After nearly a decade a Kentucky man had confessed to killing his wife when they lived in northwest Missouri.
Samuel H. Borntreger, 39 was charged Sunday in Harrison County with a felony for first-degree murder stemming from an incident that took place in 2006.
“I got a phone call Sunday from a deputy advising that he had got a phone call from a sheriff’s office in Kentucky about an Amish man coming in and confessing to murdering his wife back in 2006 here in Harrison County,”said Sheriff Josh Eckerson with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office.
According to court documents Samuel Borntreger admitted to deputies in Ken. to killing his then wife Anna Borntreger sometimes between Nov. and Dec. of 2006.
“Samuel admitted to giving antifreeze in her drinks,”said Sheriff Eckerson. “Samuel admitted to giving Anna battery acid up her rectum twice in one day. Samuel admitted to giving Anna the antifreeze and acid to kill her.”
Anna’s body was exhumed Tuesday from an Amish cemetery in northwest Missouri.
“She was taken down to Kansas City to a medical examiners office where they will run some tests and let us know in fact have any signs of any of that in any of her system. Hair, bone-marrow, any of her tissue,” Eckerson said.
Eckerson said Borntreger recently became a minister.
“He came forward because he said he wanted to get it off his chest, it was weighing heavy on his mind,” Eckerson said.
Prior to moving to Kentucky Borntreger was part of the Amish community in northwest Missouri and was a well-known cabinet maker.
Borntreger is scheduled for an arraignment in Harrison County for Jan. 20.
A St. Joseph man has been sentenced to serve 20-years behind bars after shooting and seriously injuring another St. Joseph man.
Michael Dennis, 24 was sentenced in Buchanan County Court Monday. Dennis pleaded guilty on Nov. 20 to felony first degree assault stemming from an incident that took place in July 2015.
As we previously reported, court documents alleged he shot a man twice in the 100 block of south 19th St. Police said the 22-year-old male victim was taken to Mosaic Life Care for treatment of serious injuries from being shot.
Tech. Sgt. Jason D. Jones receives the Air Force Commendation Medal by Col. Ralph Schwader at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base in St. joseph, Mo., on Jan. 10, 2016. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Crane) Courtesy 139th AW
ROSECRANS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mo. — Tech. Sgt. Jason Jones, a recruiter assigned to the 139th Airlift Wing in St. Joseph, Mo., was the top production recruiter in the Missouri Air National Guard for 2015.
Jones enlisted 36 new Airmen last year which was 103% of his assigned goal. For his efforts, Col. Ralph Schwader, commander of the 139th Airlift Wing, presented the Air Force Commendation Medal to Jones during January drill.
Jones was able to recruit in ‘hard to fill’ or ‘critical career fields’ as designated by the National Guard Bureau.
Jones also reached out to events such as the Kansas City Gay Pride Parade in which had an attendance of 25,000 people, the Downtown Kansas City Air Show that held over 20,000 people, and the Tarkio Fly-In that had 1,000 people.
Gas prices continue to drop to multi-year lows, with Monday’s average price of $1.97 per gallon representing the cheapest average price at the pump since March 23, 2009.
According to AAA, gas prices have fallen for 55 of the past 66 days for a total savings of 26 cents per gallon and should remain relatively low because there is more than enough oil and gasoline around the world to meet demand. AAA said drivers are saving three cents per gallon on the week, five cents per gallon on the month and 17 cents per gallon versus this same date last year.
Missouri’s ($1.65) and Oklahoma’s ($1.70) are the nation’s least expensive markets for retail gasoline.
Kansas City was $1.67, 4 cents cheaper than a week ago. St. Joseph came in with an average of $1.67 a gallon, 5 cents lower than last week. That’s also $2.27 lower than St. Joseph’s highest recorded average price for regular unleaded which came in at $3.96 a gallon on May 21, of 2013.
Two men have been arrested in connection with a case of starving pit bulls found in Wheeling.
Lonnie Buesing, 34 and Tracy Lee Newton, 43 of Carrollton were arrested over the weekend by Independence police. Buesing and Newton are each charged in Livingston County with two felonies for animal abuse.
This stems from an investigation by the LCSO and Livingston County Humane Society allegedly involving 10 grossly emaciated pit bulls that were located in Wheeling.
Both warrants carried $5,000 cash bond and both men have been extradited from the Jackson County Jail and transferred to the Daviess Dekalb County Regional Jail in lieu of bond.
Even with these arrests the LCSO is continuing with this investigation.
St. Joseph – For Sheldon Lyon, of the St. Joseph Safety and Health Council, safety on Missouri’s roads is a top area of concern. Having served as a Missouri Highway Patrolman with Troop H for 29 years, Lyon has experienced first-hand the importance of safety belt usage on Missouri’s roads.
“I think my passion for safety comes from a career of observing mistakes made out on the highways and the consequences that come from that,” said Lyon.
As a safety advocate, one of the stories Mr. Lyon tells often comes from his days as a Highway Patrolman in the northwest part of the state. The story, a tragic one involving a local family, illustrates the importance of safety belt usage not only for drivers but for passengers as well.
“One careless thought or choice when a family gets in a vehicle, will devastate a family forever; and these choices are made by Missourians every day,” said Lyon.
