A St. Joseph teen is accused of helping to rob a gas station at gunpoint.

Kayron Keith, 17 is charged in Buchanan County with a class-A felony of first-degree robbery.

According to court documents, police said on May 22nd around 7:30 p.m., Keith and another suspect entered the Quick Stop located at 2607 Frederick. As we previously reported, police said two suspects threatened a Quick Stop cashier and made off with an undisclosed amount of money.

“The other subject had a gun.  The subject with the gun pointed the gun at the cashier and demanded money.  While the cashier was removing the cash from the cash register the suspect grabbed and pulled the money out of the hand of the cashier,” said Det. Greg Ogdahl with the St. Joseph Police Department.

The pair is accused of leaving the scene with the money in a stolen vehicle.

Keith is being held on $75,000 cash bail.  He’s due in court June 27 for an arraignment.

 

The St. Joseph School District announced Tuesday that Jason Callaway has resigned his position as the Truman Middle School principal effective immediately.

Little other information was provided. The district said the position has been posted and the search for his replacement is now underway.

In an effort to drive new business to the St. Joseph area the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce has announced the addition of co-working space and entrepreneur funding.

According to a news release, the St. Joseph Innovation Stockyard along with other local partners, the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce, Buchanan County and Missouri Western’s Center for Entrepreneurship will team up with Digital Sandbox KC and the Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC) to drive new business growth. According to Digital Sandbox’s website, the company’s mission is to provide proof-of-concept resources to support the early-stage commercialization profess including access to technology, business and market experts and funding for early stage market validation, prototyping and beta testing services.

The chamber said Innovation Stockyard, located in the Christopher S. “Kit” Bond Incubator on Missouri Western, will offer proof-of-concept grant recipients co-working space in its new co-working center, set to open in July, as well as cash grants to help start-up new local businesses in the St. Joseph area.

“By using our new co-working space at the Christopher S. “Kit” Bond Incubator to support more early stage entrepreneurs, we will fill an existing gap in our business eco-system, maximizing our existing resources and driving an increase in the quantity and quality of start-up businesses in this area of Missouri,” said Ronan Molloy, President of Innovation Stockyard.

According to Digital Sandbox’s website, applications are due Aug. 23 and applicants must be available to present in St. Joseph on Sept. 6. Applicants are required to be located within the City of St. Joseph or willing to locate to St. Joseph for startup and scale-up development. CLICK HERE to learn more about the application process.

The Chamber said information about the co-working space and the grant competition will be available at the public launch of the program at 4 p.m., Wednesday, June 28, at Jake’s Restaurant, 620 Edmond Street, in downtown St. Joseph.

An Albany man is accused of sodomizing a child between 1990 and 1993 in Buchanan County.

Lewis Marshall, 57 was charged Friday in Buchanan County with a felony of sodomy stemming from Oct. 1993.

According to court documents filed in the case, Marshall is accused of sodomizing a child between the ages of five and eight between 1990 to 1993.

“According to the victim, the defendant threatened to kill the victim if the victim ever told,” said Trooper K.A. Schrage with the Missouri State Highway Patrol. “The defendant is a danger to the community because there are reportedly 6 sexual assault victims who have now been identified by this investigator. All of the reported victims were children at the time they were assaulted. These crimes have occured in multiple jurisdictions in Northwest Missouri.”

Trooper Schrage said the defendant is also alleged to have access to firearms and that it was reported several times the defendant used a firearm in the perpetration of his sexual crimes.

Marshall is currently being held without bail in the Buchanan County Jail. He’s due in court Tuesday for an arraignment.

According to Missouri Statutes, prosecutions for unlawful sexual offenses involving a person eighteen of years of age or under must be commenced within thirty years after the victim reaches the age of eighteen unless the persecutions are for rape in the first degree, forcible rape, attempted rape in the first degree, attempted forcible rape, sodomy in the first degree, forcible sodomy, kidnapping, kidnapping in the first degree, attempted sodomy in the first degree, or attempted forcible sodomy in which case such prosecutions may be commenced at any time.

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 June 19 – 25 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

Routes N and Z – Pothole patching, June 19 – 23

U.S. Route 136 – From Route O to Route M for pothole patching, June 20

Buchanan County

Gene Field Road Bridge over Interstate 29 – CLOSED for bridge maintenance. The road will be closed overnight beginning Monday, June 19, at 6 a.m. and will reopen Thursday, June 22, at 7 a.m.

Interstate 29 – From the Easton Road Bridge Overpass to U.S. Route 169 exit for concrete replacement, June 19 – 22

U.S. Route 36 – One mile east of Route AC for a bridge project, June 19 – 24

Route 6 – From I-29 to Woodbine Road for a sidewalk improvement and resurfacing project, June 19 – 24

Caldwell County

Route 116 – Shoulder work, June 19 – 23

Carroll County

U.S. Route 65 – At the Moss Creek Drain Bridge for maintenance, June 19 – 20

Route UU – From Route M to County Road 220 for drainage work, June 21 – 22

U.S. Route 24 – At the U.S. Route 65 Overpass Bridge for maintenance, June 21 – 22

Route D – Pothole patching, June 21 – 23

Chariton County

Route 129 – Pothole patching, June 19 – 23

U.S. Route 24 – From Route 5 to the Randolph County line for a resurfacing project, June 19 – 24. Includes a 14-foot width restriction.

