A man was shot in the leg after a disturbance in midtown Wednesday night.
According to Captain Jeff Wilson with the St. Joseph Police Department, officers responded to a call at 7:19 p.m. Wednesday. Wilson said a disturbance resulted in a 52-year-old St. Joseph man being shot in the leg. The man was transported to Mosaic Life Care for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Wilson said they do not have anyone in custody as of Thursday afternoon but they do have a person of interest in the case.
Police are investigating a burglary at a Speedy’s Convenience Store in St. Joseph Thursday morning.
According to Sgt. Wayne Byrom with the St. Joseph Police Department, at 1:30 a.m., the suspect broke out a window of the store at the Belt Highway and Beck Road which triggered an alarm. An unknown amount of merchandise and cash were taken.
Police are still investigating and there is no suspect at this time.
Police are investigating a burglary at a Dollar General store early Wednesday morning.
According to the St. Joseph Police Department, the store at 1415 North Belt Highway was broken into around 3:20 a.m. and officers are still investigating.
There are no suspects at this time and it’s unknown yet what all was taken.
A man was seriously injured after being stabbed Monday night.
According to the St. Joseph Police Department, around 10:45 p.m. in the 300 block of 12th Street, a disturbance broke out due to what police say appeared to be a disagreement and a man in his 40s was stabbed. He was transported to Mosaic Life Care with serious injuries.
Police say a male and female are in custody. The incident is still under investigation.
Police are investigating after a knife fight early Friday morning in the 300 block of South 12th Street in St. Joseph.
According to the St. Joseph Police Department, they received a report of a stabbing around 1:20 a.m., which turned out to be a fight between two female neighbors over a parking space in the street in front of their houses. Police said both suffered injuries and one sought medical treatment.
No arrests have been made and police are still investigating the incident.
Police are investigating two related gas station burglaries early Thursday morning.
According to Sgt. Brett Kelley with the St. Joseph Police Department, officers responded to an alarm at 2:13 a.m. at U.S. Oil located at 601 South 22nd Street. They found the front door had been forced open and the cash register had been taken.
Another alarm went off at 2:59 a.m. at Riverside 66 located at 5430 Frederick. Officers again found the front door forced open and the cash register taken.
Kelley said the suspects are three black males of unknown age, possibly driving a newer dark colored SUV.
Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS hotline at (816) 238-TIPS.
Eugene Field sixth grade students vote in a mock election on November 8, 2016. Photo by Sarah Thomack
Eugene Field Mock Election ballot. Photo by Sarah Thomack.
Polls are open until 7 p.m. in Missouri, but all ballots were in before lunch at Eugene Field Elementary School.
The school held a mock election and each class, Kindergarten through 6th grade, voted for who they would like to see as the next president of the United States.
“I think everyone should get to vote and I think it was important for our school to vote so we could see who would win for our school since we don’t get to vote,” Logan Shoots, Student Council Secretary and sixth grader said. “But I think it was important for people to vote for their opinions.”
Shoots and other 6th graders in Mrs. Clinton’s class (no, not THAT Mrs. Clinton) said what they know about politics or this election they’ve learned from their family or the news. Shoots said he thinks it’s important for everyone to get out and vote today.
“Because America needs a leader and we need a leader to guide us so nothing bad happens,” Shoots said. “But if something bad happens we need someone to fix it.”
Sixth grade teacher Taylor Clinton said the Student Council was behind the mock election held Tuesday morning. They created the ballots that were distributed to all the classes. In Mrs. Clinton’s class, students voted two by two at a table in the corner of the room and then put their ballots into an empty Kleenex box and received a sticker.
In addition to voting, Clinton said they have a morning exercise called, “Writing into the Day.”
“Since the election is today, the prompt is, ‘Why is it important for Americans to vote?’ and then, ‘How much do you know about politics and where do you learn your information?’”
Clinton said the important part of the mock election is making sure students know their vote counts.
“We just really try to stress that every vote matters,” Clinton said. “A lot of the kids think, ‘Oh I’m just one person and my vote’s not going to make a difference.’ So we want them to know that when they do get to the voting age, that every vote counts and that they need to get out there and be heard, it’s important to stay informed and it’s never too young to start that process.”
