JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson has appointed Judge Tom Chapman to the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District.
Parson on Thursday announced he picked the Republican judge from Chillicothe for the appeals court. Chapman replaces Judge James Welsh, who retired in March.
Parson in a statement said Chapman’s “rural perspective” will provide balance to the court.
Chapman has served as a circuit judge in Livingston County in northwest Missouri since 2011. Before that, he practiced law for 19 years in Chillicothe. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law.
An 18-year-old has died and another person was injured after a shooting Wednesday night in St. Joseph.
According to the St. Joseph Police Department, the incident is being investigated as a homicide. A call came in at 11:12 p.m. Wednesday about a shooting which originated in the 2500 block of Duncan St. Capt. Jeff Wilson said an 18-year-old man was pronounced deceased at Mosaic Life Care as a result of his injuries. A 20-year-old man was treated for a non-life threatening gunshot wound.
Wilson said the investigation is ongoing and there are currently no suspects in custody.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the TIPS Hotline at (816) 238-TIPS.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will prevail over the region through the upcoming weekend as a series of disturbances move over the region. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:
Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Southeast wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 101. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. South wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 88.
Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Labor Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 87.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.
Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Athletic Trainers’ Association (MoATA) has organized a “Safety in Football Campaign” in order to promote increased safety in football in the State of Missouri. It is the goal of the “Safety in Football Campaign” to help each and every football team in Missouri to identify ways in which they can lessen the risks of injury and keep the focus on the fun and camaraderie of football.
During the season opener on Thursday at Northwest Missouri, both the Griffon and Bearcat football teams will join numerous high schools and colleges by donning a small helmet sticker on the back of each player’s helmet. The sticker represents the cumulative efforts of these schools and the Athletic Training community towards improving safety in youth football in the state of Missouri.
Missouri Western head athletic trainer Blaise Kriley said he was happy to partner with Northwest Missouri and other colleges and high schools across the state on the initiative.
“This initiative is a great way for us to bring awareness to the positive work athletic training staffs across Missouri are performing,” Kriley said. “Our staff here at Missouri Western, the staff at Northwest Missouri and many others are constantly looking to do everything we can to ensure these young men are safe.”
All across the state of Missouri, athletic trainers are providing their clinical skill and expertise each and every day to improve the overall health and safety of their athletes. According to a study conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the presence of athletic trainers in the secondary schools lowers overall injury rates, improves diagnosis and return-to-play decisions, and reduces the risk for recurrent injuries. In fact, the placement of athletic trainers in every secondary school that offers an athletic program is recommended by both the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.
However, even if a school or athletic association does not have access to the healthcare services of an athletic trainer, there are still simple steps that every program or association can put in place to improve safety in football.
*Providing a properly and regularly maintained Automated External Defibrillator (AED) at all practices and games
*Coordinating Venue-Specific Emergency Action Plans with your local Emergency Medical Services provider
*Helping provide CPR/First Aid/AED Training for those who oversee youth athletes
*Having immediate access to cold-water immersion tubs during periods of hotter and more humid climates
*Enforcing current safety measures designed to eliminate head-first collisions
There are tremendous benefits for athletes who participate in football. These athletes have increased self-esteem, lower dropout rates in school, and demonstrate a stronger involvement in their school and community. It is the goal of the “Safety in Football Campaign” to help each and every football team in Missouri identify ways in which they can lessen the risks of injury and keep the focus on the fun and camaraderie of football.
Throughout the regular season for the 2018 high school season the Missouri Athletic Trainers Association will send out a weekly tip/information through social media platform to help further educate important topics in the sport today. Please follow along as we do so @MOATA1984 on Twitter.
To learn more about Safety in Football, contact Missouri Western head athletic trainer Blaise Kriley at 816-271-4597 or by email at bkriley@missouriwestern.edu.
About The Missouri Athletic Trainers’ Association (MoATA)
The Missouri Athletic Trainers’ Association purpose is to advance the athletic training profession by enhancing professional and leadership abilities and by providing encouragement, mentorship and improvement of opportunities in the profession of athletic training in the State of Missouri. For more information on the Missouri Athletic Trainers Association, visit moata.net.
