(Update 4:30 p.m.) – Police are investigating after a St. Joseph man was shot Wednesday night in the 2200 block of Monterey Drive.

According to Sgt. Wayne Byrom with the St. Joseph Police Department, officers responded to the Mosaic Life Care Emergency Room around 12:15 Thursday morning to talk to a 19-year-old victim who had been shot once in the left thigh. The man was involved in a disturbance around 11 p.m. between him and a group of individuals when they physically assaulted him and stole from him. As the man was leaving the area, he was shot at by an unknown individual.

Police have one person in custody in reference to the assault.  Capt. Jeff Wilson said police are submitting a case to the prosecutor’s office for consideration of charges in reference to the assault investigation.  The shooting investigation is still ongoing.

The man who was shot was treated for minor injuries and has since been released.

SMITHVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say an investigation into the cause of a fiery pipeline rupture in Missouri will have to wait until the heat from the blaze subsides.

Sgt. Jeffrey Shanks of the Platte County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday that repairs have not yet begun on the pipeline that ignited the previous night on cropland just north of Kansas City International Airport.

No one was injured in the fire.

The Kansas City Fire Department says the pipeline carries ethane and propane.

Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners says it’s investigating and that the affected pipeline segment has been isolated. Enterprise owns the pipeline’s operator, Mid-America Pipeline Co.

Kansas City International spokesman Joe McBride says the blaze didn’t affect flights at the airport and that it wasn’t on airport property.

Dozens of students at Pickett Elementary School got a free trim and style Wednesday in St. Joseph.

Pickett Elementary School Principal John Davison said around 70 students got a chance to get a free haircut.  Two stylists from Edmond Street Parlor volunteered their time Wednesday at Pickett.  Davison said students from Kindergarten to 6th Grade took part

“About a month ago we sent home information.  We gave them flyers and they all had to have parental permission,” Davison said. “The parents just kind of explained what they liked to have done.  Cut and style.”

Michael Vasquez Lopez is 9 years-old and said he was getting a Faux Hawk.

“My mom wanted me to get a haircut because my hair is getting a little bit too long and I can see it,” he said.

8-year-old Chandlyr Durbin said she just wants a trim and a style.

“I’m hoping it looks good,” Durbin said.  “I’ve only been sitting here for like five minutes.  It hasn’t been that long but it looks like they’re doing actually pretty good hair cuts.”

Hair Stylist Michelle Peters said shortly after lunch they had already given haircuts to around 30 students.

“A lot of braids with the girls, a lot of curls, short cuts, a lot of spiky hair for the boys,” Peters said. “A lot of excited.  A lot of being able to get extra pretty or handsome at school, plus they get out of class for a little bit.”

Peters said this is the second year they have volunteered their time to cut students’ hair.

“Just offering it to whatever student wants it,” Peters said.

We also asked Peters to describe a Faux Hawk.

“It’s kind of like a Mohawk except for the sides aren’t as short,” she said.

The Rolling Hills Consolidated Library plans to close its Savannah branch for a month for a remodel.

According to Library Director Michelle Mears in the Dec. newsletter the Savannah Branch will close at the end of the day Friday, Jan. 6 and is expected to re-open on Saturday, Feb. 11. While the $200,000 remodel takes place patrons will be able to check-out material from a Bookmobile, which will be at the library 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday and 3 to 5 p.m. Thursdays from Jan. 10 through Feb. 9.

The library said it plans to flip the Savannah floor plan to put the children’s and teen area on the north side and the adult books on the south side. A new information desk will be built as well as a teen space and two new study rooms. Also, glass doors will separate the Community Room from the library. LED lighting and new furniture is also planned.

“It’s a true makeover,” Mears said in the newsletter. “We’re trying to create a destination, and we want it to be memorable.”

The last remodel was in 2002. Mears said about $155,000 for the project comes from two donations with the library covering the remaining $45,000. The library said it will also receive a rebate from Kansas City Power & Light for installing the new fixtures.

For more information CLICK HERE.

The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce has announced that Chris Kuehl, the co-founder of Armada Corporate Intelligence will be speak at the Fall Chairman’s Breakfast.

The event will be Thursday, Dec. 8, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center, 1201 N. Woodbine Road. Kuehl’s presentation will be called, “What Changes Will Affect the 2017 Economy?”

Kuehl co-founded Armada Corporate Intelligence in 1999 to provide strategy foundation, competitive intelligence, business analysis and economic forecasting for corporate clients. Armada’s clients include YRC Worldwide, TranSystems, Spencer Fane Britt and Browne, KPMG, Hallmark International, Weitz Industrial among others.

