ST. JOSEPH- A Missouri man was injured in an accident that tied up traffic just after 11 a.m. on Saturday in Buchanan County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Nissan Titan driven by Lynn A. Richey, 73, Forrest City, was merging from westbound U.S. 36, onto northbound Interstate 29.

The Nissan sideswiped a semi, began to skid, went off the right side of the road and hit a bridge rail. The semi traveled off the left side of the road and struck a guardrail.

Richey was transported to Mosaic Life Care. The semi driver from Florida was not injured.

The MSHP reported both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident.

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Update 12:22 p.m. ST JOSEPH PD: BOTH LANES OF NORTHBOUND I-29 AT US 36 ARE OPEN.
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The St Joseph Police Department just issued a nixle message before 11:30 a.m. Saturday letting motorists know of an accident blocking traffic in the northbound lane of I-29 at US 36 in Buchanan County due to traffic accident.

Use care driving with slick road conditions.

The St. Joseph School District Board of Education has announced it plans to hold another closed meeting.

The Board of Education will meet behind closed doors Monday, February 9 immediately following the 5 p.m. scheduled board meeting.

The executive session is expected to included closed records and a closed vote.

During the last closed meeting the Board passed a resolution to authorize attorney Duane Martin of Columbia to talk with attorney Joseph Hatley with the firm of Spencer Fane regarding an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment by Chief Financial Officer Beau Musser.

It also realized votes taken during a closed meeting held Jan. 20 where Superintendent Fred Czerwonka and Chief Operating Officer Rick Hartigan were placed on paid administrative leave and Dr. Jake Long was appointed acting Superintendent.

Currently we are still awaiting the results of a State Audit to be released to the public.

The board received audit findings Jan. 16 and had 30 days from that date to respond to the findings.

The St. Joseph Salvation Army has exceeded its Red Kettle Campaign goal for the first time in half a decade.

An extra two weeks allowed the Salvation army to collected a little more than its $350,000 goal.

Capt. Chuck Cook said it was a blessing.

“We were only at 25 percent with two weeks before Christmas Eve,” said Cook. “It means that we can continue the program that we keep trying to keep afloat.”

Last year the agency failed to reach a $400,000 goal collecting only $327,132.

Cook said this time they decided to take on a more realistic goal.

 

St. Joseph, Mo. —Jan. 30, 2014—Juilliard-trained pianist Kimball Gallagher will stop at Missouri Western State University as he nears the end of a 7-year concert tour of seven continents, 30 countries and more than 40,000 audience members. Gallagher will showcase original compositions, music from different cultures and traditional classics for the piano during a recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5 in the Potter Hall Theater. He will also present a lecture on entrepreneurship for Missouri Western music students, titled “Creating Possibility: Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Mindset,” at noon Friday, Feb. 6 in Potter Hall room 108. Both events are free and open to the public.

Kimball’s worldwide concert tour will conclude with a final concert at Carnegie Hall this April. It began with a simple recital in a living room, an experience that sparked inspiration within the young artist and irrevocably altered his career.

“Performing in the intimate setting of a home was completely different than performing in a concert hall,” Gallagher said. “It changed me in a profound way, and it made me realize how incredibly powerful music is to help foster human connection. I wanted to harness that energy and take it into less-explored settings, and do something a little different with my career.”

The 88 Concert Tour inspired by that experience grew into a larger initiative that has included more than 300 performances, including 84 home concerts, and has taken Gallagher across all seven continents, including Antarctica. Performance settings have ranged from living rooms in Fiji to the Cairo Opera House, to being hosted by Oscar-winning actor Ethan Hawke, to gatherings at the United Nations in New York, to classrooms across rural schools in Taiwan.

For information about Gallagher’s appearances at Missouri Western, call the Department of Music at 816-271-4420 or email Dr. Nathanael May, assistant professor of music, at nmay@missouriwestern.edu. Learn more about the 88 Concert Tour atkimballgallagher.com/.

A St. Joseph man was sentenced with probation Thursday for stealing evidence from the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office .

Brett O’Dell, 28, a former deputy of the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office, pleaded guilty in November for stealing more than $5,000 cash and prescription drugs from the Caldwell County evidence vault.

According to online court documents O’Dell was sentenced Thursday to two seven-year sentences for counts of theft/stealing a class C felony and possession of controlled substances, also a class C felony.  His sentences were suspended and has been placed on five years of supervised probation.

