North Central
Missouri College Savannah Campus Dean, Clarence Green, has been named
Northwest Missouri Citizen of the Year.

Green was
recognized during the Great Northwest Day at the Missouri Capitol earlier this
month.

The special day at
the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City provides leaders from 19 northwest
Missouri counties an opportunity to discuss regional needs with state
lawmakers.

Green, the second
recipient of the honor, was recognized at the Great Northwest Evening Reception
sponsored by Touchstone Energy Cooperative.

Green served
nearly 30 years at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville as police
chief and public safety officer before stepping into the role of interim
university president. After retirement from Northwest, Green began work for
North Central Missouri College.

Green has an
extensive list of honors, including Minority Access National Role Model,
Ingram’s Magazine’s “Top 50 Missourians You Should Know,” Savannah, Mo.,
Chamber Volunteer of the Year, Maryville Missouri Key to the City, Maryville
Missouri Chamber Fred Von Barren Citizen of the Year, Elks Lodge #760 Citizen
of the Year, Phi Beta Sigma Inc. George Washington Carver Humanitarian of the
Year, the Kansas City Northland Chamber Excellence in Higher Education, and the
University of Missouri Extension Leaders Honor Roll.

Clarence received
his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northwest Missouri State University
and his doctoral degree from the University of Missouri. 

You can follow Brent on X @GBrentKFEQ and St. Joseph Post @StJosephPost.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/2/1739377539366.jpeg" alt="Clarence Green (middle) receives the Northwest Missouri Citizen of the Year award at Great Northwest Day at the Missouri Capitol/Photo courtesy of the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce" />
 <figcaption>Clarence Green (middle) receives the Northwest Missouri Citizen of the Year award at Great Northwest Day at the Missouri Capitol/Photo courtesy of the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce</figcaption>
 </figure>By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostNorth Central
Missouri College Savannah Campus Dean, Clarence Green, has been named
Northwest Missouri Citizen of the Year.Green was
recognized during the Great Northwest Day at the Missouri Capitol earlier this
month.The special day at
the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City provides leaders from 19 northwest
Missouri counties an opportunity to discuss regional needs with state
lawmakers.Green, the second
recipient of the honor, was recognized at the Great Northwest Evening Reception
sponsored by Touchstone Energy Cooperative.Green served
nearly 30 years at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville as police
chief and public safety officer before stepping into the role of interim
university president. After retirement from Northwest, Green began work for
North Central Missouri College.Green has an
extensive list of honors, including Minority Access National Role Model,
Ingram’s Magazine’s “Top 50 Missourians You Should Know,” Savannah, Mo.,
Chamber Volunteer of the Year, Maryville Missouri Key to the City, Maryville
Missouri Chamber Fred Von Barren Citizen of the Year, Elks Lodge #760 Citizen
of the Year, Phi Beta Sigma Inc. George Washington Carver Humanitarian of the
Year, the Kansas City Northland Chamber Excellence in Higher Education, and the
University of Missouri Extension Leaders Honor Roll.Clarence received
his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northwest Missouri State University
and his doctoral degree from the University of Missouri. You can follow Brent on X @GBrentKFEQ and St. Joseph Post @StJosephPost.

Green named Northwest Missouri Citizen of the Year

A fleeing suspect
has been taken into custody after causing a three-vehicle crash late Tuesday night in which a St. Joseph police officer suffered minor injuries.

The St. Joseph
Police Department reports the suspect was fleeing police when he crashed into a
vehicle, causing the three-car wreck at 28th and Pear. Officers took
the fleeing subject into custody. The officer involved in the crash suffered
minor injuries and has been treated. The suspect also suffered minor injuries.

The St. Joseph
Police Department, the St. Joseph Fire Department, and Buchanan County EMS all
responded to the scene of the crash.

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA fleeing suspect
has been taken into custody after causing a three-vehicle crash late Tuesday night in which a St. Joseph police officer suffered minor injuries.The St. Joseph
Police Department reports the suspect was fleeing police when he crashed into a
vehicle, causing the three-car wreck at 28th and Pear. Officers took
the fleeing subject into custody. The officer involved in the crash suffered
minor injuries and has been treated. The suspect also suffered minor injuries.The St. Joseph
Police Department, the St. Joseph Fire Department, and Buchanan County EMS all
responded to the scene of the crash.You can follow Brent on X @GBrentKFEQ and St. Joseph Post @StJosephPost.

St. Joseph police officer suffers minor injuries in crash caused by fleeing suspect

A winter storm warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for the entire area.

The Weather Service expects 4 to 7 inches of snow throughout northwest Missouri, northeast Kansas, southeast Nebraska, and southwest Iowa. Snow has begun falling throughout the area, but the heavy snow isn't expected until midnight. The Winter Storm Warning officially begins at midnight and runs until 9pm on Wednesday.

The Weather Service says travel could be very difficult. The hazardous conditions
  are expected to impact the Wednesday morning and evening commutes.&nbsp;

Missouri Western State University has already announced its St. Joseph campus will be closed Wednesday due to the expected winter weather and hazardous road conditions.

Northwest Missouri State University has closed its campus in Maryville today.

The St. Joseph School District had already scheduled a professional day with students not expected to be in class on Wednesday. St. Joseph Catholic Academy has canceled classes today as has St. Joseph Christian School.

Savannah R3 Schools have closed all campuses. Savannah will follow its AMI Day schedule. All Preschool and elementary students should finish Snow Day Packet #3. Middle and High School students should access their assignments via Canvas.

Other area schools have canceled classes for Wednesday. Click <a href="https://www.680kfeq.com/closing/#!/">HERE</a> for a full roster of winter weather cancelations.

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA winter storm warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for the entire area.The Weather Service expects 4 to 7 inches of snow throughout northwest Missouri, northeast Kansas, southeast Nebraska, and southwest Iowa. Snow has begun falling throughout the area, but the heavy snow isn't expected until midnight. The Winter Storm Warning officially begins at midnight and runs until 9pm on Wednesday.The Weather Service says travel could be very difficult. The hazardous conditions
 are expected to impact the Wednesday morning and evening commutes.&nbsp;Missouri Western State University has already announced its St. Joseph campus will be closed Wednesday due to the expected winter weather and hazardous road conditions.Northwest Missouri State University has closed its campus in Maryville today.The St. Joseph School District had already scheduled a professional day with students not expected to be in class on Wednesday. St. Joseph Catholic Academy has canceled classes today as has St. Joseph Christian School.Savannah R3 Schools have closed all campuses. Savannah will follow its AMI Day schedule. All Preschool and elementary students should finish Snow Day Packet #3. Middle and High School students should access their assignments via Canvas.Riverside USD 114 is closed today.Other area schools have canceled classes for Wednesday. Click <a href="https://www.680kfeq.com/closing/#!/">HERE</a> for a full roster of winter weather cancelations.You can follow Brent on X @GBrentKFEQ and St. Joseph Post @StJosephPost.