Cost is $25 to attend for Chamber members or $30 for general admission. Price increases to $30 and $35 respectively after Dec. 5. To register, visit saintjoseph.com or call (816) 232-4461.

A St. Joseph man who claimed he was exempt from Missouri law because he is a “sovereign citizen” was found guilty Tuesday of assaulting a police officer. Marcus Paden, 28, was found guilty after a bench trial before Circuit Judge Daniel Kellogg, who scheduled sentencing January 5.

Paden was charged after a traffic stop last May near Gene Field Road and Ashmat Lane in which he refused to identify himself, refused to get out of his car or otherwise cooperate with officers.

As we reported earlier, Officer Steve Smith suffered severe injuries as he was pulling Paden out of the vehicle. Officials say Smith was hit in the head and hands multiple times before another officer used a Taser to subdue the suspect. Smith suffered multiple injuries, including a concussion, and continues to suffer from short-term memory loss.

Paden offered many reasons why he should not be tried in the case. In September, Paden told a marshal he “refused to come to court on a punk-a** ticket,” according to online court records. He told authorities he should be tried under maritime law and not Missouri law, and at one point objected to the fringe on the American flag.

A judge ordered a competency examination in the initial stages of the court proceedings. Associate Judge Keith Marquart ruled that that Paden was unable to understand the charge against him and assist in his own defense. After an examination, officials at the Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center said Paden was competent for trial.

On Tuesday, Judge Kellogg found Paden guilty of a class-c felony count of assault of a law enforcement officer and a misdemeanor charge of speeding. The felony charge carries a range of sentences from one day to one year in the county jail or from two to seven years in the Missouri Department of Corrections plus a fine of up to $5,000.

Police are investigating early morning burglaries at two St. Joseph businesses.

According to the St. Joseph Police Department, a call came in at 2:14 a.m. from someone nearby the Dollar General at 3323 St. Joseph Avenue. The caller reported hearing or seeing a window being broken. Officers arrived on scene to find a broken window and say they believe a suspect entered the store but it’s unclear at this point what was taken.

At 3:33 a.m., an alarm went off at Woods Mini Mart at 1334 Frederick Avenue when a suspect broke the glass on the door and entered the business.

Police said they believe the incidents are related. There is no description of suspects at this time and police are still investigating.

Anyone with information is asked to call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 238-TIPS.

It’s not a Cyber Monday deal but dozens of people turned out to the former Ramada Inn in St. Joseph Monday for a bargain.

Carl Kimble Auction Service and Jim Barnett Auction Service opened up bids Monday morning at 10 on the contents of 160 rooms.

“We’re going to sell all the beds, all the armoires and part of the stuff here.  TVs we’ll sell about 25 or 30 TVs today, some heating and cooling units today.  So every day we’ll be selling TVs, heating units every day,” said Carl Kimble, auctioneer.

He said Monday they plan to sell Furniture and Furnishings then Tuesday it’s off to the Kitchen and Bath items.  Wednesday they plan to sell the contents of Monkey Cove the four-story high water slide and enclosed staircase and Thursday, the final day of the sale will be the contents of the basement and anything that’s left.

“We’re going to be selling by lot so everything has a lot number,” Barnett said. “What we sell today we’d like to be out today, everything we sell tomorrow we’d like to be out tomorrow but everything has to be out within a week.”

Barnett said the process to sell the contents has been underway for about a month.

Roger Frear from Savannah said he came to the auction to look for stuff for his rental business.

“I’m hoping for good deals,” Frear said. “Possibly some air conditions, some refrigerators.”

Greg McCurley said he came to the auction to look for stuff for the Harvest Baptist Church in Savannah.

“I’m looking for a bargain.  Been thinking about getting a refrigerator, maybe an air conditioner,” McCurley said. “We’ve got certain items that we’ve picked out and all ready to bid to see what happens today.”

Barnett said it’s a commercial auction so there will be people in from other states looking at items but anyone can show up to bid.

“They just need to show up and bring money and get them a buyer’s number,” Kimble said. “We’re going to start at 10 o’clock and we’re going to shut down at 5.”

Barnett said he expects to have a select group of people interested in the water-slide.

“Not everyone can handle a four-story water-slide unless you have a lot of acreage and you want something special for your kids,” Barnett said. “It’s going to be pretty much businesses that will be interested in that.”

The Ramada Inn shut down in August.  Demolition on part of the structure has already begun.

For more information on the auction CLICK HERE.