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(UPDATE) SJPD: Traffic has resumed at 6700 Hwy 59

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(UPDATE 2:22 p.m.) Police say normal traffic has resumed at 6700 US Highway 59.

Police had asked that the area be avoided due to a police incident that began around 10:30 a.m.

We will update this post as we learn more information.

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St. Joseph Police are asking residents to avoid the area of 6700 U.S. Highway 59 due to a police incident.

Since around 10:30 a.m., police have been involved in a standoff with a suspect in that area. According to Capt. Jeff Wilson, the suspect was in a stolen car and has a felony warrant. It’s unclear at this time where the suspect is barricaded and whether or not they are armed. Police are working to get the suspect to surrender peacefully. Meanwhile, police ask that residents avoid the area.

We will update this post as we learn more information.

Missouri Western journalism professor honored by state organization

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Dr. Bob Bergland, professor of journalism. Photo courtesy Missouri Western State University.

The Missouri Interscholastic Press Association has honored Dr. Bob Bergland, professor of journalism at Missouri Western State University, with its 2018 Taft Award for outstanding service to scholastic journalism.

According to a press release, the award honors Dr. Bergland’s advocacy for Missouri’s Cronkite New Voices Act, which aims to protect the First Amendment rights of student journalists in public high schools and universities.

“(Dr. Bergland) has been one of the faces and biggest supporters of the bill and, as an adviser at the college level, been through what high school advisers go through relating to potential censorship and infringement of student freedom of expression,” said Megan Palmer, MIPA secretary and a journalism adviser at Park Hill South High School in her nomination letter. “He visits classrooms across Missouri to talk about the bill … and is a true advocate for student rights.”

Dr. Bergland worked with State Rep. Elijah Haahr, a 2005 graduate of Missouri Western, to sponsor the Cronkite New Voices Act in 2016, and has worked with Rep. Kevin Corlew of North Kansas City this year to rewrite the bill and organize grass roots support and testimony for House and Senate hearings. The bill passed the House in 2016 and 2017 but stalled in the Senate. It passed the House again earlier this year, and it is slated for a Senate Education Committee hearing on March 27.

“I’m honored to be selected for this award. While I teach at the college level, I know it is so important for high school journalists to be able to serve their readers and publish their work free of censorship,” Dr. Bergland said. “It’s great to be recognized for the work on behalf of the students, but that work isn’t done. My real joy will come when the bill is passed by the Senate and signed by the governor.”

The nomination also cited Dr. Bergland’s work with high school journalism students. He is one of the presenters every year at Missouri Western’s High School Writing Day, he invites high school journalism programs to campus events like the Cronkite Conference on Media Ethics and Integrity and the recent presentation by First Amendment activist Mary Beth Tinker, and he has partnered with high school students on research projects that have given them the opportunity to present work at national conferences.

Other award recipients include Rep. Corlew, who will receive the Knight Award for sponsoring the Cronkite New Voices Act, and KMBC-TV 9 in Kansas City, receiving the Contributing Medium Award.

Dr. Bergland and other award recipients will be recognized at the annual Journalism Day on March 28 at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Partly sunny with temps in the 60s today

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The warming trend will continue today, for most. For folks in northeastern Missouri, it’ll remain cool for this time of year with a few showers possible this morning. Further west, temperatures will climb into the 60s. Friday night, showers and thunderstorms are likely. While no severe weather is expected, it will be the first in multiple rounds of rain expected over the next week. All of this precipitation could result in several inches of rain through the middle of next week. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 65. South southeast wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. East wind 9 to 11 mph.

Friday: A chance of showers or drizzle before 1 p.m., then a chance of showers after 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 61. East southeast wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1 a.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 a.m. Cloudy, with a low around 44. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50. North northwest wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 54.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Showers likely, mainly before 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 65. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday Night: Showers. Low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

Missouri State Highway Patrol seeking trooper applicants

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The Missouri State Highway Patrol is testing for new troopers.

The 107th Recruit Class is scheduled to begin training on January 2, 2019. The application deadline is April 14, 2018. Interested persons are encouraged to take immediate action to apply.

To be eligible, candidates must possess a minimum of 30 college credits, or two years of federal active duty military service with an honorable discharge, or two years of full-time POST-certified experience as a law enforcement officer with arrest authority at the time recruit training begins.

The selection process is a multi-phase testing procedure including: written examination, a physical fitness for duty assessment, polygraph examination, background investigation, and oral interview board.

Interested persons can find out more about the qualifications by contacting a Patrol recruiter at telephone number 1-800-796-7000, or may apply online at motrooper.com.

Police identify body found Monday

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The St. Joseph Police Department has released the name of a man found dead in a vehicle on Monday.

According to police, the body has been identified as 28-year-old Tyler Duane Young of St. Joseph.

As previously reported, shortly after 10 a.m. Monday, officers responded to the 200 block of West Nebraska Ave. in reference to an abandoned vehicle. Upon arrival, officers found the body of a man inside the vehicle.

Detectives are still investigating and are considering it a suspicious death at this time.

Atchison County Route O to close Thursday

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TARKIO, Mo. – Route O in Atchison County will close Thursday, March 22nd, for a culvert replacement.

Local crews from the Missouri Department of Transportation plan to close Route O south of Westboro between Satchel Avenue and 160th Street. The road will be closed from approximately 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

All work is weather permitting and schedules are subject to change. Motorists will need to use an alternate route during the closure.

Temps in the 50s and 60s for the next week

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A warming trend is expected over the next few days, unless you’re in northeastern Missouri, where clouds will linger longer and rain is expected Thursday. Highs across eastern Kansas and western Missouri will warm into the middle 50s today and the middle 60s Thursday. Northeastern Missouri will be stuck in the 40s. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:

Today: Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 54. North northwest wind around 6 mph.

Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 37. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the evening.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 65. South southeast wind 7 to 11 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. East wind 9 to 11 mph.

Friday: A chance of rain, mainly after 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Monday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Museum to present history program on “St. Joseph Women”

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In honor of Women’s History month, the St. Joseph Museums will present a history program this week on several local women.

St. Joseph Museums Curator of Collections Sarah Elder said she will be presenting on a selection of 15 women who have contributed to local, state or international history.

“There’s educators, there are musicians, geologists, there are painters… there’s one, maybe two that are notorious for what they did and that’s all I’m going to say about that,” Elder said. “We have a physician’s surgeon, nurses, just a lot of things and a lot of what makes some of these women very unique is that they were doing these things at a time when women weren’t working outside the home.”

Elder said she’s presented the program several times over the years and she first started putting it together with the help of a book found in the reference library at the museum, “Who’s Who in St. Joseph of 1929.”

“When I was asked to do this program, the internet was available but wasn’t quite as extensive… so I was relying on books and newspapers. I started with that ‘Who’s Who of St. Joseph of 1929′ and found some pictures, found information and that led me to some dates, then I was able to go to the St. Joseph Public Library and use the newspapers on microfilm and… kind of fleshed out the stories a little bit,” Elder said. “As time has gone by, as the internet has gotten more vast and has gotten more resources and been able to find out a little bit more, I’ve been able to update and add more about these individuals to the program.”

The program, “St. Joseph Women” takes place at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the St. Joseph Museum at 3406 Frederick Avenue. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, click here.

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