An Iowa teenager was killed in a head-on crash Sunday night in Mercer County.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, at 9:35 p.m., 16-year-old Elijah C. Mandich of Mount Moriah, was driving a Dodge 1500 south on US-65 three miles north of Princeton and 18-year-old Saige R. Boswell of Lineville, Iowa, was driving north on US-65. Mandich traveled into the northbound lane as he was trying to pass another vehicle and the pickup hit Boswell’s Ford Explorer head on.

Boswell was pronounced deceased at the scene at 9:45 p.m. Mandich was transported by Mercer County ambulance and then life flighted to Methodist Medical Center in Iowa for treatment of serious injuries.

According to the crash report, Boswell was wearing a seat belt. It is unknown if Mandich was wearing a seat belt.

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 Oct. 9 – 15 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 or visit modot.org/northwest. You can also follow MoDOT’s Northwest Missouri District on Twitter @ModotNorthwest and on Facebook.

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 – Resurfacing project from just east of Route O to just east of Route M, Oct. 9 – 13. A pilot car will direct traffic through the work zone.
• Interstate 29 – Pothole patching, Oct. 13
• U.S. Route 136 – Shoulder work from the Rock Creek Bridge in Rock Port to the city limits of Tarkio, Oct. 13

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 October.
• I-29 – The on and off ramps at southbound I-29 will be CLOSED for the Route DD Bridge replacement project. Oct. 9 – 15. During this closure, the I-29 frontage road will be accessible from Route DD, but not from the interstate.
• U.S. Route 59 – Pothole patching from just north of Karnes Road to Country Club Village, Oct. 9 – 13
• Route 6 – Resurfacing project from Route AC (Riverside Road) to I-29, Oct. 9 – 14. No left turns will be permitted at Frederick Avenue and Leonard Road.
• Route H – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route DD to Route E, Oct. 10, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Route H – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route DD to Route H, Oct. 13, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Carroll County

• Route E – Drainage work from County Road 177 to County Road 165, Oct. 11

Daviess County

• Route 6 – Milling and pothole patching, Oct. 10 – 13
• Route 6 – Pavement repair from Route 13 to Route DD, Oct. 10 – 13

DeKalb County

• Route 31 – Shoulder work from U.S. Route 36 to U.S. Route 169 (Gentry County), Oct. 9 – 13
• Route EE – Milling and pothole patching, Oct. 10 – 13

Gentry County

• U.S. Route 169 – Shoulder work from Route 31 to Stanberry, Oct. 9 – 13
• Route 31 – Shoulder work from U.S. Route 36 (DeKalb County) to U.S. Route 169, Oct. 9 – 13

Harrison County

• Route TT – CLOSED for a sealing project, Oct. 12, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Route P – CLOSED for a sealing project, Oct. 13, 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, Oct. 9 – 15.   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 overnight.
• Route 111 – Resurfacing project from the Tarkio River Bridge to Route W in Corning, Oct. 9. A pilot car will direct motorists through the work zone.

Linn County

• U.S. Route 36 – Pavement repair from the Macon County line to Route 129, Oct. 13

Livingston County

• Route JJ – Pothole patching, Oct. 11 – 13

Mercer County

• U.S. Route 136 – Shoulder work from U.S. Route 65 to the city limits of Ravanna, Oct. 10 – 11

Nodaway County

• Route 148 – Pavement repair from U.S. Route 71 to 220^th Street, Oct. 10
• Route M – Pothole patching from U.S. Route 71 to Route N, Oct. 10
• U.S. Route 71 – Pothole patching, Oct. 10 – 13
• U.S. Route 59 – Bridge maintenance, Oct. 13
• Route V – Pothole patching from Route H to Route 113, Oct. 13

Putnam County

• Route AA – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route 129 to Mayweed Trail, Oct. 11, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sullivan County

• Route 5 – Pothole patching, Oct. 9 – 13

Worth County

• Route B – CLOSED for a resurfacing project, Oct. 10 – 13, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily

Racism, sexism, classism and other issues surrounding oppression will be addressed this week during a hands-on event at Missouri Western State University.

The Center for Multicultural Education at Western will host the Tunnel of Oppression Oct. 9-12. The experience is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day in the Blum Student Union, room 223.

According to a news release, the Tunnel of Oppression is an interactive tunnel that addresses different issues related to racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, hate and inequality. Participants are guided through a series of scenes that aim to educate and challenge them to think more deeply about issues of oppression.