Winter storm moves into area, MWSU closes campus

It was an
explosive, actually a World War I explosive, but it was inactive and posed no
threat to the public.

The St. Joseph Police
Department reports a fire station received an unusual visit by a woman carrying
a World War I explosive devise she found among her father’s belongings. The
woman wanted to know if the shell was safe.

The department
says St. Joseph firefighters and police officers examined it and determined the
shell to be a non-lethal projectile from a World War I-era weapon that posed no
threat to the public.

The St. Joseph
Police Department commended the woman for seeking guidance on the projectile
rather than handling it on her own. The department urges the public to call 911
if they come upon similar devices so trained professionals can assess their
lethality.

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostIt was an
explosive, actually a World War I explosive, but it was inactive and posed no
threat to the public.The St. Joseph Police
Department reports a fire station received an unusual visit by a woman carrying
a World War I explosive devise she found among her father’s belongings. The
woman wanted to know if the shell was safe.The department
says St. Joseph firefighters and police officers examined it and determined the
shell to be a non-lethal projectile from a World War I-era weapon that posed no
threat to the public.The St. Joseph
Police Department commended the woman for seeking guidance on the projectile
rather than handling it on her own. The department urges the public to call 911
if they come upon similar devices so trained professionals can assess their
lethality.You can follow Brent on X @GBrentKFEQ and St. Joseph Post @StJosephPost.

Woman walks into St. Joe fire station with WWI bomb; determined inactive

Click <a href="https://www.680kfeq.com/closing/#!/">HERE</a> for winter weather cancelations.

Click <a href="https://www.680kfeq.com/closing/#!/">HERE</a> for winter weather cancelations.

Winter weather cancelations

ANDREW COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just after 8:30p.m. Tuesday in Andrew County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Jeep Renegade driven by a 21-year-old Savannah man was southbound at 10203 Route T two miles west of Savannah. The Jeep began to skid across the center line and struck a northbound 2005 Buick Lacrosse head-on.

Andrew County EMS transported the 21-year-old Buick driver to Mosaic Life Care. The Jeep driver refused treatment at the scene. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.&nbsp; 

The patrol no longer releases the identity of accident victims.

ANDREW COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just after 8:30p.m. Tuesday in Andrew County.The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2019 Jeep Renegade driven by a 21-year-old Savannah man was southbound at 10203 Route T two miles west of Savannah. The Jeep began to skid across the center line and struck a northbound 2005 Buick Lacrosse head-on.Andrew County EMS transported the 21-year-old Buick driver to Mosaic Life Care. The Jeep driver refused treatment at the scene. Both drivers were properly restrained, according to the MSHP.&nbsp; The patrol no longer releases the identity of accident victims.

One hospitalized after Andrew County head-on crash

BY:&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/author/bramsablesmith/">BRAM SABLE-SMITH</a>&nbsp;AND&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/author/peggylowe/">PEGGY LOWE</a>&nbsp;

Emily Tavis was on a first date in December when she looked up and realized they were driving past the downtown Kansas City, Missouri, intersection where a bullet ripped through her leg at last year’s Super Bowl victory parade.

“Oh f—,” Tavis said, bewildering her date.

She lives 35 miles away in Leavenworth, Kansas, and hadn’t yet returned to Union Station, where the mass shooting happened. She felt like crying. Or maybe it was a panic attack. She held up a finger signaling to her date that she needed a moment. That’s when it hit him, too.

“Oh crap, I didn’t even realize,” he said, and kept driving in silence.

Tavis sucked in her tears until the station was out of view.

“So anyway,” she said aloud, while thinking to herself, “way to go. Panic attack, first date.”

A year after the Feb. 14 shooting that killed one and injured at least 24 people, the survivors and their families are still reeling. Relationships have strained. Parents are anxious about their children. The generous financial support and well wishes that poured through in early days have now dried up. And they’re ambivalent about the team they all root for; as the Chiefs moved on to another Super Bowl, many wondered why their beloved team hasn’t acknowledged what they have all been going through.

“I can’t believe the Chiefs didn’t do anything for us,” said Jacob Gooch Sr., who was shot in the foot. The team, the owner family’s foundation, and the National Football League gave a combined $200,000 to a fund for survivors, but Gooch said no one from the organization reached out to his family, three members of whom were shot.

What’s happening to these families is far from unusual. Many survivors emotionally freeze as a coping mechanism to avoid fully feeling the trauma they suffered. But with time, survivors experience what therapists call “thawing,” and the intensity of what happened can suddenly overpower them like it did Tavis.

“Trauma pulls us into the past,” said&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-behrman-20322b7/" target="_blank">Gary Behrman</a>, a therapist who published a&nbsp;<a href="https://cretscmhd.psych.ucla.edu/nola/volunteer/EmpiricalStudies/Post-trauma%20intervention%20-%20basic%20tasks.pdf" target="_blank">model of crisis intervention</a>&nbsp;based on his work with witnesses of the 9/11 attacks in New York.

Sights, smells, sounds, tastes, and touches can all trigger flashbacks that shut down the brain like an overloaded circuit breaker. It’s a survival response, Behrman said; the brain is a friend.

The key to recovery is to help survivors find healthy ways to manage those triggers — when they are ready.

Survivors thaw at their own pace. Regaining control after a life-threatening event is a process that can take weeks, months, or years.

It can be hard not to feel forgotten when life carries on around them. As fans rallied around the Chiefs this season, survivors found it hard to watch the games. The Chiefs lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in Sunday’s Super Bowl. Philadelphia will hold its own parade on Friday, exactly one year after the shooting.

“It sucks because everybody else went on,” Jason Barton said. He performed CPR on a man he now thinks was one of the alleged shooters, his wife found a bullet slug in her backpack, and his stepdaughter was burned by sparks from a ricocheted bullet.

“If we were on the other side of that place, we would too,” he said. “It wouldn’t have affected us.”

Tavis isn’t the only survivor to have found herself unintentionally back at Union Station in the year since the shooting. Kids had field trips to Science City, located inside the station. Follow-up doctor visits were often on nearby Hospital Hill. An October dinner organized for survivors by a local faith-based group was less than a mile away, prompting one young survivor to decline the invitation.

Tavis had planned to return to Union Station as part of her healing process. She thought she would go on the one-year mark to have a moment alone to feel whatever emotions swept over her there.

Maybe God was showing her she was ready by placing her back there unexpectedly, her therapist told her. Maybe. But she didn’t feel ready in that moment.

