This Afternoon Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Southeast wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tonight A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 57. Southeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Thursday Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. High near 70. Southeast wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. South wind 6 to 10 mph.
Friday A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. South wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday Night Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Monday Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.
Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.
Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.
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Saint Joseph School District prepares for followup sessions with State Auditor’s Office
The investigation that earned the Saint Joseph School District the State Auditor’s lowest rating ever will be the focus of a followup meeting later this month. The audit team will look at how the district is implementing its recommendations.
School board member Lori Prussman says this has been a difficult time for the district, but she’s optimistic. “I am so hopeful for the future, that in a couple of years we’re going to be thankful that this happened, so that we could look back and say, this needed to happen for us to grow and become a better, stronger district.”
The audit team will spend three days in Saint Joseph, beginning with a public meeting May 26 at one pm. The location for that meeting has not been determined yet. The district will stream that meeting live and also broadcast it on its YouTube channel. Auditors will also hold worksessions with the school board and district staff May 27 and 28.
Frederick Boulevard lane closure planned this week
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T. JOSEPH, Mo. – One lane of Route 6 will be closed Friday morning, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.
On Friday, May 15, 2015, the westbound driving lane of Route 6 (Frederick Boulevard) will be closed just west of Route AC (Riverside Road) between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. for work to the sidewalk in that area.
All work is weather permitting and schedules are subject to change.
Chamber breakfast to touch on St. Joseph Exports
Exports and trade will be the topic of conversation during the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce’s Spring Chairman’s Breakfast.
The St. Joseph Chamber announced Tuesday that as Missouri’s third leading community for exports is St. Joseph trade will be the topic over the breakfast which will be held at 7:30 a.m., Thursday, May 21.
John Murphy, Senior Vice President for International Policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will be the guest speaker. He will discuss why Congress renewing the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) is critical to the continued growth of exports in our community, and the nation as a whole. Mr. Murphy directs the U.S. Chamber’s advocacy relating to international trade and investment policy. Since joining the Chamber in 1999, he has led its successful campaigns to win congressional passage of trade agreements with a dozen nations. Mr. Murphy also plays a key role in the Chamber’s advocacy for international business priorities before Congress, the administration, foreign governments, and the World Trade Organization.
From 2001 to 2008, Mr. Murphy served as the Chamber’s Vice President for Western Hemisphere affairs and as Executive Vice President of the Association of Chambers of Commerce in Latin America (AACCLA). He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of
Colorado at Boulder, and he received a Master of Science degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He serves on the boards of the Global Business Dialogue, the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, and the Washington International Trade Foundation.
The event will be from 7:30 to 9 a.m., Thursday, May 21, at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, 102 S. Third St.
Cost is $25 for Chamber members. This cost goes up to $30 after May 15. General admission is $50 or $60 after the initial deadline. Reservations can be made at saintjoseph.com or by calling 232-4461.
The Chamber’s Board Chairman for 2015 is Todd Meierhoffer, of Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory.
Missing 94-year-old Missouri man found safe
UPDATE – MSHP cancels alert. John Ben Lee has been found safe. No other details were immediately available.
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MILAN, Mo. (AP) — Missouri authorities have issued a Silver Alert for a 94-year-old north-central Missouri man who has not been seen since early Monday.
The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office says John Ben Lee was last seen about 8:30 a.m. Monday driving a blue 1994 Lincoln Town Car on state Route 5 from Milan on his way to Sedalia.
His daughter says he is diabetic and sometimes is disoriented and confused.
Lee is described as white, about 6-feet-1, 185 pounds, with gray hair and blue eyes. He walks with a cane.
Anyone seeing Lee or his vehicle is asked to call 911 or the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office at 660-265-3313.
Ghana native living in Kansas pleads guilty to obtaining U.S. Citizenship by fraud
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A native of Ghana who obtained naturalized U.S. citizenship in 2004 has pleaded guilty to obtaining citizenship by fraud and faces possible deportation, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Monday.
Ernest Opoku Acheampong, 44, Shawnee, Kan., entered a guilty plea Monday before U.S. District Judge Julie A. Robinson and is scheduled to be sentenced July 29. Because he pleaded guilty to making a false statement on his application for U.S. citizenship and ultimately became a naturalized U.S. citizen, federal law requires that his citizenship be revoked, Grissom said.