Western said the Tunnel strives to give people a way to experience oppression in a hands-on way by placing them in situations they may never have been in before. By engaging emotions of the participants, it allows for the accounts expressed in the program to be truly effective.

At the end of the tour, participants are provided an opportunity to discuss their experiences with each other.

For more information or to schedule a time to walk through the tunnel, contact the Center for Multicultural Education, 816-271-4150 or email cme@missouriwestern.edu.

The Friends of the St. Joseph Public Library will hosts a book sale letter this month to benefit library programs.

The sale begins with a Friends Only Preview Sale on Thursday, October 19 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the East Hills Shopping Center by the carousel. The sale opens to the general public Thursday afternoon, October 19 at 3 p.m. Hardcover books are $2 each, paperbacks $1. DVDs and CDs are $2. The sale continues on Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Sunday, October 22, the sale is open from noon to 5 p.m. and everything is half-price. Monday, October 23, is “bag and box day” from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. Buy all you can fit in a bag for $3 or a box for $6. Shoppers also have the option to choose a reusable Friends of the Library bag and fill it for $5.

The library said items are sorted into categories to make shopping easy. There are many fiction books, as usual, for people to collect their favorite authors or to browse for reading ideas, and there are separate sections for romance, mystery, westerns, science fiction and fantasy. In addition, there are some children’s books from which to choose. There are also several categories of non-fiction, including history, biography, art, religion, cooking and more. There will be about 15,000 items at the sale.

The Friends of the St. Joseph Public Library is a non-profit organization formed to support literacy and the public library system. Proceeds from the sale help fund Summer Reading Programs for all ages at the four library branches, as well as books for book clubs. The Friends also give free books to children at St. Joseph Juneteenth and Pumpkinfest celebrations.

St. Joseph Habitat for Humanity received a semi-truck load of Owens Corning fiberglass insulation Friday morning.

The donation worth $10,000 comes from Owens Corning who is one of the end-users for Ripple Glass recycled glass.

“This generous donation will save us approximately $1,500 per new home built by St. Joseph Habitat and will allow us to help more families with weatherization needs as we continue to expand our Neighborhood Revitalization,” said Cate Manley, St. Joseph Habitat for Humanity Executive Director.

According to a news release, Ripple Glass, founded in 2009, is the brainchild of those at Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City. Before Ripple Glass, area citizens threw away 150 million pounds of glass, including some 10 million empty Boulevard bottles. With the support of local companies and community organizations, Boulevard came up with a solution to the problem – Ripple Glass.

Ripple Glass cleans and processes glass received to enable remanufacturing into new products. Ripple sends brown glass to a bottling plant in Oklahoma, to be made into beer bottles. All other colors of glass are made into finely ground cullet and sent to Owens Corning in Kansas City, Kansas, to be manufactured into fiberglass insulation.

All colors of glass bottles and jars can be recycled and labels can remain on the glass items. Glass can be recycled at St. Joseph City Recycling Center at 3405 South Belt Highway.

(News release) – A St. Joseph man was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for illegally possessing a firearm following a 11-hour standoff with law enforcement officers.

Terrance T. Brown, 40, of St. Joseph, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo. The indictment replaces a federal criminal complaint that was filed against Brown on Sept. 18, 2017.

The indictment alleges that Brown, having been convicted of a felony, was in possession of a Ruger 9mm pistol on Sept. 13, 2017.

According to an affidavit filed in support of the original criminal complaint, Brown was arrested following a 11-hour standoff at his residence on Sept. 13, 2017. Officers with the St. Joseph Police Department and the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department established a perimeter around the residence. After several minutes, three individuals (including a juvenile) came out of the residence, but Brown – who was armed with a handgun – remained inside. Officers with the Special Response Team used portable cameras to locate Brown in the attic of the residence. Eventually, Brown surrendered to officers and was arrested as he left the residence. The loaded Ruger 9mm pistol with an extended magazine was found during a search of the attic. Officers also found an empty box of Smith & Wesson .40-caliber ammunition.

Under federal law, it is illegal for anyone who has been convicted of a felony to be in possession of any firearm or ammunition. Brown has a prior federal conviction in the District of Kansas for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Brown has two prior felony convictions for robbery in Wyandotte County, Kan., as well as prior felony convictions for aggravated assault and criminal possession of a firearm. Brown is currently under supervision by Missouri Probation and Parole for felony drug possession in Jackson County, Mo.
Larson cautioned that the charge contained in this indictment is simply an accusation, and not evidence of guilt.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily A. Morgan. It was investigated by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the St. Joseph, Mo., Police Department and the Buchanan County, Mo., Sheriff’s Department.