Charges have been filed against two men caught during a police foot chase Thursday morning in connection with the burglary of a used car dealership.

According to court records, 30-year-old Kyle Embrey of St. Joseph and 30-year-old John Mehesan of St. Joseph have been charged with misdemeanor stealing in connection with burglary of 59 Auto, located at 6501 59 Highway.

As we previously reported St. Joseph police officers allegedly had to chase down the suspects on foot Thursday morning after officers noticed two men in the area of 59 Auto.

Sergeant James Langston said all stolen items were recovered.

Captain Jeff Wilson said both suspects were released from Buchanan County Jail on a summons to appear in court later this month.

 

More than 900 high school students participated in Missouri Western State University’s third annual Visual Arts Day on Oct. 9. The day’s events included a juried art exhibition, art competitions and events, and studio workshops in clay, graphics, animation, printmaking, painting, photography, drawing and sculpture.

The following prizes were awarded in the art exhibition:

DEAN’S AWARD

Allison Manley, Marysville High School, grade 11, for a charcoal drawing titled “Change.”

ART DEPARTMENT CHAIR AWARD

Natasha Hughes, North Andrew R VI, grade 11, for an untitled wood wall-hanging

DEPARTMENT OF ART AWARD

Isabella Libel, Riverside High School, grade 11, for a ceramic piece titled “Delicate Mess”

In addition, student and teachers competed in a “3-Throw” competition. Participants had three minutes to throw the tallest and widest shape possible from three pounds of clay.

The student 3-Throw competition had a three-way tie for first place:

·         Hunter Faucett, Raymore-Peculiar High School

·         Renardo Alejo, Smith-Cotton High School

·         Zack Huffman, Maysville High School

The teacher 3-Throw winner was Michael Shuckers of Smith-Cotton.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – All Northwest Missouri routes are now open after being closed due to water over the road, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. Other routes across Missouri may still be closed and MoDOT encourages travelers to check the Traveler Information Map at www.modot.org/northwest for all road closures before heading out.

Northwest Missouri State University crowned Matthew Tohl and Betsy Hildebrand as its 2014 Homecoming king and queen Thursday, Oct. 16, during opening night of the University’s annual Homecoming Variety Show.

Tohl is a senior biology major with an emphasis in zoology and hails from St. Louis. He is a member of Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity, Blue Key honor society, 102 River and Wildlife Club, Beta Beta Beta Ciological honor society, National Honor Society of Collegiate Scholars, Mortar Board honor society, Cardinal Key honor society, Phi Eta Sigma honor society, Alpha Chi honor society and Honors Student Association

Hildebrand is a senior public relations major from York, Neb. Her Northwest involvement includes service as a president and choreographer of the Northwest Dance Company, president of the Cardinal Key honor society president, vice president of the Lambda Pi Eta honor society vice president, vice president of public relations and membership for the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, treasurer of Echo, and chair of the Multiple Sclerosis Walk. She also is a member of P.E.O. Sisterhood and Mortar Board honor society, in addition to serving as a peer advisor for Freshman Seminar.

Northwest students selected the king and queen during a week of online voting Oct. 6-10.

This year’s Homecoming prince is Tate McCollum, the son of Ben and Michelle McCollum. The Homecoming princess is Kori Quinlin, the daughter of Joe and Kelly Quinlin. Tate and Kori attend kindergarten at St. Gregory’s School.

Today Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 41. North northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Sunny, with a high near 61. North wind 5 to 7 mph.

Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 41. Light and variable wind.

Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Light south southeast wind becoming south southwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning.

Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Monday Sunny, with a high near 70.

Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 65.

Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 64.

Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 42.

Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

The next phase of renovations to the Patee Market Health Center will cause issues for patients trying to access the building through the main entry.

Starting Monday, Oct. 20 the front door which serves as the main entrance to the health department will be closed. Patrons can still access services but will need to enter the building from the South door for Social Welfare Board services or the Northwest door for Health Department services.

The lobby and access to the elevator will be closed for around two weeks. According to a News Release from the health department, renovations are expected to be complete by the end of October.

Vital records will close Friday, Oct. 17 at 3 p.m. to relocate to the first floor.  Individuals needed to obtain Missouri birth and death records will not be able to do so again until Monday.

Authorities are asking for public assistance in locating 27-year-old Jasen Wright after he escaped from the Mercer County Jail last night while on recreation time.

Wright is described as a white man around 5’6″ and weighing 120 pounds.  He was last seen heading east from the Mercer County courthouse wearing an orange and white striped jail uniform, orange jail shoes and a black hoodie.

He was being held on a probation violation and tampering with an electronic monitoring device.

Mercer county said Wright is not consider to be a violent individual.  However, if you have information about his whereabouts contact law enforcement officials.

A shred event will be held this weekend for community members to securely dispose of important documents.

“Your personal security is very important,” said BMO Harris Bank Service Manager, Stacy Holmes. “In order to help everyone keep their financial information and personal information safe it’s a big benefit for the community for us to host this event and have everyone be able to come shred their paperwork for free.”

The event will take place Saturday, Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. to noon at BMO Harris Bank located at 4305 Frederick Ave.

Holmes says a shred truck that the bank uses to shred its own personal documents will be on hand for the event.

“We suggest any old tax documents older than 7-years, any old bank statements, credit card states, utility bills, or even any credit card offers that you would receive in the mail.  Anything that would any of your personal information on it we suggest that you shred,” said Holmes. “It’s important to shred it instead of just throwing it away because there’s a lot of people committing fraud.”

 

The title of “best pumpkin” is up for grabs at Edison Elementary as 19 classrooms compete for the trophy.

fourth-grade teacher, Jackie Holzhey said the competition was started last year as a morale boost for the kids.

“Get all the kids involved in working as a team and working together,” said Holzhey.

Each classroom in the school has picked a theme for their pumpkins and students are working together to design what they hope will be the winning gourd.

“I painted the white on there and I did the two sides,” said fourth-grader Isaiah Maxey.

Al Williams said he picked out the baseball theme for his fourth-grade class pumpkin.

“I helped paint it,” said Williams. “It’s a baseball.”

Each classroom will create their pumpkins this week, then they will be displayed for parents to see.  Holzhey said next week students will get to vote on their favorite pumpkin which cannot be their own.  The classroom that wins will get a trophy.

 

 

More than 40 hazard workstation were setup Thursday in the Civic Arena to give participants in the Hazard Lab the ability to identify real work-site issues.

“They’ll see similar things back where they work. So if they see something here that is a hazard that is an OSHA violation not only will it keep the workers safe they’ll be able to avoid those costly fines associated with OSHA violations,” said Safety & Health Council Director Sheldon Lyon.

It’s the second years for the Midland Empire Safety Association to host the Hazard Lab created by OSHA On-Site Consultants. Lyon said around 50 safety professionals and employees from all over Northwest Missouri will attend one of the two sessions held Thursday.

“There’s workstations here for welding, there’s work stations here for fall protection, just a lot of different scenarios,” said Lyon. “The priority here is just to keep everybody safe while they are at work.”

Participants were able to learn from the mobile training through lectures and labs set up to illustrate different types of issues that could be found at a work site.

Admission to the event was free for MESA and Safety Council member companies. Lyon said training like this is important to prevent unnecessary accidents from taking place.