A Gentry County man is scheduled for initial arraignment Wednesday on drug-related charges.

55 year old Randal “Randy” Evans of Stanberry was arrested earlier this month by the Gentry County Sheriff’s office on four felony charges and is also a suspect in a missing persons case, Sheriff Tim Davis said.

Evans is charged with two felony counts of possession with the intent to produce and distribute methamphetamine. It’s alleged he was producing the drug in his home south of Stanberry. He’s also charged with one felony count of possession of a controlled substance and one felony second degree assault.

He allegedly assaulted the now missing 47 year old Daniel Lee Wolf of Stanberry. Evans allegedly waived a loaded pistol in front of Lee Wolf’s face and stuck the barrel in his mouth while the two along with another man were smoking methamphetamine, according to a probable cause statement filed by the Gentry County Sheriff’s office.

Wolf went missing in May but his disappearance was not reported until later.  

Evans initial arraignment is scheduled for 1:30 Wednesday afternoon. He’s jailed on a $500,000 cash bond.

A Maryville convenience store shutdown by authorities reopened Monday.

The Finish Line convenience store on north Main St. was shutdown Friday after the Nodaway County Prosecutors office discovered the store did not a have a county liquor license.

Maryville’s City Council approved a city license earlier this summer and the state approved a liquor license but store owners did not renew the county license, Nodaway County Sheriff Darren White said.

Someone walked into the County Clerks office Monday morning to renew the permit.  It was renewed and an employee who answered the phone confirmed the store was back open by Monday afternoon.

It is against the law to operate without a liquor license and charges are expected to be filed.  However, there is some confusion as to who owns the store.

“There are dozens of convenience stores in our area that are owned by a group of Pakistani’s and I got this information from an attorney representing some of these people,” White said.

The store was raided in May after law enforcement had reason to believe the store was selling a banned synthetic drug, known as K-2.  The drug was banned by the Missouri legislature in 2010.  A similar version, K-3, was banned this year.  Law enforcement took some the alleged substance along with documents and computers from the store.

Store employee’s reportedly don’t know who owns the store either, White said.  Every permit posted in the building was issued to some employee of the business.  A man reportedly shows up once a week to pay the employees.

The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning through the weekend.

It won’t expire until Tuesday evening as hot weather once again settles in.

Temperatures in the St Joseph region are expected to be from 95 to more than 100 degree’s. The heat index will be more than 105 today and near 110 degree’s by Sunday. The high heat index may last through all of next week.

Find a cooling center in St Joseph by going the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Service website.

Click Here to find the interactive map  to search by zipcode.

A show dedicated to finding why states are shaped the way the are stopped by on a cold Sunday last year to film at the Patee House Museum.

The History Channel show How The States Got their Shapes stopped by to talk about the Pony Express.

The Pony Express had no impact on the shape of Missouri. It was founded after Missouri was a state. The show was doing a segment over how state’s communicated over long distance.

It will be the last show of the series. Host Bryan Unger confirmed on Twitter The History Channel will not renew the show for a second season.

It’s not the first time the musuem was featured on television. American Pickers stopped by last year and several other shows from History and Discovery Channels have stopped in, Director Gary Chicote said. They even had Home and Garden TV.

“They wanted to know what kind of furniture Jessie had, he laughed. I said you know he was an outlaw. He didn’t pick out style, it was whatever he could steal.”

If you missed the show this week, you can catch in on HULU.com.

Northwest Missouri State will continue to work with Carbolytic Materials at the university’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Maryville.

The Board of Regents approved to continue the partnership Thursday with the company that manufactures ApexCM, a carbon black replacement.

“We are pleased that Carbolytic Materials Company wished to renew its lease,” said Dr. Charles McAdams, dean of Northwest’s College of Arts and Sciences and chair of the CIE Advisory Board. “While Northwest is committed to the economic development of our region, CMC has made an important investment in the Maryville community with the building of its $19 million dollar plant. CMC continues to use the CIE for laboratory analysis and research and development. As their business grows it is anticipated that CMC’s footprint and use of the CIE will expand as well.”

The agreement allows the company to stay for another year. CMC is the first tenant of the building and is the first company to successfully recover a carbon black alternative from existing rubber products like tires.

They recycle the tires into carbon pellets or powder for use in plastics and rubber.

The St Joseph City Council announced their selection for the next city manager.

They will promote within and Public Works Director Bruce Woody will take the job.

He’s worked for St Joseph since 1997 Woody will start immediately as the interim city manager. The title will become permanent once a contract is reached with the city.

That relieves Police Chief Chris Conally of the city manager duties who severed as the interim manager since March.

Former city manager Vince Capell was to retire in May, but left the city in march for a job in Texas.

The city hired a firm in January for $23,000 to conduct a nationwide search. Five finalist, including Woody, were announced in June.  

A hot and humid air mass over the Midwest has prompted the heat advisory that’s in effect until Tuesday night.

The National Weather Service calls the situation dangerous and it poses an increased risk for heat related illness, especially in northwestern Missouri.

Profuse sweating, headache, nausea, muscle cramps and weakness are all signs of heat exhaustion and heat strokes.  Wear loose fitting clothing, drink plenty of water and if you work outside, schedule frequent breaks,  National Weather Service officials said

Temperatures are expected to reach the upper 90’s to the lower 100’s. Heat a index ranging from 105 to 115 across Missouri.