Daviess County

U.S. Route 69 – From Route 6 to Route C for pavement repair, June 19 – 23

Route 190 – From Route 6 to Route U for a resurfacing project, June 19 – 24. A pilot car will be in place to help guide motorist through workzone.

Route T – CLOSED from the city limits of McFall to Route AA for a culvert replacement, June 20

DeKalb County

Route W – Drainage work, June 19

U.S. Route 169 – From Route 31 to north of the city limits of Stanberry (Gentry County) for a resurfacing project, June 19 – 23

Route 6 – From Route 33 to Sheridan Road for driveway culvert replacements, June 22

Gentry County

Route 48 – Drainage work, June 19

U.S. Route 169 – From north of the city limits of Stanberry to Route 31 (DeKalb County) for a resurfacing project, June 19 – 24

Grundy County

Routes B, W and Y – Pothole patching, June 19 – 23

Harrison County

Route DD – CLOSED for a chip seal, June 19, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Route P – CLOSED from Route BB to Route ZZ for a culvert replacement, June 19 – 20, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily

Route P – CLOSED from Route BB to U.S. Route 69 for a culvert replacement, June 20, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

I-35 – From mile marker 106 near Eagleville to mile marker 114 near the Iowa State line for core drilling, June 22

Route H – CLOSED from Route 13 to Route 146 for a culvert replacement, June 22 – 23, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

Route D – CLOSED from Route 46 to Route D and M junction for a chip seal, June 22 – 23, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily

Linn County

Business U.S. 36 – CLOSED from Main Street to Pershing Street for a culvert replacement, June 19, 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

U.S. Route 36 – From the Meadville Junction to the Macon County line for pothole patching, June 19 – 22

U.S. Route 36 – At the Locust Creek Bridge for maintenance, June 19 – 22

Livingston County

Routes A, D, W and JJ – Pothole patching, June 19 – 23

Mercer County

U.S. Route 136 – Pavement repair, June 19 – 23

Route B – From the Iowa state line to U.S. Route 136 near Princeton for a resurfacing project, June 19 – 24. Includes a 10-foot width restriction.

Nodaway County

U.S. Route 136 – Shoulder work, June 19 – 23

Route A – At the Elkhorn Creek Bridge for maintenance, June 19 – 23

Putnam County

Route W – From U.S. Route 136 to Route 149 for pothole patching, June 19 – 23

Route 129 – At the South Blackbird Creek Bridge for maintenance, June 19 – 20

Route Y – At the North Blackbird Creek Bridge for maintenance, June 22 – 23

Sullivan County

Routes O, V, and UU – Pothole patching, June 19 – 23

Route C – From Business Route 5 to Route 129 for a resurfacing project, June 20 – 24

Worth County

Route 46 – CLOSED at the West Fork of the Grand River for a bridge replacement project. The bridge will be closed through June.

Route 246 – CLOSED at the Platte River Bridge for a bridge replacement project. The bridge will be closed through September.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The bridge on Gene Field Road over Interstate 29 will close this week for maintenance.

Crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation will close Gene Field Road at the I-29 overpass Monday, June 19, at approximately 7 a.m., for routine maintenance. The road will remain closed through Tuesday, June 20, when it is scheduled to reopen at approximately 12 p.m.

All work and schedules are weather permitting.

A splash park, horseshoes, tennis court, basketball court; all items the public will be asked to weigh-in on for amenities to feature at Hyde Park.

The City of St. Joseph wants to engage the public to gain feedback on what’s already there and what features people would like to see on the three acre complex at Hyde Park.

“For example, we have three tennis courts, we don’t see a lot of use. Would you want to give up one of those and only have two in order to add more horseshoe courts? Or are horseshoe courts kind of out-dated?” said Bruce Woody, City Manager. “Of course the more sensitive subject is the aquatic feature which is a better prospect for that location. Is it replacing the existing pool with another pool, the same size or smaller…Or would it be an investment in something like a spray ground or splash park?”

Woody said Hyde Pool has been closed for several years due to the expense needed to fix the facility. However, if the public decides the pool is a needed feature at that location the city would talk to a consultant about those possibilities.

Woody said they are currently trying to set dates for a series of meetings to engage the public. He anticipates several meetings will be scheduled later this summer.

With temperatures starting to reach 90 and above, it’s important to make sure pets are staying cool and hydrated throughout the summer. 

St. Joseph Animal Shelter Humane Educator Jenna Keyes said whether pets are indoors or outside, it’s important to watch for side effects from the heat that could turn into heat exhaustion or heat stroke.  

“Some signs to look for are just excessive panting, the animal is very lethargic, they just aren’t quite acting right, they’re really down, their bodies may actually be warm to the touch,” Keyes said. “If you see an animal and you feel like it might be ill… may have heatstroke, always, we recommend, call your veterinarian, let them know the symptoms and they would be able to direct you as to what a good course of action for treatment would be with that animal.” 

Keyes said good habits to get into with your pet during the summer include taking your pet for a walk in the morning or evening when the temperature is not as hot and having fresh water available for pets spending a lot of time outdoors. 

Keyes said Animal Control and Rescue often gets calls during the summer months about pets being left in a car. 

“It’s very tempting, sometimes you’re running errands, you have that pet with you, maybe you just stop by the store with them,” Keyes said. “But cars heat very quickly, to the point that it is very dangerous for animals to be left inside of a car, even with the windows cracked.” 

Keyes said if the temperature outdoors is 70 degrees, within about 10 minutes, the inside temperature of a vehicle can reach up to 89 degrees and within 30 minutes, up to 104 degrees.