Court appearances are scheduled next month for two men charged in connection with a fatal stabbing Sunday evening in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Sebastian
Hall, 20, is charged with second degree murder in the death of Jacob Adams of Nebraska City. Dylan Boyle, 22, is charged with third degree assault, a misdemeanor, even though authorities say he tried to perform CPR on the victim.
Police in Nebraska City say the trio were fighting outside a home in the 600 block of South Seventh Street Sunday evening. Mr Adams died at C.H.I. St Mary’s hospital after suffering knife wounds to his throat and chest. An autopsy is pending.
Both suspects are due back in an Otoe County courtroom August 17th.
A head-on crash in Buchanan County Monday sent a St Joe teen to the hospital.
The crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol indicates a Dodge Neon driven by 16-year-old Chelsey Moser crossed the center line on Ingersoll Road near Lake View shortly after noon on Monday. Her vehicle crashed into a pickup in oncoming traffic.
Ms Moser was transported to Mosaic Life Care with moderate injuries. The other driver was not hurt.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the indictment against seven men accused in 2012 of cheating investors out of $132 million.
U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten granted on Monday the request from prosecutors to dismiss the case. Its end comes nearly three years after the government announced the indictment.
Prosecutors alleged at the time that investors were bilked with false promises and phony reports about companies that leased drilling rigs and related businesses.
Prosecutors did not explain their decision in the filing, nor respond to email and phone messages seeking comment.
The order dismisses charges that had been filed against Michael McNaul, formerly of Hutchinson; Dale Lucas of Wichita; Russell Kilgariff of Preston; Lloyd Nunns of Hutchinson; Greggory Krause of Hutchinson; Steven Tallman of Owasso, Okla.; and Fredie Hembree of Hutchinson.
The gutter system around the Hyde Pool is unsound and could collapse
The City of St Joseph is hoping you’ll attend meetings this week to discuss the future of the city’s public swimming facilities. Public Information Officer Mary Robertson says they’ll discuss options and offer tours of all three pools this week.
The first meeting is scheduled Tuesday night at St Peter Lutheran Church, 3524 St Joseph Avenue. Afterward you can tour the pool at Krug Park.
The next meeting will be Wednesday at the Aquatic Park, 402 South Noyes Boulevard, with a tour of the Aquatic Park available afterward. The third and final meeting is Thursday at the Keys Gymnasium at 6001 South Ninth Street, with a tour of the Hyde Park Pool to follow.
All three meetings are scheduled from 6:30 to 8pm.
Extensive repairs are needed at the Hyde Pool. An earlier cost estimate, which may no longer be accurate, pegged the cost of those repairs at between $600,000 and $800,000. That pool is closed this summer for the second year in a row. The city has been unable to open the Krug Pool full time because of a lifeguard shortage. The Krug Pool and the Aquatic Center are in need of some improvements as well.
Ms Robertson says the meetings will provide the public with an overview of the various problems, as well as a closer look at some of the options being explored.
Those include not opening the pools, and replacing them with what are called “spraygrounds.” They’ll show you just what that is and what it would cost. They’re also exploring a possible agreement with Missouri Western State University, which has had issues with its swimming pool as well.
Robertson says that could lead to an indoor community pool on campus.
Aaron JonesThe Missouri Department of Corrections announced Monday the death of another inmate serving prison time in Cameron.
In a news release, MDOC said Aaron Jones, 56, was pronounced dead at 5:14 am Monday at the Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron.
Officials say Mr Jones was serving a 60-year sentence for first degree robbery and armed criminal action out of Jackson County. He was first received by the Department of Corrections in February of 1978.
Officials do not suspect foul play, but they say an autopsy will be conducted.
St. Joseph, Mo. —Missouri Western State University is holding auditions for someone to play the part of former President Harry Truman in an upcoming play.
Western is holding Equity principal auditions and non-Equity auditions in Kansas City Aug. 1 and St. Joseph Aug. 2 for actors to play the part of former President Truman in a new multi-media play titled “Harry and Walter: Missouri’s Native Sons.” The play will premiere on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015 in conjunction with the dedication of the third phase of the Walter Cronkite Memorial on the Missouri Western campus.
