The St. Joseph Police Department has identified a man shot at N. Belt Walmart Monday night.

According to Capt. Jeff Wilson, 29-year-old Richard Elledge was shot in the abdomen. Elledge was transported by private vehicle to Mosaic Life Care and underwent emergency surgery.

Wilson said the injury was believed to be non-life threatening.

Officers responded to the shooting call outside the store just after 8 p.m.

According to Officer Keith Dudley an altercation took place inside the store between two men and then spilled out into the parking lot. After the fight became physical Dudley said one man pulled a gun and fired a shot.

Saint Joseph Police took a 56-year-old man into custody just before 1 a.m. Tuesday for investigation of first-degree assault after releasing photos taken from surveillance footage at Walmart of two individuals wanted for questioning in connection with the shooting.

Wilson said and investigation is ongoing.

The new YMCA at the St. Joseph Community Campus was closed early Tuesday morning after issues with the sprinkler system.

“The steam room overheated when the doors were opened the heat from the steam caused one sprinkler to go off,” said Mark Cartledge, YMCA CEO.

Staff found the sprinkler issue prior to opening the facility for use at around 4:50 a.m.

Cartledge said water damaged was caused on the carpet and locker rooms, however the cost of the damages is minimal.

“We’re just cleaning up a little water at this point and getting things cleaned,” said Cartledge. “We expect to be open this afternoon.”

He said that the steam room generator operators were already out looking at adjusting the temperature to fix the situation in the future.

The “Y” is expected to reopen at 3 p.m.

Cartledge apologized for any inconvenience the closing had for members.

 

 

Saint Joseph police took a 56-year-old man into custody Tuesday morning  in connection with a shooting Monday night at the North Belt Walmart. Police Sergeant Brett Kelly says the suspect called police and said he wanted to turn himself in. Officers picked him up shortly before 1 am for investigation of first degree assault.

Police had released a photo taken from surveillance video footage of two individuals wanted for questioning in connection with the shooting.

Officers responded to a shooting call outside the store just after 8 p.m.

According to Officer Keith Dudley an altercation took place inside the store between two men and then spilled out into the parking lot. After the fight became physical Dudley said one man pulled a gun and fired a shot. The injured man ran from the scene and was transported by private vehicle to Mosaic Life Care where he underwent emergency surgery.

 

The. St. Joseph Police Department is currently investigating a shooting at N. Belt Walmart.

Police responded to a shooting call outside of the N. Belt Walmart just after 8 p.m.

According to Officer Keith Dudley an altercation took place inside the store between two men and then spilled out into the parking lot. After the fight became physical Dudley said one man pulled a gun and fired a shot. The injured man ran from the scene and was transported by private vehicle to Mosaic Life Care where he under went emergency surgery.

Police are currently looking for two individuals a man and a woman who were at the scene for questioning. A photo will be released shortly.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on the TIPS Hotline at (816) 238-TIPS.

Will update as more information becomes available.

United Way KinderClub is enrolling now for its fall Kindergarten program at North Andrew R-VI Elementary or Savannah School District Elementary schools.

The United Way said the program is designed to help parents prepare their children for success in school and that each school tailors its own meeting schedule.

North Andrew R-VI Elementary begins on February 5 and meets weekly through March 5.

Amazonia Elementary, Helena Elementary, John Glenn Elementary, and Minnie Cline Elementary will kick off their United Way KinderClub on February 10 and meet every other week through April 7.

All sessions will be held at the schools from 6:00 to 7:00 pm. More schools are expected to announce their United Way KinderClub schedules soon.

United Way said KinderClub is designed to ease the transition into kindergarten. Meetings will cover important school readiness skills and provide parents with the information and resources they need to help their child become ready for school. Sessions will be led by outstanding school district teachers and staff. Participants are strongly encouraged to attend sessions at the school which their child will enroll in for kindergarten.

For more information or to enroll, visit stjosephunitedway.org or call the school offices (North Andrew R-VI Elementary, 816-567-2527; Amazonia Elementary, 816-475-2161; Helena Elementary, 816-369-2865; John Glenn Elementary, 816-279-4533; Minnie Cline Elementary, 816-324-3915) or Bobbie Cronk at United Way, 816-364-2381.

Sunshine Electronic Display Corporation located in St. Joseph announced Monday it has expanded electronic signage to allow gas companies to electronically change signs as prices fall and rise.

According to a news release Sunshine has created super-bright LED electronic signs for around 30 gas stations in St. Joseph and 20 in the Kansas City metro area.

Sunshine’s chairman and CEO Kendall Randolph said that Sunshine creates the bright bold LED numbers on the signs for the fuel and lottery industries.

“The company that owns the signs controls the changes directly from their computers,” Randolph said. “They can manage one sign or multiple signs anywhere in the country. The changes are uplinked to Sunshine’s data centers that remotely make the changes within one minute using cellular modems. With falling gas prices, we’ve seen a lot of price changes go through our data centers.”

Sunshine also manufactures lottery billboard signs in 34 of the 42 states that have state lotteries, including Missouri and Kansas.

The company said all of the electronic signs are fabricated in St. Joseph; most of the components are American made. The few components that are not American made are not available in the United States.

The 43-year-old Sunshine Electronics Display Corporation employees 120 people. It has two data centers in St. Joseph and one located at 1102 Grand in Kansas City, Mo.

The company said it has more than 14,000 displays installed in the United States.

The Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 9-month-old boy shot and killed Monday morning by his 5-year-old brother.

According to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office, Alexis Wiederholt called 911 at 8:58 a.m. asking for an ambulance to respond to her home located at 101 S. Scott in Elmo, Mo.

Wiederholt allegedly told dispatch her 5-year-old son had shot her 9-month-old son in the head with a paintball gun.  However, when law enforcement and medical personnel arrived it was determined that the infant had been shot in the head with a .22 magnum revolver.

The child was flown from the scene to Children’s Mercy Hospital by Life Net Air Ambulance but did not survive.

Authorities said the case appears to be accidental and no foul play is expected at this time.

The case is under investigation by the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol, Nodaway County Ambulance, Nodaway County Rescue, Clearmont Fire and Life Net Air Ambulance all assisted.

A two vehicle accident sent two women to the hospital Monday afternoon.

Just after 12:30 p.m. at Belt Highway and Mitchell Avenue St. Joseph Police Department Sgt. Steve Smith said the driver of the truck driving westbound on Mitchell Ave. made a left hand turn in front of the driver of the Truck headed eastbound causing the accident.

“Any of the intersections out here are extremely busy especially around lunchtime, rush hour, morning and evening,” Smith said. “People just need to pay more attention to what’s going on, pay attention to what’s around them and make sure they have a clear traffic path before they make any turning maneuvers or lane changes or anything else.”

Smith said one woman was transported to Mosaic Life Care with non-life threatening head injuries.  The second driver was pregnant and also transported to Mosaic Life Care for an evaluation.

The driver of the westbound truck was issued a ticket for left-hand turn in front of another vehicle.

M.L.King Day Sunny, with a high near 56. West southwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light and variable.

Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. West northwest wind around 7 mph.

Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. West northwest wind 6 to 13 mph.

Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. West northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. West northwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 41.

Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 27.

Friday Sunny, with a high near 48.

Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Saturday Partly sunny, with a high near 46.

Saturday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Sunday Partly sunny, with a high near 45.