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Patrol identifies woman killed in St. Joseph ‘officer-involved’ shooting

Posted on October 24, 2017October 24, 2017

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified the woman killed Sunday in an officer-involved shooting.

As we previously reported, officers responded to the area of 10th and Sycamore streets around 6 p.m. in reference to a disturbance call. Commander Eric Protzman said when officers arrived on scene subjects took off running from the area. One of the subjects, a woman pulled out a weapon and fired at officers. He said one officer returned fire and shot and killed the woman. The patrol was called in to investigate the incident.

According to a news release from the patrol, the suspect fatally shot Sunday around 6:18 p.m. at the intersection of 10th and Pacific streets has been identified as Baby Girl “Samantha” Hennard, 25 of St. Joseph. An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday.

The patrol said next of kin has been notified and that the patrol is continuing to investigate the shooting.

Protzman said the officer involved in the shooting was not injured and has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the investigation.

Second Harvest asking for help in funding contest

Posted on October 24, 2017October 24, 2017

The Second Harvest Community Food Bank is asking the community for assistance in a contest.

According to the food bank’s Facebook Page, the agency has a video that is currently in a contest to win $25,000 through the Starbuck’s Upstanders Challenge. The agency is asking the public for help to like and share the video. Second Harvest said last week that it needs to get over 120,00 likes in the next few days.

Chief Development Officer at Second Harvest Michelle Fagerstone said for votes to count in the contest, people must click on the video to go to a website to vote.

“If you just like the post it doesn’t count.. What we really need you to do is click on the big arrow that’s on the video and that then will take you to (the website),” Fagerstone said. “Down in the right hand corner is a little heart, and if you click it, it turns green and that’s like a vote for us.”

Fagerstone said the top 40 at the end of the month will be in the running for the $25,000 grants and they were in the top 20 as of Tuesday morning.

CLICK HERE for a link to Second Harvest’s Facebook Page.

UPDATE: Armed Mo. man arrested after stopping Amtrak train

Posted on October 24, 2017October 24, 2017

OXFORD, Neb. – Authorities say an armed Missouri man managed to get into an Amtrak locomotive and pull the train’s emergency brake in southwest Nebraska.

The incident happened on an eastbound California Zephyr train with about 175 people aboard passing near Oxford, Nebraska, about 200 miles southwest of Omaha.

The Furnas County sheriff’s office identified the suspect as Taylor M. Wilson, 25, of St. Charles, Missouri, according to a media release.

Wilson had a loaded .38-caliber revolver in his waist and a speed loader in his pocket. Deputies found three more speed loaders, a box of ammunition, a knife, tin snips and a ventilation mask.

He was travelling from Sacramento, California, to St. Louis. Wilson remained in jail Tuesday. Court records say he’s been charged with use of a weapon to commit a felony and criminal mischief.

– The AP contributed to this report

Man admits robbing 4 Kansas City area banks of $25K

Posted on October 24, 2017

Holmes -security camera image courtesy KC police

KANSAS CITY (AP) – A man has pleaded guilty to a series of four Kansas City area bank robberies that netted around $25,000 over five months.

The U.S. attorney’s office says 57-year-old Tam Henry Holmes entered the plea Monday. Prosecutors say he stole $450 from Kansas City bank last November. In April, he is accused of robbing a Liberty bank of around $8,300, an Independence credit union of around $12,205 and another Kansas City bank of around $4,050.

In all the robberies, he is accused of handing notes to the tellers. One note read, “give me all the money, hurry up, or I will hurt you.” Another robbery note read, “Don’t pull any dye packs, bail or alarms. I know where you live.”

He faces a sentence of up to 80 years in prison.

