A Preliminary Hearing was set Monday for a Gallatin man charged with more than 30 counts for allegedly possessing hundreds of photos and videos of child porn and showing a Juvenile images of nude minors.

32-year-old Cameron Curtis Wilson is charged in Daviess County with a misdemeanor for Furnish Pornographic Material Or Attempt To Furnish To A Minor, a Felony for first degree Promote Child Pornography To A Minor and 30 felonies for Possession Of Child Pornography.

According to officials Wilson’s case was continued to Sept. 8 for a preliminary hearing at 2 p.m.

Court documents allege in March Wilson invited a 12-year-old Juvenile into his apartment to look at a knife collection.

“While in the apartment, Wilson showed the Juvenile numerous adult pornographic magazines.  Wilson then showed Juvenile images of nude minors, ranging from the age range of 6 to 12 years of age, via his cellular telephone,” said David Vaughn, a law enforcement officer with the Gallatin Missouri Police Department.

After searching Wilson’s residence in Gallatin officers reportedly found numerous media storage devices containing hundreds of images identified as minors from age 12 to five engaged in sexual acts and more than one hundreds videos of minors ranging in the age of infants to age 12 engaged in sexually explicit acts were.

Wilson is being held in Daviess County on $200,000 cash bond.

A lieutenant in the Trenton, Missouri Fire Department died in a skydiving accident over the weekend.

Lt. Eric Lorenz fell to the ground in a skydiving accident Saturday in Lafayette County. He had been with the department for ten years.

The mayor of Trenton, Mo., has ordered all flags to be at half-staff. Mr Lorenz was married and the father of two young children.

On Saturday evening on its Facebook page, Grundy County Emergency Management offered the following post:

“Our hearts are heavy this morning as we grieve, We extend our thoughts to the family and all of our emergency services colleagues within the city of Trenton and Grundy County in this time of mourning.”

UPDATE: Police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting Saturday in St. Joseph.

32-year-old Jason Ginn of St. Joseph has been identified as the man shot and killed Saturday in the 300 block of S 15th.

Police have a subject of interest they are looking for. Subject is not in custody and no description had been released.

Anyone with information in the case is encouraged to call the TIPS hotline at (816) 238-TIPS.

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Saturday 6 p.m. – The St. Joseph Police Department is searching for a suspect after a person was shot and killed in midtown Saturday evening.

According to Commander Eric Protzman the shooting was reported just before 5 p.m. in 300 block of South 15th St.

Protzman said a man was shot and killed.  The victim’s identity has not yet been released.

Police are searching for a subject of interest but do not yet have the individual in custody.

No description was released.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is on scene assisting with traffic control in the area.

The City of St. Joseph plans to recognize the Fire Department for 150 years of service this week.

On Friday, August 7 a proclamation ceremony to recognize the conception of the St. Joseph Fire Department, as well as celebrate its 150th anniversary will be held. The ceremony will begin at 2:30pm, in Civic Center Park, 1100 Frederick Avenue.

The fire department will receive proclamations from the city of St. Joseph, Governor Nixon, and both the Missouri House and Senate. The public is invited to attend and can visit with firefighters
and view a display of firefighter equipment.

After purchasing the department’s first steam engine in May 1865, a committee appointed by the City Council recommended the organization of the department on August 7, 1865. The St Joseph
Fire Department is recognized as one of the one hundred oldest departments in the nation, and one of the five oldest departments west of the Mississippi River. In the early 1900s, the department was recognized as one the most progressive and innovative departments around.

The City said today’s members of the St. Joseph Fire Department still strive to meet those objectives as they face not only the challenges of fire suppression and prevention, they now provide services in medical first responders, hazardous materials, water/ice rescue, specialized rescues and incident command.

The City of St. Joseph is kicking off a week dedicated to encourage and promote breastfeeding.

The Health Department WIC (Women, Infants and Children) is joining organizations worldwide to encourage and promote breastfeeding during World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7th.

The department said this year World Breastfeeding Week shines a light on women combining the dual responsibilities of breastfeeding and working, and the role of employers and communities.

