Dozens of homes and businesses were without power Monday afternoon after a wreck involving some power lines at 31st Street and Jules.
According to a KCPL online outage map there were 83 customers in the dark at 4:30 p.m. Power had been restored a half hour later.
Police in Platte City have released the name of the man found in a burning vehicle during last week’s string of vehicle fires. Curtis Durbin, 20, of Platte City, was identified through fingerprint records.
Investigators say a dozen vehicles were set on fire Friday morning in the same subdivision of Platte City. Authorities last week said the victim might have been the one responsible for all of the fires.
In a news release, Platte City Chief of Police Carl Mitchell said a total of 14 vehicles had been entered and 12 were set on fire.
Durbin was found in a burning truck found at 2113 Wilkerson Drive.
The deceased was transported to the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. Preliminary indications are that Durbin died of smoke inhalation.
The Platte County Sheriff’s Department, the Kansas City Bomb and Arson Squad, Kansas City Crime Scene Unit, ATF, State Fire Marshall, Jackson County Medical Examiner and Missouri Highway Patrol are assisting the Platte City Police Department in the investigation.
As soon as the deceased’s identity is determined his name will be released. It is believed that the identification will not take place before Wednesday, February 8, 2012.
St. Joseph, Missouri, February 6, 2012 – Teva Animal Health today announced that it will resume the manufacture and distribution of non sterile liquid products, after receiving approval to do so from the Food and Drug Administration.
Teva Animal Health received approval to resume manufacturing, processing, packing, labeling, holding and distributing non sterile animal liquid products. The firm manufactures proprietary and generic drug products to the US animal health market.
“We are pleased to receive this news from FDA,” said Dave Cunningham, President & CEO of Teva Animal Health.
“I am extremely proud of the hard work and dedication of our employees as we have been working non-stop to resume operations at this facility and this is the next step to that end,” Cunningham said in a news release.
The FDA found violations at the facility in 2009 and shut down production.
The Israeli company bought IVX Animal Health in St Joseph in 2006, and has since invested heavily in improvements here.
Joint meetings were held last week in Washington, D.C., for producer leaders of a dozen commodity organizations to discuss policy priorities, hear perspectives of key policymakers and to work toward consensus on the future of U.S. farm policy. The groups confirmed in the meeting that they are committed to working together to come up with a viable farm policy.
In a joint statement the organizations said – it is our common belief that Congress should pass and the President should sign a strong new farm bill into law this year. The law expires at the end of this year and producers – like all job creators – need certainty from Washington. If Washington provides America’s farmers and ranchers with some certainty, we can continue to help lead our nation’s economic recovery.
The organizations, which include the National Sorghum Producers, say – American agriculture stands out as one of the few sectors of the economy that has, throughout the economic downturn, still contributed positively to our nation’s balance of trade while helping to create jobs and put this country back on its economic feet. And we have accomplished these things with a farm policy that also stands out as consistently under budget over the past 10 years.
Courtesy: NAFB News
Will 2012 be the year when permanent relief from the estate tax is within reach? Kent Baucus, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association associate director of legislative affairs thinks so. Baucus addressed attendees of the 2012 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show in Nashville, Tennessee. He said the estate tax is top of mind for many cattlemen, especially young farmers and ranchers hoping to take over family-owned cattle operations.
Bacus said – this is not a tax on the wealthy elite. The wealthy are more likely to find a way to weather the storm. Small business owners and family farmers and ranchers will be forced to make difficult decisions. As the global population continues to grow, it is paramount we keep farms and ranches intact. We have to be able to feed people.
There are 29 pieces of legislation in the U.S. Congress to address the estate tax. Bacus said NCBA supports the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2011 introduced by Representative Kevin Brady of Texas. The legislation, if passed, would repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes. Bacus said the legislation has already garnered 194 bipartisan co-sponsors.
Courtesy: NAFB News
Hormel Foods Corporation’s company-owned farms will phase out the use of small metal crates for confining pregnant hogs by the end of 2017. In an on-line statement, Hormel says the breeding sows at its company-owned farms in Arizona will be transitioning to group housing by the end of summer this year and at its farms in Colorado and Wyoming before 2018.
Humane Society of the United States President and CEO Wayne Pacelle said in a statement, – this decision brings us closer to the day when the cruel confinement of pigs in gestation crates will be a bygone era for the entire pork industry. We thank Hormel for making this decision and urge the company to also apply it to any contract pig breeders it may use. According to HSUS, Hormel purchases hogs from more than 775 independent pork producers.