Tavis wanted to see a therapist right after the shooting. But she didn’t seek one out until July, after the local United Way&nbsp;<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/kcstrong-fund-gunshot-victims-2-million-dollars/" target="_blank">distributed financial assistance</a>&nbsp;to survivors and relieved the months-long financial strain of lost work and medical bills incurred by many. Tavis and her partner at the time had&nbsp;<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/super-bowl-parade-shooting-survivors-donations-bills-wait-kansas-city/" target="_blank">taken out</a>&nbsp;an extra credit card to cover expenses while they waited for the promised help.

After two months of visits, her therapist started prepping Tavis for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, a technique to help trauma survivors. She now spends every other session making her way through a spreadsheet of memories from the parade, visualizing and reprocessing them one by one.

She’s nervous as the one-year mark approaches. It’s on Valentine’s Day, and she worries it’ll be depressing.

She decided to invite Gooch, her former partner, to come to Union Station with her that day. Despite everything, he’s the one who understands. They were at the parade together with their son and Jacob’s two older kids. Both Gooch Sr. and his older son, Jacob Gooch Jr., were also shot.

Gooch Sr. hasn’t worked since the parade. His job required standing for 10-hour shifts four days a week, but he couldn’t walk for months after a bullet shattered a bone in his foot and it slowly fused back together. He hoped to go back to work in July. But his foot didn’t heal correctly and he had surgery in August, followed by weeks of recovery.

His short-term disability ran out, as did his health insurance through work. His employer held his job for a while before releasing him in August. He’s applied for other jobs in and around Leavenworth: production, staffing agencies, auto repair. Nothing’s come through.

“We’ve all gone through problems, not just me,” Gooch Sr. said. “I got shot in my foot and haven’t worked for a year. There are people that have been through much worse stuff over the past year.”

He feels good walking now and can run short distances without pain. But he doesn’t know if he’ll ever play football again, a mainstay of his life since he can remember. He played safety for the semiprofessional&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kcreapersfootball.com/" target="_blank">Kansas City Reapers</a>&nbsp;and, before the parade, the 38-year-old was considering making the 2024 season his last as a player.

“A lot more than football has been stolen from me in this last year. Like my whole life has been stolen from me,” Gooch Sr. said. “I really hate that part of it.”

And those emotions are painfully real. Trauma threatens our beliefs about ourselves, said Behrman, the therapist. Every person brings their own history to a traumatic event, a different identity that risks being shattered. The healing work that comes later often involves letting go and building something new.

Recently Gooch Sr. started going to a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.faithwalkersoutreach.com/" target="_blank">new church</a>, led by the husband of someone he sang with in a children’s choir growing up. At a Sunday service this month, the pastor spoke about finding a path when you’re lost.

“I’m looking for the path. I’m in the grass right now,” Gooch Sr. said at his home later that evening.

“I’m obviously on a path, but I don’t know where I’m headed.”

Every day before Jason Barton goes to work, he asks his wife, Bridget, if he should stay home with her.

She’s said yes enough that he’s out of paid time off. Jason, who’s survived cancer and a heart attack, had to take unpaid leave in January when a bad case of the flu put him in the hospital. That’s real love, Bridget said with tearful eyes, sitting with Jason and her 14-year-old daughter, Gabriella, in their home in Osawatomie, Kansas.

Bridget has connected with the mother of another girl injured in the shooting. They’ve exchanged texts and voicemails throughout the year. It’s nice to have someone to talk to who gets it, Bridget said. They’re hoping to get the girls together to build a connection as well.

Except for a trip to therapy once a week, Bridget doesn’t leave the house much anymore. It can feel like a prison, she said, but she’s too scared to leave. “It’s my own internal hell,” she said. She keeps thinking about that bullet slug that lodged in her backpack. What if she’d been standing differently? What if they’d left 10 seconds earlier? Would things be different?

A Post-it note in her kitchen reminds her: “I’m safe. Gabriella is safe. I did the best I could.”

She carries a lot of guilt. About Jason staying home. About not leaving the house, even to see her grandkids. About wanting the family to go to the parade in the first place. At the same time, she knows she kind of thrived in the chaos after the shooting, taking charge of her daughter, talking to the police. It’s confusing.

The family has carried the trauma differently. In the six months after the parade, Jason watched reality TV shows that kept him out of his head — 23 seasons of “Deadliest Catch” and 21 seasons of “Gold Rush,” including spinoffs, he estimated. Lately he’s kept his mind occupied with a new hobby: building model cars and planes. He just finished a black 1968 Shelby Mustang, and next is an F4U-4 Corsair plane that Bridget got him.

Gabriella was unfazed about returning to Union Station for a class field trip to Science City, but she was startled when she saw a group of police officers inside the station. Her mom watched her location on her phone and texted her all day.

Gabriella took up boxing after the parade, then switched to wrestling. It had been going well, even felt empowering. But she’s stopped going, and Bridget thinks it’s partly due to the emotion of the anniversary — the first is always the hardest, her therapist said. Gabriella insisted that wrestling was just exhausting her.

Because they weren’t shot, the family didn’t benefit from resources available to other survivors. They understand that other families are recovering from bullet wounds or even mourning a death.

Still, it would be nice to have some acknowledgment of their emotional trauma. Their names have been in the news. You’d think the Chiefs would have at least sent a letter saying, “We’re sorry this happened to you,” Jason said.

Jason proposed to Bridget at a Chiefs game. Now watching games on TV triggers flashbacks.

“I want to be a part of Chiefs Kingdom again,” Bridget said, “but I just can’t. And that is a huge, really lonely feeling.”

‘There is a word called “resilience”’

One evening last October, survivors gathered with their families at a Mexican restaurant in downtown Kansas City.

Some came dressed in their Sunday best, some in red football jerseys. All ages, toddlers to 70-somethings, some from Missouri, some from Kansas. Some spoke only Spanish, some only English. Most of the two dozen people had never met before. But as they talked, they discovered the shooting that binds them also gave them a common language.

Two young boys realized they’d tossed a football during the jubilation before the violence erupted. A woman in her early 70s named Sarai Holguin remembered watching them play on that warm February day. After a blessing and dinner, Holguin, who was shot in the knee and has had four surgeries, stood to address the room.

“I was the first victim taken to the medical tent,” she said in Spanish, her words translated by a relative of another survivor. She saw everything, she explained, as, one by one, more survivors were brought to the tent for treatment, including Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a 43-year-old mother who was killed that day.

Yet in that tragedy, Holguin saw the beauty of people helping one another.

“This showed us that humanity is still alive, that love is still alive. There is a word called ‘resilience,’” Holguin said, the translator stumbling to understand the last word, as people in the audience caught it and shouted it out. “Resilience.”

