Chariton County
Route E between Route 11 and Route JJ (Yellow Creek)
DeKalb County
Route W between Hedge Road and Hebron Road (Lost Creek)
A prison guard was indicted Wednesday on a federal charge of accepting bribes to smuggle tobacco to inmates at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth.
U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom says Michael Harston, 52, Kansas City, Mo., was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bribery and four counts of accepting bribes. The indictment alleges that from October 2013 to August 2014 Harston took bribes to carry tobacco, which is contraband, into the penitentiary.
The indictment alleges payment was made via wire transfers from inmates’ relatives. Harston was caught on video surveillance in the process of distributing tobacco to inmates.
If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on the conspiracy charge, and a maximum penalty of 15 years and a fine up to $250,000 on each of the bribery counts.
The FBI investigated. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Leena Ramana is prosecuting.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities say a Missouri woman was cited for assault after using a stun gun on the driver of the vehicle in which they were traveling.
Jolie Hoefling was treated for minor injuries after the incident.
It’s unclear whether Hoefling has an attorney who could comment on her behalf.
Otoe County Sheriff James Gress told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Hoefling and Miles Sprague, both of Lexington, Missouri, were arguing on July 18 as they drove west on the Nebraska-Iowa Highway 2 bridge. Reports say Hoefling then pulled out a stun gun and shot Sprague.
The SUV struck a concrete barrier and eventually rolled over into a ditch on the Nebraska side.
The St. Joseph Police Department held a press conference Thursday morning to confirm that a man wanted in a murder case has surrendered to authorities in Columbia.
“His arrest took place without incident, he surrendered himself peacefully,” said Capt. Jeff Wilson with the St. Joseph Police Department.
Charles Leroy Coats Jr., 32 of St. Joseph was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in connection with the Saturday shooting death of Jason Ginn, 32 of St. Joseph. Coats surrendered to officers in Columbia, Mo. about three hours away from St. Joseph around 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Police have been searching for him since he became a person of interest shortly after the shooting took place.
“The St. Joseph Police Department has spent upwards of around several hundred man hours working on this case,” Wilson said. “Running down and investigating over 100 leads, mostly of which were generated by members of our community.”
Due to leads from the public Wilson said Columbia had been narrowed down as a place of interest in Coats whereabouts.
“We are happy the suspect is in custody, the case is not concluded. There’s a lot of work left to be done in cases like this,” Wilson said. “But having a violent offender off the streets definitely is a positive thing for us.”
Wilson said police will be making arrangements for Coats to be transported back to St. Joseph.
Desiderio HernandezA lengthy police standoff in Horton, Kansas is over, and officials have arrested the man inside, believed to be a shooting suspect from southeastern Nebraska.
A shooting in Falls City, Nebraska led to the standoff in Horton. Nebraska officers identified the shooting suspect as 34-year-old Desiderio Hernandez of Falls City. Another Falls City resident, Joseph Debella Jr. was transported to an area hospital with critical gunshot wounds Wednesday.
The search led to a home on the west side of Horton. A man identified as Mr Hernandez had barricaded himself inside the home and refused to come out. Police in Horton warned residents with an emergency text message to stay indoors. Streets in the area were barricaded. Horton police, Brown County deputies and Kansas Highway Patrol troopers were on the scene for several hours.
Early this morning, officials say Mr Hernandez was arrested. Further details were expected Thursday.
Mr Desiderio was released in May of 2014, after six months of probation for a charge of 2nd Degree Assault. He was originally charged with 2nd degree murder for the incident, in which a Falls City man’s throat was cut.
An Atchison, Kansas woman was seriously hurt in a traffic accident in southern Buchanan County Monday.
In a late crash report, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said 30-year-old Heather Denton lost control of her vehicle along MO 45 highway near Lewis and Clark Village. The accident took place around 2:45 p.m. Monday.
The vehicle, a 2005 Cherolet Cobalt left the road, went into a ditch, and hit a utility pole.
Denton was transported to Mosaic Life Care for treatment of serious injuries.
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