An inmate at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo., was indicted by a federal grand jury today for assaulting a federal officer.
Paulino Aparicio, 51, an inmate at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Springfield.
Today’s indictment alleges that Aparicio assaulted a corrections officer at the medical center on April 10, 2015. According to the indictment, Aparicio struck the officer in the face with his fist, fracturing the officer’s nose.
Dickinson cautioned that the charge contained in this indictment is simply an accusation, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charge must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Randall D. Eggert. It was investigated by the FBI and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
St. Joseph, Mo. —Missouri Western State University has named a new director of speech and debate.
Jason Edgar has been named director of speech and debate, he will also be an instructor in the Department of Communication and Journalism.
“Jason brings a wealth of experience in speech and debate both as a competitor and as a coach, and is also an experienced teacher of speech at the college level,” said Dr. Marilyn Hunt, chair of communications and journalism. “His experience includes starting forensics programs at two colleges. I’m confident he’s the right person to lead our speech and debate program into the future, and that he will be a tremendous asset in the classroom as well.”
Edgar has been speech instructor and director of forensics at Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri since 2009, establishing the first debate program in the college’s history and serving as president of the Missouri Association of Forensics Activities in 2014-2015. Previously, he was speech instructor and director of forensics at Barton Community College in Kansas, establishing that school’s first speech and debate program. He was also a speech instructor and assistant director of forensics at John Brown University in Arkansas.
Edgar has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Missouri Southern State University and a Master of Arts in Communication from the University of Arkansas. He competed in debate at Missouri Southern and Arkansas as well as Aurora (Mo.) High School.
“I have been involved in speech and debate, whether as a competitor or a coach, since 1996,” Edgar said. “It’s an academic activity that builds useful skills like public speaking, critical thinking, research and note-taking in a competitive environment. I’m excited by the tremendous support Missouri Western’s administration provides speech and debate.”
Edgar plans to pursue an active debate competition schedule, beginning with an event at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, in September. Other stops on the tentative schedule include tournaments in Missouri, Kansas, California, Utah and Chicago. Edgar also plans to host a high school speech and debate tournament on campus in November.
The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office said the 100th arrest has been made off of tips from its ‘Most Wanted’ website.
Tuesday, 48-year-old Tena Frances Ellison was arrested in Oklahoma on a warrant for alleged class C felony Check Violation of $500 or more.
The office said Ellison has been listed on its Most Wanted website since July 23, 2012. Her arrest comes almost 3-years to the day from being listed.
“During that time our office received numerous tips of her whereabouts ranging from St. Joseph, locations in Iowa and now Oklahoma,” said Sheriff Steve Cox.
LCSO started its Most Wanted website in 2011.
“Ellison marks the 100th arrest of a ‘Most Wanted’ fugitive based on TIPS generated from the website,” Cox said. “Numerous others have been arrested by law enforcement and many have surrendered upon learning they were placed on the website.”
Cox said the primary purpose of the Most Wanted website is to increase community awareness, bring those wanted before the Courts, assist crime victims, and reduce crime which makes the county safer.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Crews in Topeka have been working to repair a sanitary sewer leak that resulted in 55,000 gallons of raw sewage spilling into the Kansas River.
It’s the city’s third sewage release into the Kansas River since April. Bob Sample, the city’s general manager of water pollution control, says the cause of the Tuesday leak hasn’t yet been determined.
About 3 million gallons of raw sewage discharged into the Kansas River in late April after a power failure at the city’s south Kansas River pump station.
Earlier this month, the city dealt with a surge of heavy rain by bypassing a secondary cleaning process and dumping as many as 50 million gallons of sewage into the river before it underwent a secondary cleaning process.
Shots were fired near 10th and Angelique in Saint Joseph Tuesday night. Police blocked traffic briefly shortly after 7 pm while the incident was investigated. Officers found evidence including shell casings at the scene, but no victims.
