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UPDATE: SJSD releases statement regarding bullying lawsuit

Statement from the St. Joseph School District:

“The concerns that are raised in this lawsuit were investigated and addressed, but we are unable to discuss specific disciplinary action taken against any student,” said Dr. Robert Newhart, SJSD superintendent. “Additionally, with respect to the claims in the lawsuit, we can’t respond without potentially violating the privacy rights of the student involved in this suit or other students. But, if we could provide additional information, you would know that this lawsuit does not provide a full or accurate account of what has transpired between Frances Keitz and the district. The district has already prevailed once on claims brought by Mrs. Keitz, which is a reminder that there are two sides to every story, and that the allegations of a lawsuit are not proof that anything improper actually occurred.”

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The mother of a St. Joseph public school student says in a lawsuit that the district did not help her daughter when she was being bullied by classmates.

Frances Keitz contends the bullying included death threats and physical and verbal abuse against her daughter, who is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Kansas City Star reports Keitz alleges students at Skaith Elementary School pulled her daughter’s hair around her throat to choke her, told her to hang herself, threatened to kill her and kicked her in the head.

Keitz says she repeatedly asked district administrators to protect her daughter but they did nothing.

The alleged abuse occurred during the 2015-16 school year.

Superintendent Robert Newhart said the district doesn’t respond to pending litigation.

Drivers warned to look out for deer

Authorities are warning drivers ahead of an anticipated increase in deer related crashes.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the majority of deer strikes crashes take place in October and November every year with the largest number in November. Although deer strikes can occur at any time, the patrol said most are between the hours of 5 p.m. and 6:59 a.m.

Last year, drivers in Missouri experienced 4,604 traffic crashes where deer-vehicle strikes occurred. One deer strike occurred every 1.9 hours in the state. In these crashes, there were six fatalities and 455 people were injured.

The patrol said, deer behavior changes due to mating season, which may cause an increase in sightings and roadway crossings. Hunting and crop harvesting may result in these animals being in places they aren’t usually seen. Drivers are urged to remain alert.

When drivers see deer the patrol is urging them to slow down and proceed with caution.  Also, deer often travel in groups so drivers should stay on guard after a close call or when they see a single deer. Natural features also affect deer movement. In areas where there are streams or wooded corridors surrounded by farmland, look for more deer to cross roadways.

Cancer Care packages to be assembled for Maryville hospital patients

Volunteers are being invited to help assemble chemo-care bags for patients and their family who are undergoing chemotherapy treatments at a Maryville hospital.

SSM Health St. Francis Hospital is holding a bag assembling event Thursday at 9 a.m. at the hospital located at 2016 S. Main in Maryville in the Franciscan Room.

In an interview with KXCV, SSM Health Development Officer, Megan Jennings said around $4,000 worth of supplies will go directly into patient services.

“These are things like nutritional supplements, thermometers, queazy drops, we’ve had local churches make blankets,” Jennings said.  “We’ve had donations from HyVee for fuel cards, as patients drive here to receive chemotherapy services or drive to St. Joseph or Kansas City for radiation oncology.”

Volunteers who want to assist in putting together the bags are invited to attend Thursday’s event.  The bags will be donated to SSM Health Cancer Care.

Rain and storms in the forecast through Friday

A couple areas of showers and storms will converge on the Kansas City area this afternoon. First, showers and storms will move into northeastern Kansas and northwestern Missouri throughout the day. Although the best chances will come during the afternoon. Another area of showers and storms will move north into the area from southern Missouri throughout the day as well. The unsettled weather pattern will persist through the end of the week with showers and storms likely through Friday. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service: 

Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. South southwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11 p.m. Patchy fog after 11 p.m. Low around 61. West southwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms before 8 a.m, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., then a chance of showers after 2 p.m. Areas of fog. High near 68. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers before 8 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2 a.m.. Patchy fog before 8 p.m. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 62. East wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 2 p.m., then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2 p.m. High near 74. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2 a.m. Low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 8 a.m. High near 75. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2 a.m., then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: A chance of showers before 8 a.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 77.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Columbus Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

 

Donors look to give blood in wake of Las Vegas shooting

File photo courtesy American Red Cross of Northwest Missouri

The Red Cross of Northwest Missouri said it’s fielding calls from area residents wanting to donate blood in the wake of Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas authorities issued a call for blood after what’s being called the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. News outlets have reported after the call for help, Las Vegas residents came out in droves to line up to give blood in the wake of the tragedy.

Northwest Missouri Red Cross Ex. Dir., Angie Springs said area residents who want to donate blood to the Red Cross have a chance to do so in St. Joseph on Saturday. A blood drive is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Postal and Community Credit Union located at 3921 Oakland Ave.

“The great thing about donating blood through the Red Cross is we’re able to move blood coast-to-coast to get it to where it’s needed,” Springs said.

Springs said the Red Cross always moves blood where it’s needed.