Trump won by just 19 votes. Students cast 161 votes for Trump and 142 for Clinton.
An event celebrating community members who go above and beyond to serve others takes place this week.
Superstars for Kids is an event sponsored by the St. Joseph Youth Alliance which started as part of their annual meeting luncheon but has since become its own event. This year, the event will honor 11 members of the community who have been nominated by others.
St. Joseph Youth Alliance Executive Director Robin Hammond said the event is an opportunity to recognize members of the community that go above and beyond to support kids.
“Sometimes it can be because this individual does an excellent job in their work, it could also be an individual who does a lot of great things in the community as a volunteer,” Hammond said. “So it’s not just doing it all on your own time, it’s those people that really stand out and shine, they really change people’s lives, those are the kinds of things we want to honor. It really truly takes just one person to stop and pay attention and just that little bit can really impact someone’s life. Many times the individual doesn’t even have any idea the impact they’re having and this opportunity through Superstars for Kids gives us the chance to let them know how much we appreciate what they do.”
Hammond said a group of youth volunteers will also be recognized at the Thursday event. The 13 volunteers have earned the President’s Volunteer Service Award by volunteering at least 100 hours of their time within a year.
Martin T. Rucker II will be speaking at the event. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri and a past NFL player.
“He’s going to share a little bit about his journey along the way and hopefully his message will resonate well with our young folks and let them know that they can dream to be anything they want to be,” Hammond said.
The Superstars for Kids event takes place on Thursday, Nov 10, at the Fulkerson Center on the campus of Missouri Western State University. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. Individual ticket costs are $35 for adults and $15 for children 12 and under. Tickets are available at the Youth Alliance office and must be purchased in advance before Tuesday.
What started out as a few local films shown at Foster’s Martini Bar has turned into an event that lasts several days and features films from around the world.
Lisa Erdman is the Executive Director of the Outlaw Film Festival in St. Joseph which begins Wednesday night and continues through Saturday. Erdman said this is the 4th year of the festival which started out as Foster’s Film Festival due to the venue and now takes place at Paradox Coffee and Theatre.
“I’m a movie critic and movie fanatic and a lot of people in my social circle love movies as well. A group of us started talking about how sad it was that there was so much talent coming out of St. Joe with students at Missouri Western, students at Northwest Missouri State that would go into the film genre and then leave St. Joe because there’s really nothing here for them to do to pursue their dreams,” Erdman said. “So we thought let’s at least try to celebrate the ones that do stick around, so we were really encouraging local filmmakers to share their work with us. That’s kind of how it got started and that’s our main focus is to celebrate the local filmmakers and also give the community a place to experience film outside of your typical movie theater.”
Erdman said in addition to local filmmakers they have films from around the world from places such as Russia, China and France.
“But we really hope to see the local number of filmmakers that submit continue to climb,” Erdman said. “To that end, we’re going to have a separate award category at our awards ceremony that will be just for filmmakers who live within 100 miles of St. Joseph.”
Erdman said they began receiving more submissions when they joined the website FilmFreeway, where filmmakers can upload their work and festival directors can post information about their events, which in turn is accessible to filmmakers from around the world. Erdman said they began with seven films the first year and this year over 150 films were submitted and the event will screen 81 different films. The short films were chosen by a jury of judges including Broadcast Film Critics Association members from around the state and a professor from a local university. Films are ranked according to acting, writing, cinematography and more. Awards will be presented Saturday night.
Erdman said one of the highlights of the festival is the Young Filmmakers Showcase Thursday night featuring the work of filmmakers under the age of 21, including films by students from Lafayette High School.
The Outlaw Film Festival begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 2nd. Film screenings begin at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department is investigating after a fatal shooting Sunday night in St. Joseph.
According to Col. Bill Puett, around 10:45 p.m., a 75-year-old man was shot in the 3400 block of Southeast McQueen Road. He was transported by ambulance to the hospital where he later died. A 23-year-old man was taken into custody in DeKalb County in connection with the shooting.
The shooting is still under investigation and Puett said they want to notify family members before releasing anymore details. He said more information should be available later today.
A man was shot in the leg after a disturbance in midtown Wednesday night.
An event celebrating community members who go above and beyond to serve others takes place this week.
