The St. Joseph School District is urging students and families to take precautions after the district said a driver continuously offered an unwanted ride to a Central High School student.
Joey Austin, Dir. of Communications with the district said in an email that Tuesday morning a high school student was on her way to Central High School when an unidentified man offered numerous times to give her a ride as she walked to school, which made her uncomfortable.
“The student made it to school safely and promptly informed her counselor and the police were notified,” Austin said.
The individual is described as a white male with dirty blond hair, a scruffy beard, with a large build and of average height. He was driving a gray car (unknown model) with a great dane sticker on the back window.
“We join the police in urging all students and their families to take precautions while away from home and particularly while traveling to and from school. All students are encouraged to not walk or wait alone while enroute to school or at the bus stop,” Austin said.
The police are asking residents to report any suspicious activities to their attention by calling (816) 271-4777. Students at school with information to report or with concerns regarding this incident should contact any school administrator or counselor.
“Our school district will be working closely with the police to assure the safety of our students,” Austin said.
Update – Missouri Western State University has canceled both its afternoon and evening classes after a campus-wide power outage Tuesday.
Power was lost all across campus around noon According to Kent Heier, Assistant Dir. of PR and Marking at Western. By 5:09 p.m. Tuesday power was restored to most of the campus.
In the latest update, Heier said the outage appears to have been caused by a faulty high voltage switch.
The power outage was just contained to the university campus.
Missouri Western State University’s president will make an audio appearance tonight on the Jim Bohannon Radio show to talk about the Walter Cronkite Memorial.
Jim Bohannon is one of America’s top radio personalities. He was nominated for the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Marconi Radio Award for the Network Syndicated Personality of the Year. He is a recipient of a Special Recognition First Amendment Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association and was named by the TALKERS magazine editorial board as the 2013 recipient of the publication’s prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. He is also an inductee into the National Radio Hall of Fame.
Dr. Robert Vatrabedian said he did about a 16-minute taped interview Monday about the memorial on the nationally syndicated radio show. It’s scheduled to air tonight, Tues. Dec. 1 at 11:35 p.m. on 680AM KFEQ.
“He asked some excellent questions about the Cronkite memorial and the two live shows associated with it,” Vartabedian said. “He was very good about repeatedly mentioning St. Joe and Missouri Western State University. Also, he even talked about where donations could be sent to keep the memorial running.”
Walter Cronkite was born in St. Joseph on Nov. 4, 1916. The Walter Cronkite Memorial, in the atrium of Spratt Hall on the Missouri Western campus, was dedicated in 2013 on what would have been his 97th birthday. It has since been expanded to include more display cases, a bronze bust of Cronkite created by Missouri Western artist-in-residence Eric Fuson, and a replica of the CBS newsroom from which Cronkite broadcast the news. Also added to the memorial have been two live multimedia shows – “Cronkite” and “Harry and Walter: Missouri’s Native Sons.” The Walter Cronkite Memorial is open to the public daily except for Christmas, New Year’s Day and Easter, and admission is always free.
Two infants were among the three people hurt in a rollover crash in Daviess County Monday afternoon.
A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol indicates 19-year-old Trysta Peery of Bethany lost control of her SUV along Missouri-13 highway two miles north of Coffey. The vehicle left the highway, overturned down an embankment where it struck a fence and a rock embankment.
All three occupants were wearing safety restraints, including a newborn and a one year old girl. All three were transported to Harrison County Community Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
An Illinois man is accused of kicking and biting and punching officers in Andrew County over the weekend after claiming to work for the C.I.A. and a tracking device inside of himself.
Carl Bernard Kelley III, 34 of Fairview Heights, Ill. is charged with three felonies for assault on a law enforcement officer, a misdemeanor for resisting/interfering with arrest, and a misdemeanor for operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner.
According to court documents, around 5:40 a.m. Saturday the Andrew County Sheriff’s Department responded to 59 highway on a report of a white van parked in the driving lane. Deputy Robert Elam said a man was located in the passenger seat with a red handled utility knife in his right hand which was inside the pocket of the grey hoodie he was wearing and was asleep.
“Several attempts to wake the suspect were made but he didn’t wake up,” Elam said.
Elam said deputies requested an ambulance.
“When the ambulance arrived the subject woke up and spoke to the paramedic. He refused to give her his name and started to talk about being employed by the C.I.A. and that he had a tracking device inside him,” Elam said. “He refuse to give his name and called himself Butch. He was told to get out of the vehicle, he refused.”
After several attempts to get Kelley out of the vehicle, Elam said he got out and sat on the back passenger side.
“He was told to stand and put his hands on the vehicle and he refused stating that he was with the C.I.A. and that they were coming to help him,” Elam said.
When another deputy tried to grab his wrist to pull him up Elam said Kelley pulled away and that’s when Elam drew his taser.
“He jumped and asked not to be tased. He was told to stand up and place his hands on the vehicle. He refused,” Elam said. “I warned him I was going to taser him.”