“Specifically, now all eyes are on the need for blood because of this tragedy that happened last night, and we’re still going to continue to be there to move blood products where they need to be,” Springs said.

According to a press release, the Red Cross provided more than 250 additional blood products to local hospital to help those injured following Sunday night’s tragic shooting in Las Vegas. To find a Red Cross blood drive near you CLICK HERE.

Death toll from Las Vegas shooting has risen to 58; the number of injured up to 515

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the shooting in Las Vegas (all times EST):

2:20 p.m.

The owner of a Utah gun store says the Las Vegas shooter visited the store several times this year and bought a shotgun after passing a federal gun background check.

Dixie GunWorx owner Chris Michel says Stephen Craig Paddock said that he was new to the area and was visiting local gun shops.

Paddock bought the shotgun in February and last visited the store in St. George, Utah, in the spring. It’s a 40-minute drive from where Paddock lived in Mesquite, Nevada.

Michel says he chatted with Paddock to get to know him and make sure there were no signs that he should not be allowed to buy a gun.

Michel says: “There were no red flags.”

He added: “I had no idea he would be capable of this.”

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2:05 p.m.

Officials are still loading bodies into vans to remove them from the scene of the Las Vegas shooting that killed at least 58 people.

The work continued more than 12 hours after a gunman opened fire from the Mandalay Bay hotel into a crowd of thousands of people at a country music concert.

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo has said the hundreds of people who were wounded were taken to five southern Nevada hospitals.

Police have warned that identifying bodies from the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history will be a long, laborious process.

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1:55 p.m.

The brother of the shooter in the mass Las Vegas shooting says Stephen Craig Paddock was a big spender at casinos and often received free rooms and meals from the casinos.

Eric Paddock told reporters Monday his brother never showed signs that he could be violent and owned several guns but never collected firearms.

He described the wealth of his multimillionaire brother as substantial, said it included real estate and that he managed property for relatives.

Eric Paddock also described his brother as different than other people: “He was a guy who had money. He went on cruises and gambled.”

He says Stephen Craig Paddock did not care about religion or politics.

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1:25 p.m.

A brother of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Craig Paddock says he was a multimillionaire who made much of his money investing in real estate.

Eric Paddock told reporters Monday in Orlando that his brother was also an accountant for many years.

He was not aware of his brother having any recent financial difficulties.

Stephen Craig Paddock recently sent a walker by mail to his 90-year-old mother.

The brother says the shooter collected coins when he was a child.

Police have said the suspect killed at least 58 people in the worst mass shooting in recent U.S. history.

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12:45 p.m.

The father of suspected Las Vegas gunman Stephen Craig Paddock operated an Oregon bingo parlor after escaping from a Texas prison in the late 1960s.

Benjamin Hoskins Paddock was put on the FBI most wanted list after the escape.

An Oregon Supreme Court opinion from 1981 says FBI agents him on Sept. 6, 1978, at the Bingo Center in the small city of Springfield. He went by different names and was identified by the court as Patrick Benjamin Paddock.

Despite the escape, Paddock was paroled the following year and returned to Oregon. He continued the bingo operation until authorities shut it down in 1987 and charged him with racketeering.

Don Bishoff, a columnist for The Register-Guard of Eugene, wrote in 1998 that Paddock pleaded no contest to the charges, but he received no jail time. He wrote that Paddock spent the last decade of his life in Texas.

The columnist described Paddock as one of the Eugene-Springfield area’s “most colorful rogues.” Paddock was also known as Bruce Ericksen.

Police say his oldest son killed at least 58 people in Las Vegas in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. More than 500 were wounded.

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12:40 p.m.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas hockey team says its assistant coach was shot in the chest when a gunman opened fire on an outdoor country music show, killing 58 people and wounding hundreds more.

The Rebels men’s ice hockey team said in a statement Monday that Nick Robone had surgery to remove a bullet from his chest.

General Manager Zee Khan says Robone is breathing with help from a ventilator and is in stable condition.

The team says the bullet missed Robone’s lung, and he is expected to fully recover. The team says he will be hospitalized “for the near future.”

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo has said the hundreds of people who were wounded were taken to five southern Nevada hospitals.

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12:30 p.m.

A bell tolled three times as a solemn President Donald Trump paused on the White House South Lawn for a moment of silence to honor the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas.

Flanked by first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, Trump walked out onto the lawn for the memorial moment Monday afternoon.

The White House’s flag was at half-staff.

They were honoring the 58 people killed Sunday night when a gunman opened fire on a concert crowd in Las Vegas.

Police say Stephen Craig Paddock was on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay casino-hotel tower Sunday night when he fired into the Route 91 Harvest festival. More than 500 people were wounded.

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12:25 p.m.

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has raised her fist at the U.S. Capitol and said “the nation is counting on you” after the Las Vegas mass shooting.