Pacelle says HSUS is also urging Hormel’s competitors such as Tyson, Triumph, Prestage and Seaboard to – stop lagging behind and get on the gestation-crate free pathway. HSUS is using its stock-holder leverage to press the issue at corporate annual meetings.
Courtesy: NAFB News
The chairman of a Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Diocese review board dealing with sex abuse allegations will resign.
Jim Caccamo’s resignation date was announced as February 22nd, however, he has stated he will remain on the board until a replacement is found.
He heads the Independent Review Board that has seen a priest charged with child pornography charges and Bishop Robert Finn’s indictment for allegedly failing to report suspected child abuse.
The board assesses child sexual abuse allegations and makes recommendations to the bishop on how they should be handled.
The Rev. Shawn Ratigan has been charged with possession of child pornography. A grand jury in October indicted Finn and the diocese on misdemeanor counts of failing to report suspected child abuse in the case.
A lawsuit over the death of a Lafayette High School student hit by a school bus has been settled out of court for five million dollars.
Bridgett Blasi filed the lawsuit against the driver and the bus company First Student for the death of her son Mason Adams.
The driver, Tracey Jones, says she didn’t see Adams crossing the street. She spent 15 days of shock time in jail after pleading guilty in January, 2011 to charges of careless and imprudent driving.
Adams was killed when he was hit by Jones’ bus in a crosswalk on St Joseph Avenue.
The settlement agreement also includes funding for a bus driver’s training course, a scholarship and baseball field in memory of the teenager.
Jury selection got underway in the trial Monday, but the settlement interupted that.
The settlement agreement also includes funding for a bus driver’s training course, a scholarship and baseball field in memory of the teenager.
State Representative Pat Conway of Saint Joseph says one of his priorities this legislative session is making sure Missouri veterans are taken care of. Conway says new funding is needed and it should not all come from gaming revenue. Casino operators say taking care of veterans is everyone’s responsibility, and Conway agrees.
Conway, a Vietnam veteran, asked to serve on the House Veterans Committee because of the problems facing the state’s seven veterans homes. They all have a waiting list, they need better maintenance, and more homes are needed. He says no new revenue source has been recommended, and in an election year with a tight economy, such a recommendation is not likely.
Twenty-nine students from Central High School were honored in the 2012 Scholastic Art & Writing Competition.
Over 3,700 art entries from students in grades 7-12 were submitted from this region. Central received fifty awards that included seven Gold Keys and seven Silver Keys.
Thirty-six students received Honorable Mentions in portfolio or individual works.
Students earning recognition are:
AP2D–Photography and IB students of Ms. Beggs:
Carlos Cabrera, Gold Key Photography Portfolio; Gold Key Individual; Silver Key Individual; Honorable Mention, Individual Photography
Salacia Loe, Honorable Mention, Photography Portfolio; 2 Honorable Mentions, Individual Photography
Mariah Maher, Honorable Mention, Photography Portfolio
Jillian May, 2 Gold Keys, Individual Photography; Silver Key, Individual Photography; 2 Honorable Mentions, Individual Photography
Kristian Haywood, 5 Honorable Mentions, Individual Photography
Nathan Pinion, Honorable Mention, Individual Photography
Chase Sabbert, Honorable Mention, Individual Photography
Jarred Cole Smith, 2 Honorable Mentions Photography
Tarell Strader, Honorable Mention, Drawing
A-Lese Wilson, Honorable Mention, Drawing
Alexander Holt, Honorable Mention, Sculpture
AP2D-Drawing, Painting, and Drawing students of Ms. Chenoweth:
Nhung Luu, Honorable Mention, Drawing
Katelyn Maley, Honorable Mention, Painting
Joe Cochran, Silver Key Painting
AP3D & ceramics students of Dr. Wolfe:
Sylvia Majerus, Silver Key, sculpture, Honorable Mention, sculpture
Trenton Shockley, 2 Honorable Mentions, sculpture
Isaac Taliaferro, Honorable Mention, sculpture
Mikey Perpitch-Harvey, Honorable Mention, sculpture
Photography students of Ms. Scott:
Hayden Steele, Gold Key Photography Portfolio
Kylie Vieth, Silver Key Photography Portfolio
Derek Rice, Honorable Mention Photography Portfolio
Hannah Pointer, Gold Key, Individual Photography
Kaleigh Pryor, Gold Key Individual Photography; Honorable Mention, Photography
Caitlyn Lindstrom, Silver Key, Individual Photography, Honorable Mention, Photography
Aslyn Dameral, 2 Honorable Mentions, Photography
Baylor Duncan, 3 Honorable Mentions, Photography
Shelby Webster, 2 Honorable Mentions, Photography