Elam said he deployed his taser twice, the first attempt just made contact with the suspect’s hoodie.
“I deployed another set of darts that made contact and he jumped up and started swinging and screaming then he jumped into the back seat of the van and covered up,” Elam said. “I opened the back hatch and told the suspect to get out of the vehicle, he refused.”
Elam said he stunned the suspect again.
“He jumped and swung at me, he grabbed a painters roller bar and tried to strike me in the chest and face, then he started to strike the left side window and right side window, “Elam said. “After Savannah City Officer Zeigler arrived he distracted the suspect and I grabbed the roller bar and took it from him.”
Elam said he tried to grab the suspect who was attempting to climb out the back left window of the van.
“He struck me in the face with his closed fist hitting me in nose and mouth,” Elam said.
He said two other officers pinned the man down in the back seat and were able to restrain his wrists. Elam said the suspect began to kick and bit another deputy on his hand.
“I retrieved a set of leg restraints and was able to get one on the suspect and was kicked in the chest,” Elam said. “The suspect was removed from the vehicle and put on the ground. He was placed in a Savannah Police vehicle and transported to Mosaic ER for treatment and mental health evaluation.”
A man who was killed in DeKalb County over the weekend after police said he pointed a rifle at officers has been identified.
Lionel S. Kerns, 53 of Stewartsville has been identified by the Missouri State Highway Patrol as the suspect who was killed by police.
Sgt. Jake Angle with MSHP said officers with the MSHP and the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department responded Sunday to a domestic disturbance to US 36 and Thorton Road.
“Upon the officers arrival a white male suspect exited the residence and pointed a rifle at the officers,” Angle said. “The officers ordered the suspect to drop the weapon and the suspect failed to comply, at which time the officers discharged their weapons fatally wounding the suspect.”
The investigation continues by the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control and the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department.
Today
Rain, mainly before 3pm. High near 38. East southeast wind around 7 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight
A slight chance of rain before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. West southwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 38. West southwest wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. West northwest wind 9 to 13 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 24.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 44.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 26.
Friday
Sunny, with a high near 47.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 50.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.
A man was shot and killed Sunday morning in Dekalb County after authorities said he pointed a firearm at police.
According to Sgt. Jake Angle with the Missouri State Highway Patrol around 10:18 a.m. the MSHP and the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department responded to a domestic disturbance at US 36 and Thorton Road in DeKalb County.
“Officers made contact with a white male suspect armed with a weapon and ordered the suspect to drop the weapon,” Angle said. “The suspect pointed the weapon at officers at which time officers fired their weapons and fatally wounded the suspect.”
The identity of the suspect is not being released at this time.
Troopers from the Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control and the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department continue to investigate.
NEW YORK (AP) — Get ready for the stretched version of the Cyber Monday online sales wars.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is making all of its “Cyber Monday” online discounts available on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. The discounts will be offered starting at 8 p.m Eastern time. A year ago, the nation’s largest retailer only offered a sneak peak of about 20 deals on the evening before what’s considered the biggest online sales day of the year. It’s also quadrupling the assortment of deals to 2,000.
Meanwhile, Target announced that for the first time it will be offering a 15 percent site-wide discount on Cyber Monday. It will also have an extra 75 heavily discounted items on that day that include 50 percent off kids’ cameras and 50 percent off select headphones.
Fernando Madeira, president and CEO of Walmart.com, tells The Associated Press the company wants to make it easier for customers to get ahead of Cyber Monday and save on the top selling gifts. Among some of the deals: an LG 65-inch HDTV for $799, a $500 savings, and an Air Hogs video drone for $75, a $34 savings. Madeira says, “We are simplifying the experience.”
Opening day of firearm deer season in Kansas starts Wednesday marking the 50th anniversary of modern deer hunting in the state.
Compared to other Midwest states, Kansas’ deer hunting tradition is relatively young. The first regulated season was in 1965, when limited firearm and archery seasons were opened. Just 50 years before that, deer may have been completely extirpated from the state, as a result of unregulated market and subsistence hunting. That first modern firearm season was five days long, Dec. 11-15, and just 3,975 firearm permits were issued. Hunters took 1,153 deer that first year for a 29 percent success rate. Compare that to 2014 when 123,000 hunters killed 93,939 deer (many hunters filled antlerless-only permits in addition to their either sex permit).
The 2015 firearm deer season is Dec. 2-13, and all hunters with 2015 permits may hunt with any legal equipment, as specified on their permit. Anyone hunting deer during the 12-day season must wear hunter orange – an orange hat and a vest that has 100 square inches of orange visible from the front and 100 square inches of orange visible from the back. All deer hunters must have a deer permit and all nonresidents and residents age 16-74 must also have a hunting license, unless exempt.
The St. Joseph School District is urging students and families to take precautions after the district said a driver continuously offered an unwanted ride to a Central High School student.