O’Dell was also required to surrender his Peace Officer License and to pay restitution.

 

St. Joseph, MO  – The Greater St. Joseph Youth Hockey Association invites boys and girls ages four to nine years old to Bode Ice Arena on Saturday, February 21 at 3:30pm for a Try Hockey For Free clinic to experience ice hockey for the first time and learn the basics of the sport in a fun, safe environment.

The Try Hockey For Free Day, presented by Kraft, is part of USA Hockey’s eighth annual Hockey Weekend Across America celebration, which runs nationwide Feb. 20 – 22. This program, designed to provide youth hockey associations a national platform to introduce new kids to the sport, is a joint‐effort between USA Hockey, the National Hockey League, and NHL member clubs. Try Hockey For Free Day is presented by Kraft, with Total Hockey and Liberty Mutual Positive Play as official sponsors. USA Hockey has over 300 locations offering kids between the ages of 4 and 9 years old this unique opportunity.

“We look forward to introducing new families to our sport,” said Dustin Ham President of the GSJYHA “To help keep costs reasonable for parents, this program is our first step to offering new families an easy and inexpensive way to get started in youth hockey.” All equipment will be available for use free of charge.

To register your child to participate, please visit www.TryHockeyForFree.com or contact Bode Ice Arena @ (816) 271 – 5506

About Hockey Weekend Across America
The eighth annual Hockey Weekend Across America, presented by CCM, is a three-day celebration of the sport of hockey at every level. Each day of the weekend has a theme, including Wear Your Favorite Hockey Jersey, sponsored by ShopUSAHockey.com on Friday, Feb. 20; Try Hockey Day, sponsored by the NHL, on Saturday, Feb. 21; and Celebrate Local Hockey Heroes, on Sunday, Feb. 22.

A ribbon cutting was held Thursday afternoon to mark the grand re-opening of Missouri Western State University’s Career Development Center.

The Career Development Center now provides students, employers and guests access to fully technologically equipped workstations, an employer workspace, an interview room and a meeting space. It expanded its personnel and developed additional programs to promote MWSU students’ career readiness and skill building for workforce preparation.

During the past year it added a variety of additional services such as: personalized career exploration and coaching sessions, resume critiques, portfolio profile development programs, job searching strategy seminars for the global market and civic engagement opportunities.

Three people are in trouble for supplying alcohol or intoxicants to minors in Livingston County.

According to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office deputies teamed up with the Midland Empire Alcohol Tack Force to conduct and undercover investigation.

During the investigation a 30-year-old Chillicothe resident was issued a citation for alleged Supply Liquor to a Minor in the 900 block of S. Washington, a 32-year-old Breckenridge residence was issued a citation for alleged Supply Intoxicants to a Minor in the 600 block of W. Business 36 and a 27-year-old Hamilton resident was issued a citation for alleged supplying intoxicants to a Minor in the 8000 block of Liv 511.

All three were given a Livingston County Associate Court date of February 18, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.

The LCSO and Midland Empire Task Force said the plan is to occasionally continue these types of investigation.

The Livingston County Sheriffs Office is asking for help in a string of day time burglaries.

The office is asking the public for tips after two home burglaries this week in Chillicothe that authorities think could have been committed by the same suspect.

As we previously reported, Wednesday both the Livingston County Sheriffs Office and the Chillicothe Police Department responded to a report of a residential burglary that took place in the 20000 block of Highway Z south of Chillicothe.

Another burglary took place at a home in Chilliothe during that same time frame.

Investigators said there were a similarity in how both burglaries were operated.

A potential suspect vehicle was described as looking like or similar to a BMW that may be gray in color with blacked wheels and tinted windows occupied by a white male possibly 20’s to 30’s.

Anyone with information on these crimes are asked to call either the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office or Chillicothe Police through dispatch at 660-646-2121.

 

The Trenton Police took to social media Thursday to ask for public assistance in identifying the driver and vehicle that hit a truck in the Trenton HyVee parking lot.

The driver allegedly hit the truck in the parking lot of the HyVee located at 1617 East 9th Street, Trenton, and then fled the scene.

Police posted a picture of the damage and ask anyone with information to contact Sgt. Walker or Officer Burks at 660-359-5557.