MARYVILLE, Mo. – Work to a water line will close a portion of Route 46 (1st Street) in Maryville Thursday.

The city of Maryville will close 1st Street between Mattie Street and Alvin Street beginning at approximately 8 a.m. on Thursday. The road will remain closed overnight and should reopen by noon on Friday, March 30.

MoDOT asks that motorists seek an alternate route during this time.

All work is weather permitting and could be rescheduled.

Jefferson City, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is reminding Missouri taxpayers to be wary of telephone and email scams throughout tax season.

According to a press release from Hawley’s office, in past years, phone scammers have acted like IRS agents in order to steal money.

“During tax season, my Office sees a rise in complaints from consumers regarding phone calls that threaten consumers with arrest and other consequences for allegedly failing to pay a tax bill,” Hawley said. “Be alert this tax season.”

The scams usually include a con artist making unsolicited calls claiming to be an IRS agent and demanding that the victim pay a tax bill. They try to get the victim to pay cash, usually through a wire transfer or a prepaid debit or gift card. The scammer will often make substantial threats, such as the threat of arrest or conviction, as means of intimidating a victim into paying. Scammers often alter caller ID numbers to make it look like the IRS or another government agency is calling.

Tax identity theft also increases during tax season. This occurs when an identity thief uses a taxpayer’s stolen identity to file a fraudulent return and claims the refund in the consumer’s name.

Attorney General Hawley offers the following tips and reminders to avoid IRS phone scams and tax identity theft.

The IRS will NEVER:

1. ​Call to demand immediate payment using a specific payment method – or ask for cash. Generally, the IRS will mail a bill to any taxpayer who owes taxes.
2. Threaten to immediately bring in the police or other law enforcement to have the taxpayer arrested for not paying.
3. Demand that the tax be paid without giving taxpayers the opportunity to question or appeal the amount owed.
4. Ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone.​

Signs that you may be a victim of tax fraud identity theft include:

• ​​​Receiving a notice or letter stating that: ​
  • More than one tax return was filed using your Social Security number;
  • You owe additional tax
  • You have a tax refund offset of which you were not aware;
  • The IRS or DOR records indicate that you received wages from an employer unknown to you;
  • The IRS or DOR questions your claim information pertaining to your dependents;
• ​Learning that collection actions were taken against you for a year you did not file a tax return or did not owe money;
• ​Being unable to process your return when using electronic software.

 To avoid becoming a victim of tax identity theft:

• ​File your taxes as early as you are able.
• Never give out personal information unless you know who specifically is requesting it.
• Protect your personal information by using firewalls and anti-spam and virus protection software, updating passwords on bank and tax preparation accounts, and refusing to share personal information with unsolicited callers or authors of unsolicited emails.

For more information concerning identity theft and tax fraud identity theft visit the Missouri Attorney General’s website at ago.mo.gov.

An investigation that began after a body was found March 19th in St. Joseph has been turned over to the Kansas City Police Department.

As previously reported, a body, identified as 28-year-old Tyler Duane Young of St. Joseph was found March 19th at 200 W. Nebraska Ave. abandoned in a vehicle. According to Capt. Jeff Wilson with the St. Joseph Police Department, autopsy results confirmed that Young’s death was the result of gunshot wounds.

As the investigation continued, it was discovered that Young was shot when he was in the Kansas City area. The case was turned over to the police department there and St. Joseph Police Department detectives will continue to work with them on the case.

(UPDATE 11 a.m.) Police have identified the man who died after a shooting Sunday on Lafayette Street.

St. Joseph Police identified the man as 24-year-old Lorenzo L. Lucas.

According to Capt. Jeff Wilson with the St. Joseph Police Department, the incident is being investigated as a homicide.

No arrests have been made at this time.

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A man is dead after a shooting Sunday evening on Lafayette Street in St. Joseph.

According to the St. Joseph Police Department, a man in his mid-20s died after a shooting at 7 p.m. in the 2700 block of Lafayette.

According to Sgt. Steve McClintick, there are no suspects in custody at this time and the shooting is still under investigation.  