An event on Friday is being put on to raise awareness of overdose deaths in the St. Joseph community.
International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event held on August 31st each year.
According to the City of St. Joseph Health Department, in recent months, representatives from a broad range of businesses, agencies, and organizations have been working together to create better ways the community can serve anyone struggling with addiction. The group, informally referred to as the “opioid task force,” is gathering data sets, pooling resources, planning outreach activities for the public and in youth settings, and sharing information in order to build capacity.
The task force has planned a remembrance event for International Overdose Awareness Day.
St. Joseph Youth Alliance Executive Director Robin Hammond said the event will be held Friday to bring awareness in the community of those that have lost their lives due to an overdose.
“Those that have lost a loved one due to overdose are invited to attend and bring a memento of their loved one that can be set aside in honor of that person,” Hammond said. “We’re looking at approximately 40 deaths over the last five years here in our community due to overdose so we want to bring awareness to the issue in our community and to take a moment to remember those loved ones that have lost their life.”
The event will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday at Civic Center Park.
For more information about International Overdose Awareness Day, click here.
After a mostly cloudy start to the day the sun should return in the afternoon making for very pleasant early Fall-like conditions with highs in the mid to upper 70s. However, showers and thunderstorms return late tonight. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:
Today: Sunny, with a high near 78. North wind 8 to 10 mph.
Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. East northeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Southeast wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. South wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Labor Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.
Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a lightning bolt has struck and killed a northwest Missouri man as he was fishing.
Maryville Public Safety says authorities found 35-year-old Ryen Browning, of Maryville, dead around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday when they responded to a call at the City Reservoir. Browning was struck while fishing from the bank of the reservoir.
(Missourinet) – Historically, most of the bills passed during the Missouri Legislature’s regular session become law on August 28.
Of the roughly 2,100 measures filed this year, 144 proposals made it across finish line. Dozens of proposals become official Tuesday. Here is a snapshot of 10 key measures taking effect:
Education funding
In the fiscal year 2019 state budget plan, Missouri’s K-12 public schools are getting $3.5 billion. The figure represents a nearly $100 million funding increase from last year and fully funds the formula used to finance education. The budget outline also includes school transportation funding of $102.5 million – a boost of $10 million but still massively underfunding busing costs.
Lawmakers agreed to a deal with most of Missouri’s public colleges and universities to allow the schools to increase tuition by no greater than 1% during the next school year. In exchange, the Legislature would maintain state aid at the current level of $1.2 billion.
Mobile fees for 911 services
A new law allows Missouri counties to try and collect a fee from cell phone users for local 911 services. If approved by a state 911 oversight board and local voters, individual counties could collect a monthly fee of up to one dollar. Bill sponsor, State Rep. Jeanie Lauer, R-Blue Springs, says counties hoping to implement the fee would have to present a plan to the board to show how the money would be spent. The funding could cover things like emergency texting, upgrading phone systems, staffing, training and pinpointing where calls are coming from.
Income tax cuts
The General Assembly passed a plan that reduces the individual tax rate from 5.9% to 5.5%. The rate will be gradually reduced to 5.1% if the state meets targets for income tax growth. The legislation from Speaker Pro-Tem Elijah Haahr, R-Springfield, seeks to offset expected revenue losses by gradually phasing out the federal income tax deduction.
The plan also drops the corporate income tax rate from 6.25% to 4%. The rate cut would go into effect in 2020. In addition, the bill changes the way out of state corporations would pay taxes to be based on sales rather the current three-factor apportionment option that lets companies opt for the lower of two rates.
Individuals and companies will begin to see the changes next year.
Sweeping utility bill
The comprehensive utility bill sponsored by Sen. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, satisfies the state’s largest electric companies after years of legislative haggling. The measure changes the way regulated utilities negotiate rates with the state by allowing them to more quickly recover the cost of infrastructure upgrades.
