St. Joseph Police are investigating after an attempted home invasion Monday night.

According to Sgt. Steve McClintick with the department, around 10:30 p.m. Monday, a suspect entered a home in the 1100 block of South 11th Street. McClintick said a resident of the house was awake and chased the unarmed suspect out of the house. Another suspect, who was outside the house, fired shots towards the house as they left in what was described as a dark colored car with tinted windows. McClintick said a structure and vehicle in the backyard were hit by gunfire, but no one was injured and nothing was taken from the house.

The suspect who entered the house was described as a white male in his late teens or early 20s and it is believed that there were two more people in the car, in addition to the suspect who shot at the house.

No one is in custody at this time and anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 238-TIPS.

The day to cast a vote on the proposed tax levy is Tuesday.

As previously reported, the St. Joseph School District Board of Education approved language for a $1.15 tax increase. The levy was placed on the November ballot without a sunset clause.

The move comes after the district’s special task force, 1Vision recommended the increase which includes a 63-cent operating levy and 52 cents via the Prop-C rollback.

Groups on both sides of the issue say they desire a healthy school district but have differing ideas on how to achieve that.

Kristi Arthur and Pat Dillon are part of Move St. Joseph Forward, a group in support of Proposition 1.

“Hopefully people realize this is happening because the 63 cents sunset several years ago,” Arthur said. “So to get that back into the operating dollars and then we’re adding 52 cents to be able to plan for the future and add teachers and do some air conditioning for some of the schools and one-to-one technology. There’s a lot of really good information in the 1Vision plan that you can find so.. Look at the 1Vision plan and you can find out what the money is going to be going to.”

Chris Danford and Eric Bruder are two former St. Joseph School District Board of Education members. Danford and Bruder are part of Support A Better SJSD, a group in opposition to Proposition 1.

Danford said a no vote is not against students or the school, but against the current plan. Danford said if Proposition 1 does not pass on Tuesday, the next step is to go back to the drawing board and come up with another plan.

“We can get there (to having a healthy school district) if we’re intentional about how we’re going to get there. This plan is very vague. Let’s be intentional, let’s focus on student achievement… We need to address teacher’s salaries, we need to address those class sizes, we need to look at that operating expenses, what is truly needed, it isn’t $1.15,” Danford said. “We need to look at pulling those capital expenses out but then you have to have a facilities plan. That doesn’t happen overnight, it’s going to take some time.”

Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. For more information about Election Day and to view sample ballots, click here.

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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 Nov. 6 – 12 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, bridge maintenance, striping, brush cutting, mowing, 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 Route B to Route U (Nodaway County), Nov. 6 – 9

Atchison County

U.S. Route 136 – CLOSED at the Little Tarkio Creek for a bridge replacement project. The road will remain closed through December.

U.S. Route 136 – Railroad maintenance at the crossing in Phelps City. One lane at a time will be closed. Nov. 6, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Route U – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route E to U.S. Route 136, Nov. 6 – 7, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., daily

Interstate 29 – Pothole patching, Nov. 6 – 10

U.S. Route 136 – Shoulder work from the city limits of Rock Port to the city limits of Tarkio, Nov. 6 – 10

 

Buchanan County

Route DD – CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the bridge over I-29 at Faucett at Exit 35. The bridge will remain closed through mid-November.

I-229 – CLOSED for sign installation at the ramp from southbound I-229 to eastbound U.S. Route 36, Nov. 7, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Route 371 – Culvert repair and tree trimming from Route CC to Route A, Nov. 7 – 8

Route H – Drainage work from Route M to Route FF, Nov. 7 – 10

Chariton County

Route HH – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Peabody Road to McDonald Road, Nov. 6, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route KK – Drainage work from Moses Hurt Road to Bill Bass Avenue, Nov. 7 – 8

Route WW – Drainage work from Route KK to Salem Avenue, Nov. 9

Clinton County

Route M – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from East Wells to 352^nd Street, Nov. 6 – 7, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

DeKalb County

Route EE – Milling and pothole patching, Nov. 6 – 9

Gentry County

Route F – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from 320^th Street to County Road 546, Nov. 6, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route W – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from 317^th Street to 310^th Street, Nov. 7, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route W – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from 327^th Street to 317^th Street, Nov. 8, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Grundy County

Route K – Sealing from the Livingston County line to Route E, Nov. 6 – 8

Harrison County

Route P – CLOSED for sealing from Route TT to U.S. Route 69, Nov. 6, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route D – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from 300^th Street to 290^th Street, Nov. 9, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route D – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from 270^th Street to 280^th Street, Nov. 10, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Holt County

Route 118 – The ramp from Route 118 to southbound I-29 is CLOSED for the Davis Creek Bridge replacement project through mid-December.

I-29 – Bridge replacement project at the Davis Creek Bridge near Exit 84. I-29 will be narrowed to one lane in each direction. This includes a 12-foot width restriction. The lane closures will remain in place through mid-December.