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The following is a listing of general highway maintenance and construction work in the Northwest Missouri region planned for the week of March 26 – April 1 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, shoulder work, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, guardrail repairs and other road work conducted throughout the region. Many of these will be moving operations and could include lane closures with delays. All scheduled maintenance and construction projects are subject to change.

MoDOT reminds the public to stay alert, watch for road work, buckle up, slow down, and drive with extreme caution through work zones and in changing weather conditions.

For more information about a project, please contact MoDOT at 1-888-ASK-MoDOT (888-275-6636) or visit modot.org/northwest. You can also follow MoDOT’s Northwest Missouri District on Twitter @ModotNorthwest and on Facebook.

Andrew County

• U.S. Route 71 – Pothole patching from the city limits of Maryville (Nodaway County) to Route B, March 26 – 30

Atchison County

• U.S. Route 275 – Shoulder and drainage work, March 26 – 30
• Route C – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route UU (Nodaway County) to 130th Street, March 27, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Buchanan County

• Interstate 229 – CLOSED for roadway lighting repairs at the ramp from southbound I-229 to Route 759 (Exit 5), March 27, 8:30 to 9 a.m.
• Route 759 – CLOSED for roadway lighting repairs at the ramp from northbound Route 759 to northbound I-229, March 27, 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
• U.S. Route 59 (6th Street) – CLOSED for roadway lighting repairs at the ramp from U.S. Route 59 (6th Street) to northbound I-229, March 27, 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• U.S. Route 59 – CLOSED for roadway lighting repairs at the ramp from southbound U.S. Route 59 (St. Joseph Avenue) to southbound I-229, 12 to 12:30 p.m.
• I-229 – CLOSED for guardrail work at the ramp from southbound I-29 to northbound I-229, March 29, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Caldwell County

• Route 116 – Bridge maintenance at the railroad bridge near Polo, March 19 – 22. A temporary traffic signal will direct traffic through the work zone.

Carroll County

• Route E – Pothole patching from Route D to the city limits of Carrollton, March 26 – 27
• U.S. Route 65 – Pavement repair between Chillicothe (Livingston County) and the Missouri River, March 26 – 31, daylight hours

Dekalb County

• U.S. Route 36 – Eastbound narrowed to one lane around the Route 33 north/Route M interchange at Osborn for turn lane construction and median work, March 26 – 30, daylight hours

Gentry County

• Route 48 – Bridge maintenance at the Third Fork Platte River Bridge, March 26 – 29

Grundy County

• Route 6 – Bridge maintenance at the Trenton Sub Railroad Bridge, March 26 – 29

Harrison County

• Route EE – CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the Muddy Creek Bridge. The road will be closed through May.
• Route H – Driveway tube replacement two miles west of Route 146, March 26
• U.S. Route 69 – Driveway tube replacement 0.25 miles south of Eagleville, March 27

Holt County

• U.S. Route 59 – CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the Davis Creek Bridge. The road will be closed through June.

Linn County

• Route M – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Hill Road to Ingel Road, March 27 – 29, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily

Route M – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Ingel Road to Hyde Road, March 30, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Livingston County

• U.S. Route 36 – Flushing bridges, March 26 – 30
• U.S. Route 65 – Pavement repair between Chillicothe and the Missouri River (Carroll County), March 26 – 31, daylight hours

Nodaway County

• Route C – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route YY to Route UU, March 26, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• U.S. Route 71 – Pothole patching from the city limits of Maryville to Route B (Andrew County), March 26 – 30
• Route C – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route UU to 130th Street (Atchison County), March 27, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Route YY – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from 170th Street to 180th Street, March 28, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Route YY – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from U.S. Route 136 to 180^th Street, March 29, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Putnam County

• Route U – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from the Iowa state line to 110th Street, March 28, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Worth County

• Route K – CLOSED for a culvert replacement four miles east of Route 46, March 27 – 28, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily
• Route AA – CLOSED for a culvert replacement two miles east of Route C, March 29, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.