Giffords, who was grievously wounded in 2011, and her husband, Mark Kelly, were at the Capitol on Monday. They say Congress must pass legislation to keep deadly weapons out of the wrong hands.

Kelly and Giffords had planned to campaign for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam, but instead they went to the Capitol to comment on the shooting.

Citing President Donald Trump, Kelly said “Americans need more than our president’s prayers. We need his plans.”

Kelly is calling for a commission to work on solutions to gun violence. He says it’s the only acceptable moral course for the country.

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12:15 p.m.

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says the hundreds of people wounded in the Las Vegas mass shooting were taken to five southern Nevada hospitals.

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center says in a statement it received 14 patients who died and more than 160 who were injured.

The statement on Monday said the Las Vegas hospital’s doctors performed about 30 surgeries and that police were still trying to notify relatives of the victims.

Hospital CEO Todd Sklamberg said most of the hospital’s trauma team and staff worked through the night after the shooting that killed at least 58 people and wounded more than 500.

Police have warned that identifying bodies from the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history will be a “long, laborious process.”

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12:05 p.m.

The United Nations says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “very shocked and alarmed” by the deadly attack in Las Vegas.

U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Monday it was a horrific loss of life.

Haq said the secretary-general will be writing a condolence letter to the government of the United States to express sorrow at the large number of killings.

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12:01 p.m.

The father of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Craig Paddock was described decades ago by the FBI as a “glib, smooth-talking” con man who enjoyed gambling, umpiring prison sports games and playing bridge.

Paddock was 7 and the oldest of four children when his father was arrested for a string of Phoenix bank robberies.

Neighbor Eva Price took the boy swimming while FBI agents searched the family home.

She told the Tucson Citizen at the time: “We’re trying to keep Steve from knowing his father is held as a bank robber. I hardly know the family, but Steve is a nice boy. It’s a terrible thing.”

Paddock’s father went by the nicknames “Big Daddy,” ”Chromedome” and “Old Baldy.”

Before the robberies, he served prison time in Illinois for stealing a car, engaging in a confidence game and conspiring to pass bad checks. He was in prison for the first three years of his oldest son’s life.

11:50 a.m.

Las Vegas shooter Stephen Craig Paddock’s father was a notorious bank robber who tried to run down an FBI agent with his car in Las Vegas in 1960 and was on the agency’s most wanted list after escaping from a federal prison in Texas in 1968.

Paddock was a teen when an FBI poster issued after the escape said his father Benjamin Hoskins Paddock had been “diagnosed as psychopathic.”

The FBI warning about the elder Paddock said he should be considered “armed and very dangerous.” He had been serving a 20-year sentence for a string of Phoenix bank robberies.

Benjamin Hoskins Paddock died in 1998.

Stephen Paddock’s brother, Eric, confirmed their father’s identity in an interview Monday with The Orlando Sentinel.

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11:38 a.m.

Las Vegas police warn that identifying bodies from the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history will be a “long, laborious process.”

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo also said Monday that investigators are continuing their collection of evidence and working to reunite people with relatives who were at the shooting site.

Police say Stephen Craig Paddock was on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay casino-hotel tower Sunday night when he opened fire at concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest festival. At least 58 people were killed and more than 500 were wounded.

Authorities have set up hotlines and centers to help people track down relatives.

Lombardo says he expects a convention center to be used for that because authorities need a large space.

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11:21 a.m.

A brother of the suspect in the worst U.S. mass shooting in the modern history says Stephen Craig Paddock was “not a normal guy” and frequently played high stakes video poker.

Eric Paddock in an interview in Orlando, Florida, says his 64-year-old brother once “texted me a picture that he won $40,000 on a slot machine.”

He says his brother was “not a normal guy” and “played high stakes video poker.”

Eric Paddock says last had contact with him via text messages in September.

He says his brother being named by authorities as the shooting suspect was “like if an asteroid fell out of the sky.”

Authorities say Paddock opened fire on a crowd of concert-goers at an outdoor country-music show in Las Vegas on Sunday night, leaving 58 people dead and more than 500 wounded.

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11:12 a.m.

LOS ANGELES— Authorities say law enforcement members from across California are among those wounded in a mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas.

The Los Angeles Police Department says Monday that an off-duty officer who was shot in the leg is expected to recover.

LA County Sheriff’s officials say two off-duty department employees were hit by gunfire Sunday. One was critically injured and the other is stable.

Orange County authorities say one off-duty sheriff’s deputy and two wives of department employees sustained non-life-threatening wounds.

Bakersfield police say one of its off-duty officers wounded in the gunfire is expected to survive.

Police in Ontario say a 24-year-old officer who was wounded is stable. The officer’s wife had minor injuries.

Sunday’s shooting killed 58 people and injured more than 500 others.

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10:56 a.m.

Police in the Nevada resort town where the shooter in the worst U.S. mass shooting in recent history lived say his home was searched by investigators and that local officers never had contact with him while he was living there.

Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, lived in a three-bedroom house on a cul-de-sac in a retirement community in Mesquite, Nevada.

Mesquite police officer Quinn Averett referred comment on what was found in Paddock’s home to Las Vegas police investigating the shooting.

Mesquite is a city of about 18,000 people along the state line with Arizona.

Authorities are investigating why Paddock opened fire on a crowd of concert-goers at an outdoor country-music show in Las Vegas on Sunday night, leaving 58 people dead and more than 500 wounded.

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10:27 a.m.

Police from the Dallas suburb of Mesquite, Texas say the suspect in the worst mass shooting in recent U.S. history lived there from 2004 to 2012.

Lt. Brian Parish says property records show Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, indicated he lived there during the period but that public records suggested he may have lived in the suburb longer.

Parrish said Monday that Paddock owned at least three rental properties.

Parrish also says Mesquite police have found no indications that officers had contact with Paddock.

Nevada police have said Parrish was most recently living in that state’s city of Mesquite near the state line with Arizona.

Investigators searched the Nevada home. Officers in Mesquite, Nevada, also have said they had no contact with Paddock before the shooting.

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10:11 a.m.

Authorities say they’re no longer looking for the woman who police believe was a companion to the gunman in the Las Vegas country music festival shooting that killed at least 58 people.

Police initially said that the 62-year-old woman was shooter Stephen Craig Paddock’s roommate in Mesquite, Nevada.

Police now say they’ve located her and determined she wasn’t involved in the mass shooting, as she has been out of the country.

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says investigators will speak with her upon her return but that they are no longer actively searching for her.

Police say Paddock was on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay casino-hotel tower Sunday night when he opened fire onto concert-goers at the Route 91 Harvest festival, wounding more than 500 others

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9:58 a.m.

The wife of a Tennessee man killed by the Las Vegas shooter says her husband died because he saved her from being shot.

Heather Gulish Melton told WZTV that her husband, Sonny Melton of Paris, Tennessee, was among the 50 killed Sunday night in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

She says in a statement to the Nashville station that “he saved my life and lost his.”

Radio station WENK reports Melton was a registered nurse.

Jeremy Butler, who says he has been best friends with Sonny Melton since he was 3, told the Paris (Tennessee) Post Intelligencer that Melton was shielding his wife from gunfire when he was fatally shot.

Butler said the couple got married about a year ago.

9:10 a.m.

Authorities say a woman who was a companion of the Las Vegas shooter is considered a person of interest and is out of the country.

Sheriff Joe Lombardo didn’t release further details Monday about the woman but said authorities would try to speak with her when she got back to the United States.

Authorities have yet to identify a motive for the shooting that killed 58 people at an outdoor country music concert but say they believe 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock acted alone.

He killed himself after carrying out the deadliest mas shooting in U.S. history.

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9 a.m.

Authorities in Nevada praised the response to a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert by police and health care workers.

Gov. Brian Sandoval said at a news conference Monday that he visited some of the victims in the hospital and that, “We’re angry, we’re grieving, we’re confused, people are hurting.”

Sandoval called the shooting that killed 58 people and injured more than 500 others Sunday night a cowardly, despicable act.

He and other local officials praised first responders, saying they saved scores of lives.

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8:50 a.m.

The FBI says the shooter who killed 58 people and injured more than 500 others at a Las Vegas concert had no connection to an international terrorist group.

The announcement from Special Agent in Charge Aaron Rouse at a news conference Monday comes after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack without providing evidence.

The extremist group claimed that the shooter was “a soldier” who had converted to Islam months ago. It has made exaggerated or false claims in the past.

Authorities have yet to identify a motive for the shooting but say they believe 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock acted alone. He killed himself after the shooting.

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8:44 a.m.

Sheriff Joe Lombardo says the death toll from the Las Vegas shooting has risen to 58, with 515 people injured. A gunman opened fire on a Las Vegas country music festival Sunday night.

The gunman opened fire from inside the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.

Authorities say 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock killed himself after the shooting. Police have yet to determine a motive.

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11:02 a.m.

President Donald Trump says he will travel to Las Vegas on Wednesday.

He spoke Monday morning, hours after the shooting at a country music festival late Sunday killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 400. It is the worst mass shooting in American history.

Trump said the nation must stay unified. He said that although “feel such great anger at the senseless murder of our fellow citizens, it is our love that binds us today and always will.”

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10: 54 a.m.

President Donald Trump is calling the mass shooting attack in Las Vegas “an act of pure evil.”

Trump says the nation is joined together today in sadness, shock and grief.

Trump is addressing the attack on a country music festival Sunday night that left at least 50 people dead and more than 400 injured.

Trump tweeted his “warmest condolences and sympathies” earlier Monday morning.

The gunman opened fire from inside the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.

Authorities say 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock killed himself after the shooting. Police have yet to determine a motive.

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7:11 a.m.