“Employers who are regarded as being family friendly empower employees to more easily balance family and work, and to fulfill both their family and work obligations,” the department said in a news release. “Missouri’s ‘Breastfeeding Friendly Worksite’ program encourages the inclusion of breastfeeding protection in the arsenal of family friendly worksite policies.”

The WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors invite breastfeeding moms to activities designed to promote and encourage all pregnant and breastfeeding mothers during “World Breastfeeding Week: Breastfeeding and Work, Let’s Make it Work!”

* Saturday, August 1st at the East Hills Mall Sunporch Café at 10:00 a.m.:
“St. Joe Latch MO” – all breastfeeding moms are invited to join this global event

* Wednesday, August 5th at the East Hills Library: “All About That Base” – a presentation
about cloth diapering, baby wearing and ways parents connect with and nurture babies

* Friday, August 7th at the Keatley Center: “Mothers’ Tea Party” – honoring WIC pregnant
and breastfeeding moms with a special celebration

Contact the WIC Peer Counselor’s office for more information about World Breastfeeding Week activities at 816-271-4880.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Houston-based company is asking Missouri utility regulators to reconsider their rejection of a proposed high-voltage power line that was planned for a multistate wind energy project.

The Kansas City Star reports that Clean Line Energy wants the Missouri Public Service Commission to rehear its application to build a $2.2 billion transmission line to carry Kansas wind power across Missouri to eastern power grids.

The company says Missouri officials made multiple errors and did not act “even-handed” when the commission on July 1 denied the request to build Grain Belt Express.

That project was backed by business groups, labor unions and environmentalists but opposed by farmers in the path that stretched from western Missouri’s Buchanan County to Ralls County on the east side of the state.

An outsource solutions company plans to hire up to 350 workers by the end of the year in St. Joseph.

Expert Global Solutions announced Friday it plans to hold an open house at its St. Joseph facility located at 4315 Pickett Rd. Tuesday, August 4th from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  The company said it will discuss available career opportunities during that time.  Employees are being sought to fill positions as customer service representatives, pharmacy technicians, and telesales representatives through December. Company recruiters will hold on-the-spot interviews with interested candidates during the open house.

The EGS celebrated its branding with Systems & Services Technologies, Inc. (SST) with a St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting in May.

EGS said it is a global customer service organization that delivers outsourced solutions for customer and financial care.  The company delivers customer care support through voice, text, chat and email.

For more information visit the company’s website at www.egscorp.com/Careers or call 816-671-2708.

 

The St. Joseph School District has severed ties with former HR Director Doug Flowers.

The Board of Education has agreed to pay Flowers a severance of $32,000 to decline his teaching contract for the 2015-2016 school year.

“Basically the district did this for several reasons,” said Dr. Robert Newhart, Interim Superintendent. “We have to move forward as a district and we thought it was in the best interest of the district and in all fairness to Mr. Flowers as well to severe ties.”

In February the school board voted to remove Flowers as the Director of Human Resources effective immediately and reassign him to other administrative duties ten days after State Audit findings of “poor” were released.

At that time the board also voted to non-renew Flower’s existing administrative contract.  However, pursuant to applicable Missouri statutes regarding teacher tenure the district would have been required to offer Flowers a teaching contract for the 2015-16 academic year.  Newhart said FLowers would have been assigned to a position with the Colgan Center if he had not accepted the severance deal

“We did not need to have that position.  We were going to pay a teacher as the document references with benefits, $77,885 when we could reach a severance agreement for $32,000 which is a $45,885 savings.  All while retaining as the documents references all rights associated with any investigation if charges and/or a conviction is made,” Newhart said.

Newhart is referring to ongoing FBI and U.S. Grant Jury investigations into the St. Joseph School District.  While he wouldn’t give an exact timeline he said he believes a conclusion to the FBI investigation could be within the next 30 to 60 days.

Click Here to see the settlement in full.

The St. Joseph School District has reached a severance agreement of $32,000 with former HR Director Doug Flowers.

CLICK HERE to view Flowers Severance Agreement 7-30-15 pdf.