County music artist Brett Young will headline LakeFest 2018.
The concert will be held at 7 p.m. on July 20th during the 22nd Annual Amelia Earhart Festival in Atchison.
Young will be joined by breakout duo Maddie & Tae. The opening artist will be named at a later date.
Maddie & Tae courtesy photo.
“We have a truly exciting lineup for LakeFest 2018,” Jacque Pregont, Amelia Earhart Festival Coordinator said. “Brett Young is one of country music’s newest stars, and Maddie & Tae bring a special dynamic performance to the LakeFest stage. It’s going to be another tremendous night at Warnock Lake.”
Gift certificates are available in person at the Atchison Area Chamber of Commerce, 200 South 10th Street in Atchison. They can be exchanged for tickets after May 1, when tickets will be available for sale at locations throughout the area. The gift certificate and advance ticket price is $25 per ticket. Tickets on the day of the concert will be $35.
LakeFest 2018 is the prelude to a full day of festivities in Atchison on Saturday, July 21. A complete festival schedule will be available as details are finalized at visitatchison.com.
A Grant City woman was seriously injured in a one vehicle crash early Thursday morning.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday, 28-year-old Lacie J. Groom was driving a Kia Sorento south on U.S. 169 about three miles south of Grant City when the vehicle went off the road. The vehicle went down an embankment, through a field and hit three trees before coming to rest on its wheels. Groom was transported by ambulance to Northwest Medical Center in Albany and later transported to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph for treatment of serious injuries.
According to the patrol’s arrest report, Groom was arrested for investigative charges of driving while intoxicated and careless and imprudent driving involving a crash. Groom was released for medical treatment.
The record high temperature for today (73°F) is going to be challenged with the current forecast high right at that 73°F mark. Sunny skies with some high clouds and gusty winds up to 30 mph will dominate the afternoon on this summer like Black Friday. The higher winds and lower relative humidity values do increase the risk for fire weather concerns so please use caution if doing any burning out there today. Temperatures will remain well above average this holiday weekend with no precipitation expected until possibly mid week next week. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service:
Today: Sunny, with a high near 72. South southwest wind 11 to 17 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. North northwest wind 6 to 11 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 59. North northwest wind around 5 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Southwest wind 3 to 5 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 62. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 65.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.
Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35.
(UPDATE 10:30 a.m. Friday) Law enforcement has identified and located a suspect after one man was found dead and another injured after a shooting Thursday night.
According to Sgt. Brad Kerns with the St. Joseph Police Department, officers were dispatched to the 2300 block of South 18th Street at 11:40 p.m. Thursday on several reports of shots fired. When they arrived on scene, they found the body of a 24-year-old male.
Capt. Jeff Wilson with the police department said there was also a 22-year-old man who had sustained an apparent gunshot wound. He was transported to the hospital with a life threatening injury.
According to Capt. Wilson, the incident is being investigated as a homicide and investigators have determined it was not a random act.
Wilson adds a suspect has been identified and located by law enforcement.
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The St. Joseph Police Department is investigating after a man was found dead after a shooting Thursday night.
According to Sgt. Brad Kerns with the police department, officers were dispatched to the 2300 block of South 18th Street at 11:40 p.m. Thursday on several reports of shots fired. When they arrived on scene, they found the body of a 24-year-old male.
No one is in custody at this time. The incident is still under investigation.
Tim Melvin, manager of human resources at Kawasaki with Northwest students Alexander Meyers and Ariel Kakolewski at the University’s Powering Dreams celebration of donors and scholars this fall. The students received the Kawasaki Powering Dreams Scholarship last year. Photo courtesy Northwest Missouri State University.
MARYVILLE, Mo. – Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corporation and its Maryville facility have helped drive the region’s economy for nearly 30 years as the county’s largest employer. Now the company is lending its support to help power dreams and opportunities for Northwest Missouri State University students.
“Kawasaki is a proud supporter of educational programs and is pleased to work with Northwest Missouri State University to enhance educational offerings and the facilities of Northwest,” Tim Melvin, manager of human resources at Kawasaki, said. “Exercising our determination as a corporate citizen, Kawasaki recognizes the priority of skilled workers in our robust manufacturing environment.”
Through a gift of $10,000 from the company to Northwest last year, the Kawasaki Powering Dreams Scholarship was awarded to five students. The scholarship benefits students who are “caught in the middle,” defined as students who succeed just below the highest level of academic achievement and have financial need but have just enough family resources to be ineligible for federal need-based programs such as the Pell Grant.
“Kawasaki understands and fully supports educational opportunities for today’s students,” Melvin said. “By providing financial assistance, tomorrow’s leaders are being equipped with essential tools for the development and enhancement of their skill sets.”
The scholarship is administered by Northwest’s Office of Financial Assistance to students who benefit most from the financial award. The award amount and number of recipients varies, depending on the needs of individual students.
“Many merit-based scholarships are intended for the highest-achieving students and many need-based grants are intended for students with the most significant financial need,” Charles Mayfield, Northwest’s director of financial assistance, said. “Assisting these students means Northwest is able to provide more assistance to students who are doing well in their coursework and have a family income that many would consider ‘middle class.’”