The White House says President Donald Trump will speak at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time about the mass shooting in Las Vegas.

Trump’s remarks were added to his schedule Monday morning. He tweeted his “warmest condolences and sympathies” earlier in the morning.

The president was briefed on the shooting at a country music concert, which left at least 50 people dead and more than 400 injured Sunday night.

The gunman opened fire from inside the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.

Authorities say 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock killed himself after the shooting. Police have not yet determined a motive.

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6:55 a.m.

Las Vegas authorities are calling for blood donations and setting up a hotline to report missing people in the wake of a mass shooting that injured more than 400 people and killed 50 at a country music concert Sunday night.

Las Vegas police said Monday that it will take time to identify all of the injured and dead in what was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

The number to report missing people is (866) 535-5654. Police have also opened a “family reunification center” for people to find loved ones at 400 S. Martin L. King Blvd., in Building B.

Las Vegas police say anyone who wants to help can give blood at one of two locations in Las Vegas and nearby Henderson. A blood drive is also being planned.

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6:30 a.m.

The brother of the man who killed at least 50 people at an outdoor music festival on the Las Vegas Strip says he’s “completely dumbfounded” by the shooting, which is the deadliest in modern U.S. history.

In a brief interview with the Orlando Sentinel, Eric Paddock says he can’t understand what happened. He also said he’s made a statement to police.

Country music star Jason Aldean was performing Sunday night at the end of the three-day Route 91 Harvest Festival when the gunman opened fire from inside the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.

Authorities say 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock killed himself after the shooting. Police have not yet determined a motive.

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6:30 a.m.

Pope Francis is calling the Las Vegas shooting a “senseless tragedy” and is assuring victims of his prayers.

The Vatican secretary of state sent a telegram of condolences Monday to the bishop of Las Vegas, saying the pope was “deeply saddened” to learn of the shooting.

The telegram said Francis praised the efforts of police and emergency crews.

In the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a gunman opened fire on an outdoor concert, killing at least 50 people and injuring more than 400 others.

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6:07 a.m.

Las Vegas police say more than 400 people were hospitalized in a mass shooting at a country music concert.

Police said Monday morning that the shooter, 64-year-old Stephen Craig Paddock was found dead in a hotel room with as many as 10 firearms.

Authorities say that 406 people were taken to hospitals and 50 of those are dead, including an off-duty Las Vegas police officer. His name was not immediately released.

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says Paddock first checked into the Mandalay Bay casino-hotel on Sept. 28 and was found dead inside a hotel room.

Two on-duty officers were also hurt. One of those has been upgraded from critical to stable condition.

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5:55 a.m.

The U.S. Homeland Security Department says there is no “specific credible threat” involving other public venues in the U.S. after the Las Vegas shooting that killed at least 50 people.

The gunman, identified by police as Stephen Paddock died at the scene. Police said he fired from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino onto an outdoor country music festival Sunday night. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

In Washington, A Homeland Security spokesman, David Lapan, tweeted Monday the department has “no information to indicate a specific credible threat involving other public venues in the country.”

Police have not yet determined a motive in the shootings.

5:45 a.m.

Heavily armed police are searching the Nevada retirement-community home of a man authorities say killed more than 50 people when he opened fire at a country-music concert in Las Vegas.

Mesquite Police Chief Troy Tanner says police surrounded and entered the single-family home where 64-year-old Stephen Paddock lived with 62-year-old Marilou Danley early Monday morning.

He says Danley was not at the house and police saw “no movement” inside before serving a search warrant at the one-story, three-bedroom home in the Sun City Mesquite retirement community, about 80 miles north of Las Vegas.

Tanner says detectives from Las Vegas and North Las Vegas were at the scene in the resort community of Mesquite, located near the Arizona state line.

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5:20 a.m.

The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department says two of its off-duty members were shot during the attack at a Las Vegas concert.

Authorities say both were taken to the hospital, where one remains in critical condition and the other was in stable condition.

Officials did not immediately release their names.

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says at least 50 people were killed and more than 200 people were wounded when a gunman opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Strip.

Authorities have identified the suspected gunman as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock. Paddock died after police confronted him Sunday on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay casino-hotel tower on the Las Vegas Strip.

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5:15 a.m.

Las Vegas police say they’ve determined that a woman they were seeking is no longer considered a “person of interest” in the deadly mass shooting at a country music festival.

Police say they don’t believe 62-year-old Marilou Danley was involved in the Sunday night shooting that killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 200.

Police initially said they were seeking the woman who may have been the roommate of the shooter.

The gunman has been identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock.

Paddock died after police confronted him Sunday on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay casino-hotel tower on the Las Vegas Strip.

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4:40 a.m.

Authorities say the on-duty police officer who was wounded at the deadly Las Vegas concert attack is out of surgery and in stable condition.

The unnamed officer was one of two on-duty Las Vegas police officers wounded Sunday night. The other sustained minor injuries.