The bill caps rate hikes at 2.85 or 3% per year, depending on the service area.
The measure also calls on the utilities to reduce rates by roughly 5% to compensate for a large federal corporate tax cut the companies are realizing.
Prevailing wage law
A big win for the Republican majority on labor issues came when both chambers endorsed a partial repeal of the state’s prevailing wage law after years of failing to do so. The law sets pay standards for public works projects based on location.
The construction jobs impacted include schools, courthouses and fire stations, among others. The bill, HB 1729, is sponsored by Jeffery Justus, R-Branson.
Industrial hemp
Pacific Republican State Rep. Paul Curtman’s legislation allows Missourians
to grow, cultivate, harvest and process industrial hemp. It creates a pilot program and requires Missourians who want to grow hemp to get a permit from the state Department of Agriculture. The plant, which comes from the same plant as marijuana, contains very low levels of the psychoactive chemical known as THC. Hemp can be used in about 25,000 products, including personal care products, fabrics and furniture.
Changes to Missouri’s sex offender registry
State Rep. Kurt Bahr, R-St. Charles, sponsored provisions included in a Senate bill passed that will show three categories of sex offenders, instead of one, in Missouri’s sex offender registry. The tiers depend on the severity of the crime committed.
Under the new law, first-level offenders can ask to get off the list after ten years and second-level offenders could petition the court to be removed after 25 years. Level three offenders will remain on the registry.
Changing the state’s minimum marriage age
A proposal sponsored by State Representative Jean Evans, R-Manchester, increases the minimum age for marriage to 16 years old. It also prohibits those older than 21 years old from marrying anyone younger than 18. The bill aims to curtail human trafficking.
Medicaid coverage of chiropractic care
Missouri chiropractors are now allowed into the Medicaid system and Medicaid recipients will be covered for back pain. Bill sponsor, Republican Representative John Wiemann of O’Fallon, says his bipartisan legislation will help to ease the opioid crisis and save the state millions of dollars by offering a less expensive alternative.
Tightening restrictions on liability lawsuits
The GOP-dominated Legislature voted in favor of strengthening the position of insurance companies when multiple parties claim damages. Chesterfield Republican State Rep. Bruce DeGroot’s bill will allow them to use the “interpleader” procedure to avoid paying sums greater than their policy limits.
Another hot day is expected today with highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s and heat index values in the mid 90s to lower 100s. This heat will set the stage for the potential for severe thunderstorms late this afternoon into this evening. The main threats with these storms will be for damaging winds and large hail however, an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. These storms will also have the potential to produce very heavy rainfall which could lead to localized flash flooding. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:
Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 89. Heat index values as high as 99. South wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southwest wind around 10 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. North northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 a.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. East southeast wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Classes began Monday at Missouri Western State University and at Northwest Missouri State University with both reporting increased enrollment.
Preliminary enrollment data at Missouri Western indicate more than 1,050 incoming freshmen are beginning their college career. That is an increase of approximately seven percent over last year and more than 22 percent higher than it was in fall 2016.
Overall enrollment, both in headcount and credit hours, is also projected to rise again. Enrollment numbers will be finalized after the official census date four weeks into the semester.
Convocation Aug. 2018. Photo Todd Weddle | Northwest Missouri State University.
Northwest reported record retention and one of its largest-ever freshman classes.
Northwest entered its first day of classes Monday with 78.66 percent of its 2017 freshman class returning to the University for a second year, which breaks the University’s 2007 record of 73.51 percent. Northwest’s freshman headcount is 1,351, an 11 percent increase from last fall.
ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Athletic Trainers’ Association (MoATA) has organized a “Safety in Football Campaign” in order to promote increased safety in football in the State of Missouri. It is the goal of the “Safety in Football Campaign” to help each and every football team in Missouri to identify ways in which they can lessen the risks of injury and keep the focus on the fun and camaraderie of football.
Classes began Monday at Missouri Western State University and at Northwest Missouri State University with both reporting increased enrollment.