“This word helps us overcome the problems we face,” Holguin said. “To try to put the tragic moment we all lived behind us and move on, we must remember the beautiful moments.”

This&nbsp;<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/the-injured-kansas-city-chiefs-parade-shooting-survivors-one-year-anniversary-trauma/" target="_blank">article</a>&nbsp;first appeared on&nbsp;<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/" target="_blank">KFF Health News</a>&nbsp;and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

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<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/2/1739298705005.png" alt="Emily Tavis in Leavenworth, Kansas, on Feb. 2. Tavis has been rebuilding her sense of safety and stability in the year since she was shot in the leg at last year’s Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration (Christopher Smith for KFF Health News)." />
 <figcaption>Emily Tavis in Leavenworth, Kansas, on Feb. 2. Tavis has been rebuilding her sense of safety and stability in the year since she was shot in the leg at last year’s Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration (Christopher Smith for KFF Health News).</figcaption>
 </figure>BY:&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/author/bramsablesmith/">BRAM SABLE-SMITH</a>&nbsp;AND&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/author/peggylowe/">PEGGY LOWE</a>&nbsp;Emily Tavis was on a first date in December when she looked up and realized they were driving past the downtown Kansas City, Missouri, intersection where a bullet ripped through her leg at last year’s Super Bowl victory parade.“Oh f—,” Tavis said, bewildering her date.She lives 35 miles away in Leavenworth, Kansas, and hadn’t yet returned to Union Station, where the mass shooting happened. She felt like crying. Or maybe it was a panic attack. She held up a finger signaling to her date that she needed a moment. That’s when it hit him, too.“Oh crap, I didn’t even realize,” he said, and kept driving in silence.Tavis sucked in her tears until the station was out of view.“So anyway,” she said aloud, while thinking to herself, “way to go. Panic attack, first date.”A year after the Feb. 14 shooting that killed one and injured at least 24 people, the survivors and their families are still reeling. Relationships have strained. Parents are anxious about their children. The generous financial support and well wishes that poured through in early days have now dried up. And they’re ambivalent about the team they all root for; as the Chiefs moved on to another Super Bowl, many wondered why their beloved team hasn’t acknowledged what they have all been going through.“I can’t believe the Chiefs didn’t do anything for us,” said Jacob Gooch Sr., who was shot in the foot. The team, the owner family’s foundation, and the National Football League gave a combined $200,000 to a fund for survivors, but Gooch said no one from the organization reached out to his family, three members of whom were shot.What’s happening to these families is far from unusual. Many survivors emotionally freeze as a coping mechanism to avoid fully feeling the trauma they suffered. But with time, survivors experience what therapists call “thawing,” and the intensity of what happened can suddenly overpower them like it did Tavis.“Trauma pulls us into the past,” said&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-behrman-20322b7/" target="_blank">Gary Behrman</a>, a therapist who published a&nbsp;<a href="https://cretscmhd.psych.ucla.edu/nola/volunteer/EmpiricalStudies/Post-trauma%20intervention%20-%20basic%20tasks.pdf" target="_blank">model of crisis intervention</a>&nbsp;based on his work with witnesses of the 9/11 attacks in New York.Sights, smells, sounds, tastes, and touches can all trigger flashbacks that shut down the brain like an overloaded circuit breaker. It’s a survival response, Behrman said; the brain is a friend.The key to recovery is to help survivors find healthy ways to manage those triggers — when they are ready.Survivors thaw at their own pace. Regaining control after a life-threatening event is a process that can take weeks, months, or years.It can be hard not to feel forgotten when life carries on around them. As fans rallied around the Chiefs this season, survivors found it hard to watch the games. The Chiefs lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in Sunday’s Super Bowl. Philadelphia will hold its own parade on Friday, exactly one year after the shooting.“It sucks because everybody else went on,” Jason Barton said. He performed CPR on a man he now thinks was one of the alleged shooters, his wife found a bullet slug in her backpack, and his stepdaughter was burned by sparks from a ricocheted bullet.“If we were on the other side of that place, we would too,” he said. “It wouldn’t have affected us.”<h2>A trip back to Union Station</h2>Tavis isn’t the only survivor to have found herself unintentionally back at Union Station in the year since the shooting. Kids had field trips to Science City, located inside the station. Follow-up doctor visits were often on nearby Hospital Hill. An October dinner organized for survivors by a local faith-based group was less than a mile away, prompting one young survivor to decline the invitation.Tavis had planned to return to Union Station as part of her healing process. She thought she would go on the one-year mark to have a moment alone to feel whatever emotions swept over her there.Maybe God was showing her she was ready by placing her back there unexpectedly, her therapist told her. Maybe. But she didn’t feel ready in that moment.Tavis wanted to see a therapist right after the shooting. But she didn’t seek one out until July, after the local United Way&nbsp;<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/kcstrong-fund-gunshot-victims-2-million-dollars/" target="_blank">distributed financial assistance</a>&nbsp;to survivors and relieved the months-long financial strain of lost work and medical bills incurred by many. Tavis and her partner at the time had&nbsp;<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/super-bowl-parade-shooting-survivors-donations-bills-wait-kansas-city/" target="_blank">taken out</a>&nbsp;an extra credit card to cover expenses while they waited for the promised help.After two months of visits, her therapist started prepping Tavis for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, a technique to help trauma survivors. She now spends every other session making her way through a spreadsheet of memories from the parade, visualizing and reprocessing them one by one.She’s nervous as the one-year mark approaches. It’s on Valentine’s Day, and she worries it’ll be depressing.She decided to invite Gooch, her former partner, to come to Union Station with her that day. Despite everything, he’s the one who understands. They were at the parade together with their son and Jacob’s two older kids. Both Gooch Sr. and his older son, Jacob Gooch Jr., were also shot.<h2>Trauma changes who we are</h2>Gooch Sr. hasn’t worked since the parade. His job required standing for 10-hour shifts four days a week, but he couldn’t walk for months after a bullet shattered a bone in his foot and it slowly fused back together. He hoped to go back to work in July. But his foot didn’t heal correctly and he had surgery in August, followed by weeks of recovery.His short-term disability ran out, as did his health insurance through work. His employer held his job for a while before releasing him in August. He’s applied for other jobs in and around Leavenworth: production, staffing agencies, auto repair. Nothing’s come through.“We’ve all gone through problems, not just me,” Gooch Sr. said. “I got shot in my foot and haven’t worked for a year. There are people that have been through much worse stuff over the past year.”He feels good walking now and can run short distances without pain. But he doesn’t know if he’ll ever play football again, a mainstay of his life since he can remember. He played safety for the semiprofessional&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kcreapersfootball.com/" target="_blank">Kansas City Reapers</a>&nbsp;and, before the parade, the 38-year-old was considering making the 2024 season his last as a player.“A lot more than football has been stolen from me in this last year. Like my whole life has been stolen from me,” Gooch Sr. said. “I really hate that part of it.”And those emotions are painfully real. Trauma threatens our beliefs about ourselves, said Behrman, the therapist. Every person brings their own history to a traumatic event, a different identity that risks being shattered. The healing work that comes later often involves letting go and building something new.Recently Gooch Sr. started going to a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.faithwalkersoutreach.com/" target="_blank">new church</a>, led by the husband of someone he sang with in a children’s choir growing up. At a Sunday service this month, the pastor spoke about finding a path when you’re lost.“I’m looking for the path. I’m in the grass right now,” Gooch Sr. said at his home later that evening.“I’m obviously on a path, but I don’t know where I’m headed.”<h2>‘I did the best I could’</h2>Every day before Jason Barton goes to work, he asks his wife, Bridget, if he should stay home with her.She’s said yes enough that he’s out of paid time off. Jason, who’s survived cancer and a heart attack, had to take unpaid leave in January when a bad case of the flu put him in the hospital. That’s real love, Bridget said with tearful eyes, sitting with Jason and her 14-year-old daughter, Gabriella, in their home in Osawatomie, Kansas.Bridget has connected with the mother of another girl injured in the shooting. They’ve exchanged texts and voicemails throughout the year. It’s nice to have someone to talk to who gets it, Bridget said. They’re hoping to get the girls together to build a connection as well.Except for a trip to therapy once a week, Bridget doesn’t leave the house much anymore. It can feel like a prison, she said, but she’s too scared to leave. “It’s my own internal hell,” she said. She keeps thinking about that bullet slug that lodged in her backpack. What if she’d been standing differently? What if they’d left 10 seconds earlier? Would things be different?A Post-it note in her kitchen reminds her: “I’m safe. Gabriella is safe. I did the best I could.”She carries a lot of guilt. About Jason staying home. About not leaving the house, even to see her grandkids. About wanting the family to go to the parade in the first place. At the same time, she knows she kind of thrived in the chaos after the shooting, taking charge of her daughter, talking to the police. It’s confusing.The family has carried the trauma differently. In the six months after the parade, Jason watched reality TV shows that kept him out of his head — 23 seasons of “Deadliest Catch” and 21 seasons of “Gold Rush,” including spinoffs, he estimated. Lately he’s kept his mind occupied with a new hobby: building model cars and planes. He just finished a black 1968 Shelby Mustang, and next is an F4U-4 Corsair plane that Bridget got him.Gabriella was unfazed about returning to Union Station for a class field trip to Science City, but she was startled when she saw a group of police officers inside the station. Her mom watched her location on her phone and texted her all day.Gabriella took up boxing after the parade, then switched to wrestling. It had been going well, even felt empowering. But she’s stopped going, and Bridget thinks it’s partly due to the emotion of the anniversary — the first is always the hardest, her therapist said. Gabriella insisted that wrestling was just exhausting her.Because they weren’t shot, the family didn’t benefit from resources available to other survivors. They understand that other families are recovering from bullet wounds or even mourning a death.Still, it would be nice to have some acknowledgment of their emotional trauma. Their names have been in the news. You’d think the Chiefs would have at least sent a letter saying, “We’re sorry this happened to you,” Jason said.Jason proposed to Bridget at a Chiefs game. Now watching games on TV triggers flashbacks.“I want to be a part of Chiefs Kingdom again,” Bridget said, “but I just can’t. And that is a huge, really lonely feeling.”<h2>‘There is a word called “resilience”’</h2>One evening last October, survivors gathered with their families at a Mexican restaurant in downtown Kansas City.Some came dressed in their Sunday best, some in red football jerseys. All ages, toddlers to 70-somethings, some from Missouri, some from Kansas. Some spoke only Spanish, some only English. Most of the two dozen people had never met before. But as they talked, they discovered the shooting that binds them also gave them a common language.Two young boys realized they’d tossed a football during the jubilation before the violence erupted. A woman in her early 70s named Sarai Holguin remembered watching them play on that warm February day. After a blessing and dinner, Holguin, who was shot in the knee and has had four surgeries, stood to address the room.“I was the first victim taken to the medical tent,” she said in Spanish, her words translated by a relative of another survivor. She saw everything, she explained, as, one by one, more survivors were brought to the tent for treatment, including Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a 43-year-old mother who was killed that day.Yet in that tragedy, Holguin saw the beauty of people helping one another.“This showed us that humanity is still alive, that love is still alive. There is a word called ‘resilience,’” Holguin said, the translator stumbling to understand the last word, as people in the audience caught it and shouted it out. “Resilience.”“This word helps us overcome the problems we face,” Holguin said. “To try to put the tragic moment we all lived behind us and move on, we must remember the beautiful moments.”This&nbsp;<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/the-injured-kansas-city-chiefs-parade-shooting-survivors-one-year-anniversary-trauma/" target="_blank">article</a>&nbsp;first appeared on&nbsp;<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/" target="_blank">KFF Health News</a>&nbsp;and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us" target="_blank">KFF Health News</a>&nbsp;is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us" target="_blank">KFF</a>.