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says at least 50 people — including two off-duty officers — were killed and more than 200 people were wounded at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Strip.

Authorities have identified the suspected gunman as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock.

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4:30 a.m.

President Donald Trump is extending condolences to the victims of the shooting in Las Vegas and their families.

In a tweet Monday, Trump offered “My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you!”

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump was “briefed on the horrific tragedy in Las Vegas.”

Sanders said that “we are monitoring the situation closely.”

A gunman’s attack on the Sunday night country music concert killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 200.

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3:30 a.m.

A Nevada sheriff says the death toll has climbed to 50 in the attack on a Las Vegas concert Sunday, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says more than 200 people were wounded at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Strip.

Authorities have identified the suspected gunman as Nevada resident Stephen Paddock.

Lombardo says officers confronted Paddock on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino across the street from the concert. Paddock is dead.

Authorities say they have located 62-year-old Marilou Danley, who was wanted as a person of interest in this incident.

The dead gunman is also believed to have checked in as a hotel guest.

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2 a.m.

A Nevada sheriff says one on-duty officer is in critical condition and another was wounded in the Las Vegas concert shooting that left more than 20 people dead.

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says two off-duty officers have died.

Several officers from California were attending the outdoor Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on Sunday when a gunman opened fire. A Bakersfield Police officer was shot and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Authorities have not released any of their identities.

More than 100 people were injured.

Lombardo says the suspect is dead.

The sheriff says they believe this was a “lone wolf” attack but said they are looking for a roommate of the dead suspect as a person of interest.

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1:55 a.m.

Country music star Jason Aldean took to social media to say he and his crew are safe after a gunman killed more than 20 people at an outdoor concert Sunday.

Aldean was in the middle of his performance when the bullets rained down on the crowd. He posted on Instagram hours later, calling the shooting “beyond horrific.”

Las Vegas authorities say more than 100 people are wounded in the attack.

Clark County’s sheriff says officers confronted the suspect on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino across the street from the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. Authorities say the man is dead. They did not release the suspect’s name but said he is a local resident.

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1:40 a.m.

Las Vegas authorities say more than 20 people are dead and 100 people are wounded after a man opened fire on an outdoor concert late Sunday.

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says officers confronted the suspect on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino across the street from the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. Authorities say the man is dead. They did not release the suspect’s name but said he is a local resident.

Several officers from the Bakersfield Police Department were attending the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on Sunday when a gunman opened fire. One was shot and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Authorities did not release his name.

Lombardo said they believe this was a “lone wolf” attack but said they are looking for a roommate of the dead suspect as a person of interest

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1:13 a.m.

A Southern California police department says one of its off-duty officers was shot during the attack on a Las Vegas concert.

Several officers from the Bakersfield Police Department were attending the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on Sunday when a gunman opened fire. One was shot and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Authorities did not release his name.

Two people are dead and dozens wounded after someone opened fire on an outdoor country music festival across the street from the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.

Las Vegas police say one suspect is ‘down’ but did not give any other details.

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1 a.m.

Some flights have resumed at the Las Vegas airport after all planes were temporarily grounded due to the deadly shooting on the Strip.

McCarran International Airport says limited flight activity has resumed early Monday.

Two people are dead and dozens wounded after someone opened fire late Sunday on an outdoor country music festival.

Las Vegas police say one suspect is ‘down’ but did not give any other details.

University Medical Center spokeswoman Danita Cohen said 26 people were admitted to the hospital after the incident.

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12:50 a.m.

Las Vegas police say one suspect is ‘down’ after a deadly shooting Sunday at an outdoor concert and authorities don’t believe there are any more shooters.

Two people are dead and dozens more wounded after a gunman opened fire during Jason Aldean’s performance at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.

Authorities shut down part of the Las Vegas Strip and Interstate 15.

McCarran International Airport officials say all flights in and out have been temporarily halted.

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12:30 a.m.

All planes have been grounded at the Las Vegas airport after the deadly shooting at an outdoor concert on the Strip.

McCarran International Airport says all flights in and out have been temporarily halted in response to the shooting.

Two people are dead and dozens wounded after someone opened fire late Sunday on a music festival.

Las Vegas police say one suspect is ‘down’ but did not give any other details.

University Medical Center spokeswoman Danita Cohen said 26 people were admitted to the hospital after the incident.

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12:15 a.m.

A concert-goer says he heard what sounded like fireworks while he was watching Jason Aldean’s performance at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival Sunday night.

Thirty-six-year-old Kodiak Yazzie said the music stopped temporarily and started up again before another round of pops sent the performers ducking for cover and fleeing the stage.

As the 40,000 fans in the crowd began to flee, Yazzie took cover and said he saw flashes of light coming from the Mandalay Bay hotel tower high above.

The bursts of pops would start and stop for more than five minutes. He says he saw dozens of ambulances as he ran for safety. He later got a Lyft driver to take him home to suburban Henderson.