Linn County

Route C – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route V to Route 11, Nov. 7, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Livingston County

Route K – Sealing, Nov. 8 – 10

Mercer County

U.S. Route 136 − CLOSED for a bridge replacement project at the Muddy Creek Bridge. The road will be closed through February 2018.

Route JJ – Bridge maintenance at the East Honey Creek Bridge, Nov. 6 – 9

Nodaway County

Route 148 – Bridge maintenance at the One Hundred and Two River Bridge and Beard Creek Bridge, Nov. 6

U.S. Route 71 – Pothole patching from Route B (Andrew County) to Route U, Nov. 6 – 9

Route M – Bridge maintenance at the One Hundred and Two River Bridge, Nov. 7

Sullivan County

Route M – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from King Road to Gentry Drive, Nov. 6, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route M – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from King Road to Grove Drive, Nov. 7, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Route M – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Grove Drive to Route B, Nov. 7, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Worth County

Route Z – CLOSED for a culvert replacement two miles south of Route 46, Nov. 7, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

According to a press release, two of the music performances previously announced have been canceled: the Music Technology Ensemble Concert on Nov. 7 and the Faculty Recital by Sascha Groschang on Nov. 8.

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Department of Music at Missouri Western State University has several performances scheduled in this week. All concerts are free and open to the public.

·        Music Technology Ensemble Concert, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall.

·         Faculty Recital: Sascha Groschang, cello, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, Potter Hall Theater. Groschang is an active recitalist and chamber musician, having performed across the United States and Asia. She has appeared at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall numerous times, and gave her solo debut recital at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in 2009. She has shared the stage with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Michael Bublé, Peter Gabriel, Josh Groban, Sarah Mclachlan and has extensive recording experience, including sessions for NBC, Atlantic and Rhino Records. She is an adjunct faculty member at Missouri Western.

·         Music Department Recital, noon Friday, Nov. 10, Potter Hall Theater. Instrumental and vocal music majors will perform various musical works at the monthly department-wide recital.

·         Faculty Recital: Dr. Paul Hindemith, baritone, and Dr. Nathanael May, piano, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, Potter Hall Theater. Dr. Hindemith’s professional career has taken him from coast to coast and overseas performing opera, oratorio, operetta, musical theatre, and art song. Hailed as “touching and expressive” by the Washington Times and as “vocally and theatrically sturdy” by the Baltimore Sun, the baritone has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra; the San Diego, Utah Festival, Ohio Light, Skylark, and Fargo-Moorhead Operas; and theatre companies like Theatre Latté Da in Minneapolis and the Robidoux Resident Theatre in Saint Joseph. He is director of vocal studies at Missouri Western. As a festival producer, concert organizer, recording artist, consultant, educator, and pianist, Dr. May seeks to engage audiences with music of the modern era. Noted for ‘quicksilver grace’ (Fanfare) and ‘highly developed, extremely differentiated touch and sound’ (Fuldaer Zeitung), he has performed on three continents and was named the 2012 Winner of the American Prize in recorded solo piano performance. He is associate professor of music at Missouri Western.

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s time for a change in America — a time change. Let’s sleep an extra hour to that.

At 2 a.m. local time Sunday, daylight saving time is ending, and it’s back to standard time for most people in the United States.

The shift means it’s lighter earlier in the morning and darker earlier in the evening. And you’ll get 60 minutes more of shut-eye between Saturday night and Sunday wake-up.

Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and most of Arizona don’t observe daylight saving time, so there’s no need to change the clocks in those places.

Daylight saving time will return at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, March 11.

An upcoming event in St. Joseph will seek to address what to do locally to combat the opioid crisis. 

St. Joseph is one of nine cities in Missouri selected to host regional summits to address the opioid crisis. 

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Director Dr. Randall Williams will be speaking, along with others from law enforcement, the Missouri Department of Mental Health and a local resident who has dealt with addiction.

Health Educator for the City of St. Joseph Health Department Nancy Taylor said the first half of the summit will consist of speakers and the last part will include a local impact and strategy session.

“We will look at how do we address our issue locally with these different panelists and then through group discussion,” Taylor said. “Then just getting feedback from people on what we can do locally, whether it’s Buchanan County, Andrew County, or any of the counties in northwest Missouri, how do we handle the opioid crisis.”

The Missouri Opioid Summit takes place from 7:30 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, November 14th, at Missouri Western State University’s Fulkerson Center. Taylor said registration is almost full.

For more information, click here.

The Buchanan County Clerk’s office will be open Saturday for absentee voting.

Anyone that will be out of town on November 7th, can vote in-person from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Clerk’s office in St. Joseph located at 411 Jules Street, Room 121 in the County Courthouse. 

In-person absentee voting ends Monday at 5 p.m.

For more information, click here or contact the Buchanan County Clerk’s office at (816) 271-1412.