26-year-old John Ollie Baynham Jr. of St. Joseph has been identified by the St. Joseph Police Department as the man who was shot and killed early Thursday morning outside a bar.
Police said Baynham was shot outside the First and Last Chance Bar located at 1817 Garfield and was pronounced dead at the scene around 1:30 a.m.
Another 26-year-old was taken into custody in connection with the shooting.
Wilson said the investigation has been turned over to the Buchanan County Prosecutors Office.
Until charges are filed a name of the suspect will not be released.
Multiple arrests, methamphetamine and other drug paraphernalia were the result of a Drug Strike Force task operation conducted Wednesday morning at a home located near 19th and Holman.
According to Strike Force Capt. Mike Donaldson one man was arrested on drug charges, and two other individuals were taken into custody on warrants.
Donaldson said during the search methamphetamine and other drug-related paraphernalia were confiscated.
A statement expected this afternoon from Rick Hartigan, St. Joseph School District Chief Operating Officer who was placed on administrative leave with pay by the St. Joseph School Board last month has been canceled.
A representative with the Law Office of Michael Insco contacted the St. Joseph Post Thursday morning to say that Hartigan wished to make a statement to reporters at 1 p.m.
However, the statement was canceled less than an hour before the scheduled meeting.
Hartigan has been with the school district for more than 25 years.
The representative said it is not known at this time if the statement will be reschedule or made at all.
CLEVELAND (AP) — A man wanted in the killings of an elderly Ohio couple and in armed robberies in three states has been arrested in Arizona.
An FBI spokeswoman in Cleveland says 29-year-old Robert Clark was arrested Thursday by the Mohave County sheriff’s office in Kingman after a high-speed chase. Arrested with him was Tabatha Hazel, who is a suspect in the armed robberies but not in the killings.
A third companion fled and is still being sought by authorities.
Clark sparked a massive manhunt Tuesday in St. Joseph after someone called 911 and reported seeing him firing a rifle out of the window of a green van with Ohio plates. Another individual then reported seeing someone matching that description near Central High School which sparked a lockdown at Central and numerous other schools in town.
It was later determined by the St. Joseph Police Department that there was no way to determine that Clark had ever been in or even near the city.
Clark has been charged with murder in the deaths of 88-year-old Doyle Chumney and his 79-year-old wife, Lillian. Their remains were found inside their torched car on a country road Jan. 22, the day after they were reported missing from their home.
A murder suspect was taken into custody Wednesday night after a a police chase crossed multiple county lines in northwest Missouri.
Michael D. Burkman was wanted in Wayne County, Missouri on a warrant for first degree murder and armed criminal action and assault on law enforcement officers in Bollinger County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol received information on Burkman’s whereabouts shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday and located him in a stolen vehicle southbound on I-29 in Andrew County.
According to the MSHP Troopers tried to conducted a traffic stop but Burkman failed to yield and a pursuit ensued on southbound I-29.
The chase then went into Platte County and continued on various county roads when officers lost sight of the vehicle.
A short time later Platte County located Burkman who was involved in a traffic crash and was taken into custody by Troop A officers.
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission approved a plan Wednesday to work with a drastically reduced construction budget.
The Missouri Department of Transportation unveiled the plan last month as a way to take care of Missouri’s roads and bridges when its construction budget drops to $325 million in 2017. It’s a decision the Commission said hoped it would never have to make.
“This action truly sets the stage to transform Missouri’s transportation system and dramatically change the way we do business,” said Commission Chair Stephen Miller. “After years of making great progress on the condition of Missouri’s highways, we now face a future of watching our roads and bridges deteriorate.”
“Missouri’s 325 System” calls for MoDOT to focus its limited resources on only about 8,000 miles of Missouri’s 34,000-mile state highway system. The department will use its annual construction budget to keep these primary roads in the mostly good condition they are in today.
The remaining miles of roads and bridges will make up the state’s supplementary system and will receive only limited routine maintenance. That means MoDOT crews will do the best they can to maintain roads and bridges on the supplemental system with internal resources. Work will include filling potholes, patching pavement and flushing and sealing bridge decks. It won’t be enough, however, to keep supplementary roads from deteriorating over time.
“Missouri has the sixth largest highway system in the nation, but we rank 46th in revenue per mile,” said MoDOT Director Dave Nichols. “This plan prioritizes what we do with that shrinking revenue, but the only way to truly change Missouri’s status is to find a long-term funding solution.”
While it is up to Missouri’s legislators to determine the state’s investment in transportation, MoDOT estimates another $160 million each year in new state funds would allow the department to match all available federal funds, take care of the entire highway system in its current condition, reinstate the popular cost-share program, and potentially develop a flexible fund for regional transportation priorities.
The St. Joseph Street Department barely had time to finish clearing up after the last round of winter weather when snow hit the city Wednesday, the second time in a week.
“Yesterday we had the guys in and took all the spreaders off and cleaned all the salt out and washed everything out real good and greased stuff to make sure everything was ready to go,” Keven Schneider Assistant Superintendent Streets said.
Schneider said Wednesday morning crews were out salting routes but had not completed all of the route by the time the storm hit.
“We have been out on all of the emergencies and we have been out on the secondaries which are the connector routes that connect the emergencies together,” Schneider said.
At 1 p.m. Schneider said crews were monitoring road conditions trying to decide if it would be necessary to plow routes or if salt would be enough.
“It is melting where there is traffic,” Schneider said. “It’s still up in the air because it depends on how much we get.”
If it snows enough to plow Schneider said crews would be working on emergency routes as people head home from work.
“The emergencies no matter what are going to be at least decent,” he said. “The main thing is going to be the residential. Some of the hills that haven’t been treated yet might be a tad bit slick.”
Schneider recommends sticking to the main routes and taking it slow. It takes 24 hours to salt all the routes in St. Joseph. If crews have to plow, Schneider said it can take 72 to 96 hours to hit all the routes.
ST. JOSEPH – Staff from the office of Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder will conduct three listening posts in St. Joseph on Saturday, Feb. 7. The listening session is an opportunity for residents to meet with the Lieutenant Governor’s staff and share their opinions about issues facing St. Joseph and Missouri.
WHO: Staff members from the office of Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder
WHAT: Public listening posts to hear questions and concerns from local residents
WHERE AND WHEN:
1:30-2:00 p.m., East Hills Library, 502 N. Woodbine Road (next to East Hills Mall)
2:30-3:00 p.m., Washington Library, 1821 N. Third St.
3:30-4:00 p.m., Downtown Library, 927 Felix St.
JEFFERSON CITY (Feb. 4, 2015) – State Auditor Tom Schweich will be present the results of the St. Joseph School District audit on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 5:00 p.m.
State law gives the auditor the authority to audit all public and charter schools in Missouri. Schweich will present the audit findings and take questions from those in attendance. The event is open to the public.
WHO: Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich
WHAT: Results of the St. Joseph School District Audit
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
* LOCATION…NORTHERN MISSOURI…GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36.
* TIMING…THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS… 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
* BLOWING SNOW… NORTHERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED…WHICH MAY RESULT IN MINOR DRIFTING AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY.
* TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI DUE TO THE SNOW AND AND BLOWING
SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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Today Occasional snow with areas of blowing snow before 3pm, then a chance of snow between 3pm and 4pm. Temperature falling to around 12 by 5pm. Wind chill values between -3 and 5. North wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around -4. North wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light north northwest after midnight.
Thursday Sunny, with a high near 26. Wind chill values between -2 and -12. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 17. South wind 8 to 10 mph.
Friday Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. South southwest wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.
Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.
Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.