As it has done annually for nearly 20 years, Kawasaki provided an additional $5,000 last year to support Northwest’s Visiting Writers Series, an initiative of the Department of Language, Literature and Writing that brings nationally recognized fiction writers, poets and writers of creative nonfiction to campus for presentations and readings throughout the academic year.
In addition to its support for Northwest athletics, Kawasaki’s support of the University through the Northwest Foundation has totaled more than $75,000 since 2014. The company also has supported such efforts as a STEM workshop for area educators and scholarships for students studying abroad.
Said Melvin, “We feel our support of Northwest will, as it should, provide assistance for the growth of learning opportunities for Northwest and, in turn, for the enhancement of Kawasaki’s manufacturing capabilities.”
The Northwest Foundation, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation, develops and stewards philanthropic resources for the benefit of the Northwest Missouri State University and its students. For more information or to make a gift to support Northwest, contact the Office of University Advancement at (660) 562-1248 or advance@nwmissouri.edu.
The holiday season will light up Friday evening at Krug Park and Hyde Park.
The Holiday Park (Krug Park) lighting will take place at 6 p.m. on the roundabout in front of Krug Lagoon. People are invited to enjoy holiday music, cookies and hot cocoa as children and Mayor Bill Falkner turn on the lights in the park.
The South Pole (Hyde Park) lighting ceremony begins at 6:45 p.m. with music by the Hosea Elementary Hand Bell Choir followed by the park lighting ceremony beginning around 7 p.m.
Mitten Tree file photo. Courtesy Washington Park Library.
As everyone begins to decorate their Christmas trees, a local library will put up their Mitten Tree at the beginning of December.
Instead of ornaments, the Mitten Tree is decorated with hats, scarves, mittens and other warm winter items for anyone who may need them.
Washington Park Library Manager Karen Schultz said the Mitten Tree was started several years ago when staff noticed a lot of children outside playing and sledding and didn’t have any gloves or hats or scarves.
“Staff at the library brought some things into the library to give out to the neighborhood kids and it just kind of took off from there,” Schultz said. “We put up a Christmas tree at the beginning of December every year and our patrons donate, staff donate from all the St. Joseph Public Libraries, the kids sometimes make things or we have volunteers who knit or crochet hats and scarves and gloves and just bring them into the library. We put them on the tree and anyone who comes in the library who has a need just takes what they need.”
Schultz said they give away about 100 items or more every winter. Winter items can be brought to any of the St. Joseph Library branches and they will make sure it gets put on the Mitten Tree at Washington Park Library.
Schultz said the tree usually stays up through February.
“As long as it’s cold outside and people have a need for warm items, we keep that tree up,” Schultz said.
For more information, contact the Washington Park Library at (816) 232-2052 or visit them at 1821 North 3rd Street in St. Joseph.
The Holiday Homes Tour this weekend gives residents the opportunity to see historic St. Joseph homes decorated for the holidays.
According to Sharon Kosek with the Friends of the Saint Joseph Symphony, the sixth annual homes tour helps raise funds to benefit the Symphony and its programs.
“Folks from the community volunteer their homes and then… Friends of the Symphony, as well as board members of the Saint Joseph Symphony and other folks in the community work together to host these fabulous historical homes to provide opportunities to view the homes, see their beautiful holiday decorations and then, in the long run, raise money for the Saint Joseph Symphony,” Kosek said.“One of my passions is getting children involved and we have two great programs in particular. One of my original passions was in high school, I had just a fabulous experience in band and I want other kids to be able to have that same fabulous experience and passion for music in their lives.”
Kosek said one of the programs the homes tour helps to pay for is Instrument Infusion at Missouri Western State University for children in the fourth or fifth grades to get hands-on experience with instruments.
Another program offers concerts for youth each year in October at the Missouri Theater.
This year’s Holiday Homes Tour features WP Jones-Townsend Home at 1024 Felix; The Otto Quentin House at 1102 Edmond; the Chase Mansion at 1102 Felix; and the Hundley-Boder Home at 2649 Frederick Avenue.
Tours take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25, and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 26.
For more information about the tour and tickets, click here.
(Missourinet, AP) – Missourians can expect about 51-million Americans on the roads, railways and in the air during this Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
AAA spokesman Mike Right said that’s more than a three-percent increase compared to last year.
“Ninety percent of all travelers will be traveling by motor vehicle and that’s up 3.2 percent from last year,” Right said. “So it’ll be a busy Thanksgiving holiday period, in fact, we haven’t seen these kinds of numbers for at least the last decade.”
AAA expects most drivers will pay the highest Thanksgiving gas prices since 2014 with the national average for a gallon of regular being $2.56, up from $2.16 a year ago. Those flying will pay the lowest average in five years for a round-trip flight for the top 40 domestic routes.
According to the Buchanan County Prosecutor’s office, 19-year-old Khaury El-Amin is charged with second degree murder in the death of Donovan L. Smith on October 28th.
According to the probable cause statement, in the area of 724 North 23rd Street, El-Amin was a passenger in a vehicle and he was seen firing a handgun at Smith, hitting the victim at least once. El-Amin fled the scene and Smith later died as a result of the gunshot wound.
Murder in the second degree is a Class A felony and carries a penalty of 10-30 years or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole until after 85% of any sentence ordered has been served.
Bond has been set at $250,000. An arraignment is scheduled for December 5th.