Woman life-flighted after Mercer County crash

Posted on October 24, 2017October 24, 2017

A woman was life-flighted after a two-vehicle crash Monday on US-65 in Mercer County.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 58-year-old Lawrence Devitt of Iowa was driving at 1998 Ford northbound passing another vehicle on US 65 and hit a 2004 Saturn head-on driven by 63-year-old Jackie Kosta, also of Iowa. The crash took place around 11:10 a.m. at Lineville, Mo. Kosta was flown by Mercy 1 to Mercy Hospital for treatment of what was described as a serious injury. Devitt was taken by ambulance to Wayne County Hospital for treatment of what was described as a moderate injury. Both were reported to be wearing seat belts.

16-year-old injured in Nodaway County crash

Posted on October 24, 2017October 24, 2017

A teenager was injured Monday morning in a crash just west of Maryville.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 16-year-old Cody Lundblade of Maryville was driving a 1991 Chevrolet S-10 westbound on MO-46 around 6:30 a.m. when he was surprised by another vehicle’s lights from the other direction as he crested a hill. The patrol said Lundblade drove partially into Galaxy road, over corrected onto MO-46, crossed the center of the roadway and began to skid. The pickup then went off the road and came to rest in a creek bottom. Lundblade was transported by EMS to St. Francis Hospital for treatment of what was described as a moderate injury. He was not reported to be wearing a seat belt.

Windy today with temps in the mid 50s

Posted on October 24, 2017

Northwest winds will be gusting to around 40 to 45 mph through the morning hours, but will gradually decrease through the afternoon hours. Relative humidity values will drop to around 30 to 40 percent, which will bring elevated fire danger. The first widespread freeze of the season is expected later this weekend, with lows on Saturday and Sunday expected to drop to well below freezing. Hard freeze conditions, consisting of lows below 28 degrees is possible north of I-70 in far northern Missouri. Wind chill values on these days could drop into the teens. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Sunny, with a high near 55. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 18 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 39. North northwest wind 7 to 17 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 70. West northwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 47. West southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming south after midnight.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 68. South wind 7 to 14 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 55.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.

Judge won’t block provision of new Missouri abortion law

Posted on October 24, 2017October 24, 2017

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A judge won’t block a portion of a new Missouri law that tightens abortion regulations from taking effect Tuesday.

Planned Parenthood and the ACLU challenged a requirement that the doctor who will perform an abortion must give specific information about the procedure to a woman at least 72 hours beforehand. Previously, doctors, nurses, physicians’ assistants, licensed counselors and others could provide women with information about their options, medical procedures and the risks.

The lawsuit says the new requirement will force women to make two trips to the clinic – with some having to drive hundreds of miles – while providing the same information they receive under current procedures.

A Jackson County judge ruled Monday that the opponents’ arguments didn’t meet the bar for the law to be temporarily halted.

City Council approves funding to repair Missouri Theater towers

Posted on October 24, 2017October 24, 2017

The St. Joseph City Council has approved an emergency ordinance to repair the towers on the Missouri Theater.

According to Public Works and Transportation Director Andy Clements, who spoke at the City Council meeting, during a tuckpointing project several months ago on the Missouri Theater, significant deterioration was found on the towers.

An emergency ordinance was brought to the City Council and was approved at last night’s meeting. The bill authorized an amendment to the Capital Projects Fund budget to spend an estimated $532,000 to provide major restoration to the Missouri Theater facade. As previously reported, City Manager Bruce Woody said work will begin as soon as possible.

The Missouri Theater located at 717 Edmond St., first opened in 1927.

NE Kansas man hospitalized after skid loader hits a semi

Posted on October 24, 2017October 24, 2017

Skid loader hit the rear axel of a semi Monday in northeast Kansas-photo courtesy WIBW TV

SHAWNEE COUNTY— A Kansas man was injured in an accident just after 9a.m. Monday in Jackson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2011 New Holland Skid Loader driven by Marshall Dillon Persinger, 53, Mayetta, was eastbound on 118th Road.

The driver failed to yield right of way, entered the intersection at U.S. 75 and struck the left rear-axel of a Kenworth semi.

Persinger was transported to the hospital in Topeka.

The driver of the semi Douglas Donald Jacobson, 52, Havenville, was not injured properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.