Las Vegas police say one suspect is ‘down.’

A hospital spokeswoman says two people are dead and dozens wounded.

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12:05 a.m.

Las Vegas police say one suspect is ‘down’ after shooting at country music festival that has left two people dead and dozens wounded.

University Medical Center spokeswoman Danita Cohen said 26 people were admitted to the hospital.

Dozens of patrol vehicles descended on the Strip after authorities received reports of an active shooter near the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Some officers took cover behind their vehicles while others carrying assault rifles ran into the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.

Authorities shut down part of the Las Vegas Strip and Interstate 15.

Some flights destined for the McCarran International Airport were diverted due to incident.

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11:55 p.m.

A Las Vegas hospital says at least two people are dead and dozens wounded after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip.

University Medical Center spokeswoman Danita Cohen said 26 people were admitted to the hospital. She says, of those, at least two have died, 12 are in critical condition and the rest are being evaluated.

Dozens of patrol vehicles descended on the Strip after authorities received reports of an active shooter near the Route 91 Harvest Festival.

Authorities shut down part of the Las Vegas Strip and Interstate 15.

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11:45 p.m.

Concert-goers reported seeing muzzle flashes from the upper floors of the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino across Las Vegas Boulevard from the Route 91 Harvest country music festival and the sound of what they described as automatic gun fire.

Witnesses say they saw multiple victims Sunday night as they fled the gunfire raining down on the concert venue.

Some later huddled in the basement of the nearby Tropicana hotel-casino.

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11 p.m.

Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip.

Dozens of patrol vehicles descended on the Strip after authorities received reports of an active shooter near the Route 91 Harvest Festival.

Some officers took cover behind their vehicles while others carrying assault rifles ran into the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.

University Medical Center spokeswoman Danita Cohen said the Las Vegas hospital is taking in “several” people with gunshot wounds. She didn’t have any other immediate information.

Authorities shut down part of the Las Vegas Strip and Interstate 15.

Some flights destined for the McCarran International Airport were diverted due to incident.

Witnesses say country singer Jason Aldean was playing near the end of the concert when gunfire rang out.

No further information was immediately known.

(Update) – Police release victim’s name in murder investigation

SMITH, TERRELL ANDREW

(Update 11:25 a.m.) –  The St. Joseph Police Department has released the name of the woman shot and killed over the weekend in St. Joseph.

Capt. Jeff Wilson said Stormi S. Harbord was the woman found deceased at a home early Saturday morning in the 1300 block of S. 20th St.

Terrell Smith, 34, of St. Joseph is charged in Buchanan County with a felony of second-degree murder in connection with Harbord’s death.

Smith is scheduled for an arraignment for Tuesday.

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(9:31 a.m.) – A man has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead early Saturday morning in St. Joseph.

Terrell Smith, 34, a St. Joseph resident is charged in Buchanan County with a felony of second-degree murder.

As we previously reported, officers with the St. Joseph Police Department began investigating a 31-year-old woman’s death Saturday at a home located at 1309 S. 20th St.  Police have confirmed the victim as Stormi S. Harbord of St. Joseph. (updated)

According to court documents, officers were dispatched to the home in reference to someone who had been shot. When officers arrived, they found a woman who had been shot and killed and made contact with Smith.  Det. Richard Woodley said through the course of the investigation authorities determined Smith had fired the weapon striking the victim in the head resulting in her death.

“Smith’s urine was collected and tested positive for Marijuana, Methamphetamine, and Benzo’s,” Det. Woodley said in court documents. “Smith has been convicted of felony child abuse and felony criminal damage to property out of the state of Wisconsin.”

Det. Woodley said Smith has a lengthy criminal history including convictions for domestic assault in Missouri.  He also has convictions for disorderly conduct, bail jumping, drugs, and mistreatment of animals in Wisconsin.

Smith is scheduled for an arraignment for Tuesday.

Triumph announces plans to expand St. Joseph facility

Triumph Foods has announced it plans to expand its pork processing facility in St. Joseph.

According to a news release, the 12,000 square-foot expansion includes robotic palletization technology to increase the speed of outbound shipping and reduce manual handing of finished products. Triumph said the facility will also add product storage, allowing the company’s partner, Seaboard Foods to expand its marketing and selling to domestic retail and food service customers.

The expansion is expected to be completed in spring of 2018

Breezy today with temps in mid 80s

After a very warm early October day today with highs 10 to 15 degrees above normal in the mid 80s, conditions will become stormy the rest of the week. Thunderstorms are expected to move into the area tomorrow evening with several rounds expected between tomorrow night and Saturday. Two to 4 inches of rain with locally higher amounts are expected through the week. This may lead to localized flash flooding and flooding along area river, creeks, and streams. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service: 

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Breezy, with a south wind 13 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. South southeast wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1 a.m. Low around 63. South southwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Showers likely, mainly before 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 74. Light and variable wind becoming east northeast around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 1 a.m. Cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers likely, mainly before 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 72. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

 

Planned road work for northwest Missouri, Oct. 2 – 8

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. 2 – 8 from the Missouri Department of Transportation. In addition to the work listed below, there may be pothole patching, 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.