A year after KC Super Bowl parade shooting, trauma freeze gives way to turmoil for survivors

The Missouri Department Transportation is preparing for another winter storm.  

Northwest District Maintenace and Traffic Engineer Greg Bolon says before the storm crews have been out treating the roads with a salt brine 

"All that is is basically liquid salt if you will, the water evaporates and it leaves residual salt crystals on the roadway that way whenever the snow starts falling it will actually react with that salt that's left there and create more brine," Bolon tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post.  "And hopefully it will keep the precip that's falling from bonding to the pavement and that makes it an easier job for cleaning up." 

Bolon says despite last month's major storm; the department is still well prepared with materials.  

However, Bolon points out the difficult part of having storms like this, with another high chance of snow this weekend, it taxes their resources. 

"You're working 12 hour shifts back-to-back to back and so that's tough, and it's also hard on the equipment because the employees are working 12-hour days, but the equipment is working 24/7 non-stop," Bolon explains.  "And so, you tend to have more minor issues with stuff, windshield wipers need replaced, snowplow blades need replaced, and just when you're running equipment that hard for that long, it takes a toll." 

Bolon says though unlike last month's this storm seems like it will be more gradual rather than the blinding snow that made for difficult driving conditions.  

Bolon says after fighting that, some of MoDOT's newer snowplow drivers are geared up for this storm.  

"I think we kind of got some of our drivers baptized under fire if you will with that last storm, but I think they are trained up and ready to go," Bolon says.  "And I would rather see us in the snowplowing than having to fight with sleet, freezing rain, and ice, because those are harder conditions to deal with." 