A witness told officers that a dark-colored vehicle left the area at a high rate of speed shortly after the shots were fired. Sergeant James Langston says no arrests were made. The investigation continues.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Tips Hotline at 238.TIPS.
Two people were hurt, one of them seriously, in a crash south of Maryville on US-71 highway Tuesday afternoon.
A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol says Penny Antrim-Lawrence of Maryville made a u-turn in front of a semi shortly after one pm.
The tractor-trailer rammed into the driver’s side door. Antrim-Lawrence, 58, was transported to SSM Hospital in Maryville for treatment of serious injuries.
Her passenger, 14-year-old Codi Antrim, was treated for minor injuries. The other driver was not injured.
Riverside High School in Doniphan County is joining a growing number of Kansas schools offering access to the state’s GED program online.
Riverside is adding a “virtual school” to the list of options available this-coming school year. The program also benefits high schoolers with problems that would keep them out of a classroom.
An on-site teacher will be available to help students navigate the site.
The school will hold an information session Aubust 10. Enrollment is scheduled a week later, and a mandatory orientation session is planned August 20. The first day of classes is August 24.
City, county, and business leaders are working on plans to clean up the appearance of Saint Joseph and Buchanan County. Western District Commissioner Ron Hook says he and Hy-Vee manager Brad McAnnally have been working with Mayor Bill Falkner.
“Getting together a program to not only benefit the county but to benefit the city in just changing the image of what Saint Joseph and Buchanan County are in right now and trying to clean up that image a little bit,” Hook said.
Hook points out that Community Alliance surveys have ranked litter as one of the top five concerns of area residents. Hook is now in the second year of a program that uses volunteer jail inmates to clean up trash along county roads. He says an expanded version of the program in the city and county could help the area spruce-up its image.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – More Northwest Missouri roads are now open after floodwaters receded, but several others remain closed. The Missouri Department of Transportation provides a Traveler Information Map at www.modot.org/northwestwhich 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 Turn Around! Don’t Drown!
NOW CLOSED:
Andrew County:
Route 48 on the east and west sides of Rosendale (One Hundred and Two River)
Route C at the junction with Route 48 (One Hundred and Two River)
Route C between Sylvan Street and County Road 177 (One Hundred and Two River)
Route B west of Bolckow between County Road 141 and Railroad Street (One Hundred and Two River)
Buchanan County:
Route C between U.S. Hwy 36 and Easton Saxton Road (Platte River)
Route H between the city limits of Agency and Johnson Road (Platte River)
Route MM between Loutermilch Road and Old Frame Road (Platte River)
Chariton County
Route NN between Deer Road and Rascal Flats (Little Chariton Creek)
Route O between Route 129 and east of Cockrell Avenue (Chariton River)
Blue-green algae is once again prompting worries among Kansas health officials.
According to the latest announcement from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, public health warnings have been issued at seven public lakes in Kansas because of algae blooms.
Fort Riley officials say the fort’s marina is closed because of high levels of toxic blue-green algae at the north end of Milford Lake. The marina is expected to remain closed until the lake conditions improve. The south end of Milford Lake is open, but is under a public health warning, which means boating and fishing are allowed, but swimming is discouraged.
Beaches in a separate section were closed earlier after the Kansas Department of Health and Environment added the area to their blue-green algae watch list last week.
Health officials say some blue-green algae produce toxins that pose a health risk to people and animals. You can find out more here.
Here’s the list as of July 17:
BROWN CO. STATE FISHING LAKE, Brown County
CHISHOLM CREEK PARK LAKE, Sedgwick County
CONCANNON STATE FISHING LAKE, Finney County
LOVEWELL RESEVOIR, Jewell County
MEMORIAL PARK LAKE, Barton County
MILFORD LAKE – ZONES A & B, Geary County
MILFORD LAKE – ZONE C, Geary/Clay Counties RECOMMENDED CLOSURE
PLAINVILLE TOWNSHIP LAKE, Rooks County
An inmate at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo., was indicted by a federal grand jury today for assaulting a federal officer.