 

Atchison County

  • U.S. Route 136 – CLOSED at the Little Tarkio Creek for a bridge replacement project. The road will remain closed through December.
  • Route M – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from 160th Street to 180thStreet, Oct. 2, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Interstate 29 – Pothole patching, Oct. 2 – 6
  • U.S. Route 136 – Resurfacing project from just east of Route O to just east of Route M, Oct. 3 – 7. A pilot car will direct traffic through the work zone.

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. 2 – 8. During this closure, the I-29 frontage road will be accessible from Route DD, but not from the interstate.
  • U.S. Route 36 – Bridge maintenance at the Route 759 Overpass Bridge, Sept. 25 – 27. This includes an overnight lane closure.
  • Route E – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route H east to Route H west, Oct. 2, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Route AC – Bridge maintenance at the U.S. Route 36 Overpass Bridge, Oct. 2 – 5. This includes an overnight lane closure.
  • U.S. Route 59 – Pothole patching from just north of Karnes Road to Country Club Village, Oct. 2 – 6
  • Route H – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route E to Route DD, Oct. 3, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  • Route 759 – Shoulder work, Oct. 3 – 6
  • Route 6 – Resurfacing project from Route AC to I-29, Oct. 5 – 7. No left turns will be permitted at Frederick Avenue and Leonard Road.

Caldwell County

  • U.S. Route 36 – Slide repair from U.S. Route 36 to Route 13, Oct. 2 – 4. This includes a 12-foot width restriction.
  • Route HH – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from NW Winchester Road to SW Crow Road, Oct. 5, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Chariton County

  • Route PP – Bridge maintenance at the Middle Fork Chariton River Bridge, Oct. 2 – 5

Clinton County

  • I-35 – Pavement repair northbound at mile marker 41.6 near Lathrop, Oct. 2 – 3. This includes an overnight lane closure.

Daviess County

  • Route DD – CLOSED for a culvert replacement from Route 6 to Otter Avenue, Oct. 2, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Route 6 – Milling and pothole patching, Oct. 2 – 6
  • Route 6 – Pavement repair from Route 13 to Route DD, Oct. 2 – 6

DeKalb County

  • Route 31 – Shoulder work from U.S. Route 36 to U.S. Route 169 (Gentry County), Oct. 2 – 7

Gentry County

  • U.S. Route 169 – Shoulder work from Route 31 to Stanberry, Oct. 2 – 7
  • Route 31 – Shoulder work from U.S. Route 36 (DeKalb County) to U.S. Route 169, Oct. 2 – 7

Grundy County

  • Route W – CLOSED from SW 20th Street to SW 25th Street, Oct. 2, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  • Route K – Pothole patching from the Livingston County line to Route E, Oct. 2 – 6
  • Route 6 – Sealing project from Iowa Boulevard to Route Z, Oct. 4 – 6

Harrison County

  • Route P – CLOSED for a resurfacing project from Route BB to U.S. Route 69, Oct. 2, 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.
  • Route N – Culvert repair at County Road 110, Oct. 2
  • I-29 – Pavement repair from Route W to Route 118, Oct. 2 – 7
  • I-29 – Bridge replacement project at the Davis Creek Bridge near Exit 84, Oct. 2 – 8.   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. 2 – 3. A pilot car will direct motorists through the work zone.
  • Route 111 – CLOSED for a resurfacing project from the Tarkio River Bridge to Spur 111 in Craig, Oct. 3 – 5, daylight hours. Route 111 will be closed in two-mile increments beginning at the bridge and proceeding south.
  • Route N – Culvert repair at County Road 140, Oct. 3

Linn County

  • U.S. Route 36 – Pothole patching from the Macon County line to Route 11, Oct. 2 – 6
  • U.S. Route 36 – Sign replacement in the westbound driving lane from Route FF to the Turkey Creek Bridge, Oct. 4

Mercer County

  • U.S. Route 136 – Shoulder work from U.S. Route 65 to the city limits of Ravanna, Oct. 4 – 6

Nodaway County

  • U.S. Route 136 – Pavement repair from the west city limits of Burlington Junction to Route PP, Oct. 2 – 3
  • Route M – Pothole patching from U.S. Route 71 to Route N, Oct. 2 – 4
  • Route V – Pothole patching from Route H to Route 113, Oct. 4 – 5
  • Route 148 – Pavement repair from U.S. Route 71 to 220th Street, Oct. 5

Sullivan County

  • Route 5 – Pothole patching, Oct. 2 – 6

Worth County

  • Route B – CLOSED for a resurfacing project, Oct. 3 – 67 a.m. to 3 p.m.daily
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