Bolon advises drivers to stay inside during the winter storm if they don't have to get out.  

"But if you are out and you see a MoDOT truck, understand that we're not plowing at 50, 60, 70 miles per hour, that truck is going slow, so you're going to come upon it quicker," Bolon points out.  "They're going to be salting behind it or they may be pushing snow, so your visibility probably going to be less around a MoDOT truck that is plowing snow, because wind you may see this snow cloud around it, just give us room." 

The National Weather Service is projecting five to eight inches of snow to fall tomorrow.  A Winter Storm Warning is in effect until 9pm tomorrow night. 

You can follow Matt on X @KfeqMatt and St. Joseph Post @StJosephPost.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/2/1739305585310.jpeg" alt="File photo" />
 <figcaption>File photo</figcaption>
 </figure>By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post The Missouri Department Transportation is preparing for another winter storm. Northwest District Maintenace and Traffic Engineer Greg Bolon says before the storm crews have been out treating the roads with a salt brine "All that is is basically liquid salt if you will, the water evaporates and it leaves residual salt crystals on the roadway that way whenever the snow starts falling it will actually react with that salt that's left there and create more brine," Bolon tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "And hopefully it will keep the precip that's falling from bonding to the pavement and that makes it an easier job for cleaning up." Bolon says despite last month's major storm; the department is still well prepared with materials. However, Bolon points out the difficult part of having storms like this, with another high chance of snow this weekend, it taxes their resources. "You're working 12 hour shifts back-to-back to back and so that's tough, and it's also hard on the equipment because the employees are working 12-hour days, but the equipment is working 24/7 non-stop," Bolon explains. "And so, you tend to have more minor issues with stuff, windshield wipers need replaced, snowplow blades need replaced, and just when you're running equipment that hard for that long, it takes a toll." Bolon says though unlike last month's this storm seems like it will be more gradual rather than the blinding snow that made for difficult driving conditions. Bolon says after fighting that, some of MoDOT's newer snowplow drivers are geared up for this storm. "I think we kind of got some of our drivers baptized under fire if you will with that last storm, but I think they are trained up and ready to go," Bolon says. "And I would rather see us in the snowplowing than having to fight with sleet, freezing rain, and ice, because those are harder conditions to deal with." Bolon advises drivers to stay inside during the winter storm if they don't have to get out. "But if you are out and you see a MoDOT truck, understand that we're not plowing at 50, 60, 70 miles per hour, that truck is going slow, so you're going to come upon it quicker," Bolon points out. "They're going to be salting behind it or they may be pushing snow, so your visibility probably going to be less around a MoDOT truck that is plowing snow, because wind you may see this snow cloud around it, just give us room." The National Weather Service is projecting five to eight inches of snow to fall tomorrow. A Winter Storm Warning is in effect until 9pm tomorrow night. You can follow Matt on X @KfeqMatt and St. Joseph Post @StJosephPost.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

MoDOT preparing for next bout with winter weather

A local state legislator will chair the
newly created Special Committee on Rural Issues.

Rep. Dean Van Schoiack, a Republican from
Savannah, says one of the issues his committee will study is eminent domain.

“That’s huge for rural issues,” Van
Schoiack tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. “I suspect we’ll be hearing some water
bills, whether it be exporting of water out of the state, prohibiting exporting
water out of the state.”

Eminent domain became a hot button issue
during debate on the Grain Belt Express, the electric transmission line
carrying wind-generated electricity from Kansas to the East Coast through
northern Missouri.

Van Schoiack says one issue the committee
will consider is expanding the use of regional jails to share costs as well as
the burden of running a jail.

“DeKalb and Daviess Counties have the
only regional jail in the state of Missouri right now. They’re needing to build
a new jail. They need more funding for it,” Van Schoiack says the two counties
have reached their taxation cap and need it raised. “And then it also would
allow other counties to join a regional jail district by voting it in and
voting the same taxes the current counties have.”

Van Schoiack acknowledges many different
issues can be considered rural issues.

“I’m glad for that,” Van Schoiack says.
“That means that we’ve got a chance at hearing a lot of different bills that
pertain to rural Missouri and there is more than just one issue in rural
Missouri. There are a lot of things that can affect us.”

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/2/1739295581725.jpeg" alt="Rep. Dean Van Schoiack/file photo" />
 <figcaption>Rep. Dean Van Schoiack/file photo</figcaption>
 </figure>By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA local state legislator will chair the
newly created Special Committee on Rural Issues.Rep. Dean Van Schoiack, a Republican from
Savannah, says one of the issues his committee will study is eminent domain.“That’s huge for rural issues,” Van
Schoiack tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. “I suspect we’ll be hearing some water
bills, whether it be exporting of water out of the state, prohibiting exporting
water out of the state.”Eminent domain became a hot button issue
during debate on the Grain Belt Express, the electric transmission line
carrying wind-generated electricity from Kansas to the East Coast through
northern Missouri.Van Schoiack says one issue the committee
will consider is expanding the use of regional jails to share costs as well as
the burden of running a jail.“DeKalb and Daviess Counties have the
only regional jail in the state of Missouri right now. They’re needing to build
a new jail. They need more funding for it,” Van Schoiack says the two counties
have reached their taxation cap and need it raised. “And then it also would
allow other counties to join a regional jail district by voting it in and
voting the same taxes the current counties have.”Van Schoiack acknowledges many different
issues can be considered rural issues.“I’m glad for that,” Van Schoiack says.
“That means that we’ve got a chance at hearing a lot of different bills that
pertain to rural Missouri and there is more than just one issue in rural
Missouri. There are a lot of things that can affect us.”You can follow Brent on X @GBrentKFEQ and St. Joseph Post @StJosephPost.

Local legislator to chair new Special Committee on Rural Issues

BY:&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/author/rudi-keller/">RUDI KELLER</a> <a href="https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-senate-committee-advances-bill-to-ban-texting-while-driving/">Missouri Independent</a>

Universities and hospitals are among the institutions that would need to cut their budget under proposed changes to how medical research grants are funded by the National Institutes of Health

Missouri universities and research organizations will need to cut about $100 million from administrative costs for research funded last year by the National Institutes of Health or replace the money from other sources if President Donald Trump’s attempt to&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/2025/02/10/repub/research-universities-medical-schools-reel-from-trumps-catastrophic-nih-funding-cut/">reduce indirect costs</a>&nbsp;is successful.

There were&nbsp;<a href="https://report.nih.gov/award/index.cfm?ot=&amp;fy=2024&amp;state=MO&amp;ic=&amp;fm=&amp;orgid=&amp;distr=&amp;rfa=&amp;om=n&amp;pid=&amp;view=statedetail" target="_blank">1,553 grants worth $901 million</a>&nbsp;issued by the NIH to Missouri institutions during the most recent federal fiscal year. The recipients reported spending as much as 30% of their grant on indirect costs to support their research.