“The parallels between Harry Truman and Walter Cronkite fascinate me,” said Dr. Robert Vartabedian, Missouri Western’s president and author of the play. “They were both native Missourians who knew many of the same people; in fact, Cronkite’s father served in Truman’s battalion in World War I. They both rose to national prominence at about the same time, and both were noted for their honesty and integrity. This play gives us a chance to spotlight these famous Missourians while exploring the historic times in which they lived.”
“Harry and Walter” will be the second live multimedia performance associated with the Walter Cronkite Memorial. “Cronkite” premiered last Nov. 4, on what would have been the legendary newsman’s 98th birthday. Noted Kansas City actor Jim Korinke portrays Cronkite as he is interviewed by Larry King one year after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, reflecting not just on that tragedy but on other historic moments he covered during his career. The show has been warmly received by audiences at its public performances, and was entered in the 2015 Pulitzer Prize competition by several scholars and journalists (including Cronkite’s son, Walter Cronkite III) who believed the show deserved broader recognition. Korinke will reprise his role as Cronkite for “Harry and Walter.”
Individuals auditioning for the role of Truman should resemble and be able to recreate the voice of the former president. This is a continuing performance opportunity that occurs on an irregular schedule that coincides with special events and group tours of the Walter Cronkite Memorial. The rehearsal schedule is flexible based on the performers’ schedule. Salary will match AEA/SAG-AFTRA scales for rehearsals and performances.
Auditions must be scheduled in advance online at griff.vn/auditions. Auditions will be held from 9 a.m. to noonSaturday, Aug. 1 at Musical Theatre Heritage in Kansas City’s Crown Center, and from 1 to 4 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 2 in the Kemper Recital Hall, inside Spratt Hall on the Missouri Western campus in St. Joseph. Actors with questions may contact Dr. Bob Willenbrink, founding dean of the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western, by phone at 816-271-4515 or email atrwillenbrink@missouriwestern.edu.
The premiere of “Harry and Walter” on Nov. 2 will coincide with the dedication of the third phase of the memorial, which includes a replica of the CBS studio from which Cronkite broadcast the CBS Evening News in the 1960s.
The Downtown YMCA was forced to close its doors after water was shutoff to the building for a short time Monday.
A water main break behind the building in the 300 block of S. 6th St. caused Missouri American Water to shut off water to the downtown facility. The Y said the building was closed due to a lack of water around 9:30 a.m.
The St. Joseph Police Department has a suspect in custody after an early morning stabbing.
According to Capt. Jeff Wilson, officers responded to the 800 block of N. 6th St. before 2 a.m. to find a 19-year-old man who was the victim of an assault that allegedly took place in the 700 block of N. 4th St.
Wilson said the victim was transported to Mosaic Life Care with a serious injury.
Police have a 33-year-old man in custody as a person of interest.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man is hoping an ambitious crowdfunding effort will help him buy a beleaguered Topeka racetrack.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Dan Canady of Holton has started a GoFundMe crowdfunding effort to raise up to $10 million to buy Heartland Park Topeka.
Heartland Park Topeka opened in 1989 and became one of the NHRA’s most popular drag racing venues in the 1990s. After the racetrack’s finances took a turn for the worse in recent years under track operator Raymond Irwin and Jayhawk Racing, the city proposed to buy Heartland Park.
But Topeka’s governing body voted against the plan.
Canady says he’ll use the crowdfunding money to negotiate a deal with Irwin, and if another deal is finalized before he raises the money, he’ll return the money to donors.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Six years after her husband was shot and killed, an Omaha woman still hopes someone will come forward with a tip to solve the crime.
Deborah Taylor threw a neighborhood party Saturday to honor her husband, Christopher Dickson, and encourage people to come forward. Taylor says she thinks the case can still be solved if the right person talks to police.
Dickson was fatally shot on July 21st, 2009 on his way home. He was the father of seven children.