Through four key pillars of transportation – roads, bridges, safety and economic development – the Missouri Department of Transportation is spotlighting business owners, workers, parents, students and travelers, all of whom have unique stories to tell about what matters most to them.
MARYVILLE, Mo. – Northwest Missouri State University will honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events, including its fifth annual peace brunch and a march from the University campus to the Nodaway County Courthouse in downtown Maryville.
The annual peace brunch begins at 11 a.m.Monday, Jan. 18, in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom. A free hot breakfast buffet will be served and Northwest student leaders will give a short performance. Brent Rice, a 2010 Northwest alumnus, will give a keynote address.
The peace march will begin at 1 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom and conclude on the steps of courthouse, where Northwest student leaders will recite excerpts of King’s speeches. Participants are encouraged to make and bring signs that promote peace, equality, justice and unity. Hot chocolate also will be served.
“The civil rights movement is still occurring, and it is up to all of us to create an inclusive movement toward justice,” said Steve Bryant, Northwest’s director of multicultural student success. “A lot of work needs to be done in all of our societal structures. As we celebrate our fifth annual peace brunch and march, it is even more critical that we continue to create a movement toward peace and equity and that the Northwest community leads the way in acceptance, compassion and justice.”
The week continues with activities and discussions centered on King’s vision and social justice. All events are free and open to the public.
At 7 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 19, the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity presents “Black Don’t Crack,” a discussion-based presentation designed to break down barriers within the black community and society.
At noonWednesday, Jan. 20, the Northwest community is invited to the Student Union Boardroom for a “Soup and Substance” event discussing the history and art of protesting social injustices in America. While soup is provided, participants will learn how to have effective protests and create movements toward social change.
The week’s activities conclude with “Dessert and Dialogue: Keeping the Dream Alive with the Horace Mann Students” at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, in the Student Union Boardroom. Students attending Northwest’s Horace Mann Laboratory School will present how they plan to keep King’s dream alive.
Although Martin Luther King Jr. was born on Jan. 15, 1929, his birthday has been observed as a national holiday,Martin Luther King Day, on the third Monday of each January since 1986. In observance of the holiday, Northwest will not have classes Monday, Jan, 18, and all University offices will be closed.
King’s effort to lead the American civil rights movement during the 1950s and ‘60s included the 1963 March on Washington. There, he delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, which dramatically raised public consciousness about civil rights and established King as a world figure. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week events at Northwest are sponsored by its Office of Multicultural Student Success and the Strategic Objective Three Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet was held Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016. The 96th Annual Banquet, which serves as an annual meeting for Chamber members, was held at the St. Joseph Civic Arena and was presented by Commerce Bank. More than 800 attended the event, which had a James Bond theme of “Casino Royale: An Evening in Monte Carlo.”
The Civic Arena was decorated to fit the theme. The Griffey School for the Arts and the Dance Arts Center provided entertainment and gaming tables were provided by Moila Wrecking Crew. The evening was emceed by James Bond, as portrayed by Jeremy Eaton of the Griffey School for the Arts.
The program included a year in review video, which noted highlights from 2015, as well as a brief preview of plans for 2016. Some of the main points from the video include:
· 2015 was a record-breaking year, full of accomplishments and accolades including being named Chamber of the Year by the Missouri State Chamber of Commerce and Industry, receiving 5-star accreditation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for the second-straight five year period and adding 300 new members to reach the 1,200 member mark for the organization’s first time;
· The Chamber launched programs focused on concentrated member groups including Cup of Joe for entrpreneurs, Circle of Influence for lead generation and Women’s Leadership Group for female business leaders;
· The St. Joseph economy saw many companies grow and invest in 2015:
Daily’s Premium Meats, a meat processing company, began construction on a a new 100,000 square foot facility. It will hire 212 employees during its first five years of operation. This is a capital investment of $41.5 million to $46.5 million.
Sealed Air announced an investment of $45 million and the future creation of jobs that will pay in excess of $20 an hour.
F&H Food Equipment purchased 2 acres in Eastowne Business Park and began construction on an 8,000 square foot building with an estimated capital investment of $817,000.
Details of all of these projects and more were highlighted in the 2015 Annual Report, which was provided
to all attendees and is on the Chamber’s website, www.saintjoseph.com
To see the Year in Review video, as well as two other videos shown at the banquet, please visit the Chamber’s website and click on the Video Center.
The meeting was the ceremonial changing of the guard for officers. Todd Meierhoffer, of Meierhoffer Funeral Home and Crematory, was honored as the Chairman of the Board for 2015. Stet Schanze, of Gray Manufacturing Co. Inc., is the 2015 Chairman.
Documents stored in archival safe boxes. Andrew County Museum, Savannah, Missouri. Photo courtesy Andrew County Museum
The Andrew County Museum wants to teach people how to preserve their paper histories.
Curator of Collections, Brittany Venturella plans to shares basic information on how to preserve paper documents; that includes information on how temperature and sunlight can impact family treasures.
“Andrew County Museum provides fee-based genealogy and historical research services; in tandem with this service we work to educate people on how to preserve their family documents,” said Cathy Campbell Museum Director. “Visitors are often unaware about how collections are managed, this is a format for the Curator of Collections to bring insight to the public on this topic.”
The presentation will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16th at the Andrew County Museum located at 202 E. Duncan Drive. The course is free and open to the public. Call 816-324-4720 for more information.