The grants allow research into medical problems, such as&nbsp;<a href="https://medicine.washu.edu/news/washu-medicine-leads-two-major-pandemic-preparedness-research-projects/" target="_blank">pandemic preparedness</a>&nbsp;or the control of infections acquired in hospitals, as well as agriculture and veterinary research including the Swine Resource Center at the University of Missouri or public health problems such as how policies on E-cigarettes impact youth tobacco use.

A federal judge on Monday evening issued a temporary restraining order blocking the cuts in response to a lawsuit&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/2025/02/10/repub/federal-judge-orders-all-grant-and-loan-payments-must-be-resumed-by-trump-administration/">joined by 22 states</a>, not including Missouri. The order covered all federal funding cuts made since Trump took office Jan. 20.

By far the biggest recipient was Washington University in St. Louis, which received 1,192 grants totaling $732 million, followed by the 162 grants worth almost $70 to the&nbsp;<a href="https://undergradresearch.missouri.edu/mizzou-and-the-nih/" target="_blank">University of Missouri’s Columbia campus</a>.

Both universities spend well above the 15% cap on indirect costs set as the goal for NIH research under the new policy.Other significant recipients of NIH grants in Missouri include St. Louis University, which received 63 worth $25.8 million; Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, which landed 26 grants worth $9.7 million; and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, which received 19 grants worth $5.1 million in the most recent fiscal year.

Washington University reported it will have about $189 million in indirect costs for its grants, or about 26% of the total. The University of Missouri reported its indirect costs will be about $21 million, or 30% of the amount awarded.

In a message to the&nbsp;<a href="https://andrewdmartin.washu.edu/update-on-research-funding/" target="_blank">Washington University campus</a>, Chancellor Andrew Martin said the campus administration is reviewing the new rule, which will “have a significant impact on institutions like WashU” and is working to get the new rule reversed.

“We’re mobilized on multiple fronts,” Martin wrote. “Our leadership team is closely reviewing the policy, and our government relations team is engaging with congressional representatives and others to ensure that they understand the consequences of these cuts and are encouraged to act to address this threat to research and its many benefits to society.”

To get indirect costs below 15% for the grants awarded in fiscal 2024, Washington University would have to cut about $80 million in administrative expenses or find it from other sources.

At the University of Missouri, indirect costs exceed the new threshold by about $10 million for the Columbia campus. There are a handful of grants for the other three campuses — University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Missouri-St. Louis and Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla — that would add about $1.7 million to that amount.

The university system administration was unable to say Monday whether it would cut costs — likely resulting in job losses — or cover the shortfall from other resources.

NIH funding supports research in agriculture, biomedical sciences and advanced technologies at the university, according to a statement issued by University of Missouri spokesman Christopher Ave.

The change in indirect funding “would mean significant annual reductions in funding for our vital NIH-sponsored research that saves lives, creates jobs, enhances national security and improves quality of life for people in every part of our state and across the nation,” Ave said. Like Washington University, the UM System is working to get the decision reversed, the statement said.

“Our leadership is communicating with key stakeholders in government, the private sector, other universities and other communities,” Ave said.. “Leaders of our campuses have directed faculty and staff working on NIH and other federal grants to continue their important research and to keep submitting NIH proposals as well as other federal agency grants as we further assess the situation.”

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/2/1739278458115.png" alt=" A National Institutes of Health Pediatric Oncology Branch POB researcher's lab jacket. The NIH is seeking to implement a policy capping overhead costs in research, a move that could cost Missouri institutions about $100 million. (Photo credit: NIH)" />
 <figcaption> A National Institutes of Health Pediatric Oncology Branch POB researcher's lab jacket. The NIH is seeking to implement a policy capping overhead costs in research, a move that could cost Missouri institutions about $100 million. (Photo credit: NIH)</figcaption>
 </figure>BY:&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/author/rudi-keller/">RUDI KELLER</a> <a href="https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-senate-committee-advances-bill-to-ban-texting-while-driving/">Missouri Independent</a><h2>Universities and hospitals are among the institutions that would need to cut their budget under proposed changes to how medical research grants are funded by the National Institutes of Health</h2>Missouri universities and research organizations will need to cut about $100 million from administrative costs for research funded last year by the National Institutes of Health or replace the money from other sources if President Donald Trump’s attempt to&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/2025/02/10/repub/research-universities-medical-schools-reel-from-trumps-catastrophic-nih-funding-cut/">reduce indirect costs</a>&nbsp;is successful.There were&nbsp;<a href="https://report.nih.gov/award/index.cfm?ot=&amp;fy=2024&amp;state=MO&amp;ic=&amp;fm=&amp;orgid=&amp;distr=&amp;rfa=&amp;om=n&amp;pid=&amp;view=statedetail" target="_blank">1,553 grants worth $901 million</a>&nbsp;issued by the NIH to Missouri institutions during the most recent federal fiscal year. The recipients reported spending as much as 30% of their grant on indirect costs to support their research.The grants allow research into medical problems, such as&nbsp;<a href="https://medicine.washu.edu/news/washu-medicine-leads-two-major-pandemic-preparedness-research-projects/" target="_blank">pandemic preparedness</a>&nbsp;or the control of infections acquired in hospitals, as well as agriculture and veterinary research including the Swine Resource Center at the University of Missouri or public health problems such as how policies on E-cigarettes impact youth tobacco use.A federal judge on Monday evening issued a temporary restraining order blocking the cuts in response to a lawsuit&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/2025/02/10/repub/federal-judge-orders-all-grant-and-loan-payments-must-be-resumed-by-trump-administration/">joined by 22 states</a>, not including Missouri. The order covered all federal funding cuts made since Trump took office Jan. 20.By far the biggest recipient was Washington University in St. Louis, which received 1,192 grants totaling $732 million, followed by the 162 grants worth almost $70 to the&nbsp;<a href="https://undergradresearch.missouri.edu/mizzou-and-the-nih/" target="_blank">University of Missouri’s Columbia campus</a>.Both universities spend well above the 15% cap on indirect costs set as the goal for NIH research under the new policy.Other significant recipients of NIH grants in Missouri include St. Louis University, which received 63 worth $25.8 million; Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, which landed 26 grants worth $9.7 million; and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, which received 19 grants worth $5.1 million in the most recent fiscal year.Washington University reported it will have about $189 million in indirect costs for its grants, or about 26% of the total. The University of Missouri reported its indirect costs will be about $21 million, or 30% of the amount awarded.In a message to the&nbsp;<a href="https://andrewdmartin.washu.edu/update-on-research-funding/" target="_blank">Washington University campus</a>, Chancellor Andrew Martin said the campus administration is reviewing the new rule, which will “have a significant impact on institutions like WashU” and is working to get the new rule reversed.“We’re mobilized on multiple fronts,” Martin wrote. “Our leadership team is closely reviewing the policy, and our government relations team is engaging with congressional representatives and others to ensure that they understand the consequences of these cuts and are encouraged to act to address this threat to research and its many benefits to society.”To get indirect costs below 15% for the grants awarded in fiscal 2024, Washington University would have to cut about $80 million in administrative expenses or find it from other sources.At the University of Missouri, indirect costs exceed the new threshold by about $10 million for the Columbia campus. There are a handful of grants for the other three campuses — University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Missouri-St. Louis and Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla — that would add about $1.7 million to that amount.The university system administration was unable to say Monday whether it would cut costs — likely resulting in job losses — or cover the shortfall from other resources.NIH funding supports research in agriculture, biomedical sciences and advanced technologies at the university, according to a statement issued by University of Missouri spokesman Christopher Ave.The change in indirect funding “would mean significant annual reductions in funding for our vital NIH-sponsored research that saves lives, creates jobs, enhances national security and improves quality of life for people in every part of our state and across the nation,” Ave said. Like Washington University, the UM System is working to get the decision reversed, the statement said.“Our leadership is communicating with key stakeholders in government, the private sector, other universities and other communities,” Ave said.. “Leaders of our campuses have directed faculty and staff working on NIH and other federal grants to continue their important research and to keep submitting NIH proposals as well as other federal agency grants as we further assess the situation.”