“Not only will his certificate of naturalization be cancelled, he will be placed in removal proceedings,” Grissom said. “And, he faces possible incarceration in the criminal case. People who make false statements in their attempt to become naturalized U.S. citizens undermine the process and dishonor those seeking citizenship honestly.”
During court proceedings Monday, Acheampong admitted that he first entered the United States in 1994, claiming to be a “Michael Smith” from Libya. He was denied entry, but requested asylum and sought to remain in the U.S. His claims of fear of persecution were found to be unfounded and he was ordered deported, but Acheampong never surrendered himself for deportation.
In 1996, Acheampong was able to obtain a valid entry visa under his true name and country of citizenship, Ghana, and ultimately applied for naturalized U.S. citizenship in 2004, but failed to disclose his previous entry into the United States and the prior order of deportation on his naturalization application. He was granted naturalized U.S. citizenship in September 2004, Grissom said.
However, in August 2014, when Acheampong applied for a Kansas driver’s license, officials of the Kansas Department of Revenue determined through facial recognition software employed whenever people apply for state ID cards or driver’s licenses that the defendant had previously obtained a Kansas driver’s license under the name “Michael Smith.”
Their agents then notified the Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), who completed the investigation and documented what Acheampong had done. Acheampong was indicted in the case in October.
Murder charges filed in airman’s death
WARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP) — A man has been charged with fatally shooting a senior airman while drinking alcohol at a home near Whiteman Air Force Base.
Johnson County prosecutor Rob Russell said he charged 22-year-old Dominic Sacco, of Knob Noster, on Monday with second-degree murder in the death of John J. Bottom. Sacco also is charged with unlawful use of a weapon.
He was jailed Monday on a $50,000 cash-only bond. No attorney who could comment on his case is listed in online court records.
A probable cause statement says Sacco and another friend took out handguns early Saturday at a Warrensburg home. A witness said Sacco chambered a round, pointed it and shot Bottom once in the head. Bottom was rushed to a Kansas City hospital, where he later was declared brain dead.
Prisoners killed during Tecumseh riot identified
Corrections Director Scott Frakes declined to release details of their deaths, which are under investigation.
Peacock and Collins were serving lengthy sentences for child-sex crimes. Peacock had been incarcerated since March 2014 and was serving a sentence of 40 to 50 years. Collins had been in prison since May, 2010 and was serving 66 to 80 years.
Speaking at a news conference, Frakes said 100 to 200 of the roughly 1,000 inmates at the prison were involved in the disturbance that began Sunday afternoon in front of a housing unit at the prison. Two prison staffers were assaulted in the initial disturbance. Frakes says one inmate was shot in the leg by a tower guard, and another inmate was injured by a rubber projectile.
The facility is located about 40 miles west of Rock Port, Mo. The prison is expected to remain on lockdown status until further notice.
Man arrested after rollover accident
A man seriously injured in a rollover crash in Clinton County Monday morning has been arrested on a drinking while driving charge.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 37-year-old Daniel P. Evans was traveling westbound just before 5:45 a.m. in his 1999 Dodge Ram on 207th St. east of King Rd. just three miles west of Holt, Mo.
The report said Evan’s vehicle went off the south side of the roadway and hit a ditch causing his vehicle to rollover and come back to rest on its wheels.
Evans was arrested for a DWI and Driving with a revoked license. He was released to Liberty Hospital where he was transported by ambulance with serious injuries.
Evans was not reported to have been wearing a seat belt.
UPDATE: Child receives minor injuries after getting hit by vehicle
(UPDATE) A child suffered only minor injuries in St. Joseph Monday after being hit by a car.
The St. Joseph Police Department responded to 15th and Grand Avenue just after 7:30 Monday morning.
According to Capt. Jeff Wilson a 9-year-old girl was attempting to cross the intersection when she failed to see the oncoming vehicle, a 2009 Pontiac driven by a 57-year-old St. Joseph woman. Wilson said crash reports indicate the child hit the side of the vehicle by the front passenger door.
“Turned around and ran back to the corner of the intersection and sat down on the ground complaining of left foot pain,” Wilson said.
He said the child was taken by private vehicle to Mosaic Life Care for treatment of minor injuries.
No tickets have been issued at this time. Wilson said police are still investigating.