Trump admin. medical research cuts could mean $100 million loss in Missouri

ATCHISON COUNTY—Law enforcement are investigating a convicted felon on new allegations of a violent crime.

Just&nbsp;before midnight on January 24, officers responded to a disturbance at a residence in the 700 block Kearney in Atchison, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson. Two victims, a 66-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman reported that during the disturbance they were struck in the head with a handgun by 20-year-old Colten Cornett.

Cornett had left the residence before officers arrived.&nbsp;On February 3, police took him&nbsp;into custody in the 800 block North 9th Street on a Kansas Department of Corrections detain order for parole violation.&nbsp; He is still in custody. Cornett has a previous conviction for&nbsp;Flee or elude Law Enforcement with five or more moving violations, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/2/1739204522324.png" alt="Cornett photo KDOC" />
 <figcaption>Cornett photo KDOC</figcaption>
 </figure>ATCHISON COUNTY—Law enforcement are investigating a convicted felon on new allegations of a violent crime.Just&nbsp;before midnight on January 24, officers responded to a disturbance at a residence in the 700 block Kearney in Atchison, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson. Two victims, a 66-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman reported that during the disturbance they were struck in the head with a handgun by 20-year-old Colten Cornett.Cornett had left the residence before officers arrived.&nbsp;On February 3, police took him&nbsp;into custody in the 800 block North 9th Street on a Kansas Department of Corrections detain order for parole violation.&nbsp; He is still in custody. Cornett has a previous conviction for&nbsp;Flee or elude Law Enforcement with five or more moving violations, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

Police: Kan. felon struck man, woman in head with a handgun

Missouri saw a drop in statewide traffic deaths last year.  

Preliminary data shows 954 fatalities occurred last year, a 4 percent drop from 2023, and a 10 percent drop from 2022.  

Seargent Shane Hux with Troop H of the Missouri Highway Patrol says one reason for this is safer traveling conditions. 

"The roadways that we travel on today are safer, the vehicles that are being operated today are safer, and also it’s enforcement efforts and then you have to contribute that as well to the motoring public,” Hux tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post.  

 Hux says the patrol hopes to see the trend continue and says the goal to help that happen for the patrol is a commitment to public safety 

"Enforcement efforts will continue on our end, and then through the motoring public as well, remember driving is a full time job, anytime you operate a motor vehicle not only is your life and the passengers of your vehicles life in your hands, but every other motorist, every other pedestrian out there on the roadway falls into that,” Hux explains.  

While Missouri saw a decline in the number of roadway in fatalities during 2024, there was a record number of pedestrian fatality related accidents.  

Hux says with the recent winter weather, a high number of pedestrian fatalities came from cars sliding into stranded drivers.  

Hux says as a pedestrian, especially when walking near a roadway, it's just as important to pay attention as it is while driving 

"You know we talk about texting and driving a lot, but also if you’re walking close to the roadway, that’s not a good time to be looking at your phone, having earbuds in,” Hux says.  “Because as a pedestrian, your job is to keep yourself safe as well, so make sure you can see traffic, hear traffic.” 

During 2024, 148 pedestrian accidents resulted in fatalities, which is a 16 percent increase from 2023. 

By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostMissouri saw a drop in statewide traffic deaths last year. Preliminary data shows 954 fatalities occurred last year, a 4 percent drop from 2023, and a 10 percent drop from 2022. Seargent Shane Hux with Troop H of the Missouri Highway Patrol says one reason for this is safer traveling conditions. "The roadways that we travel on today are safer, the vehicles that are being operated today are safer, and also it’s enforcement efforts and then you have to contribute that as well to the motoring public,” Hux tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. Hux says the patrol hopes to see the trend continue and says the goal to help that happen for the patrol is a commitment to public safety "Enforcement efforts will continue on our end, and then through the motoring public as well, remember driving is a full time job, anytime you operate a motor vehicle not only is your life and the passengers of your vehicles life in your hands, but every other motorist, every other pedestrian out there on the roadway falls into that,” Hux explains. While Missouri saw a decline in the number of roadway in fatalities during 2024, there was a record number of pedestrian fatality related accidents. Hux says with the recent winter weather, a high number of pedestrian fatalities came from cars sliding into stranded drivers. Hux says as a pedestrian, especially when walking near a roadway, it's just as important to pay attention as it is while driving "You know we talk about texting and driving a lot, but also if you’re walking close to the roadway, that’s not a good time to be looking at your phone, having earbuds in,” Hux says. “Because as a pedestrian, your job is to keep yourself safe as well, so make sure you can see traffic, hear traffic.” During 2024, 148 pedestrian accidents resulted in fatalities, which is a 16 percent increase from 2023.

Missouri sees decrease in traffic deaths, but record rise in pedestrian accidents

ATCHISON —Law enforcement are&nbsp;investigating a burglary at a business&nbsp; in Atchison.

The alleged crime occurred in the early morning hours of February 3, at Rudolph’s Inc in the 700 block Commercial in Atchison, Police Chief Mike Wilson reported on Monday.

A front glass window was broken and jewelry was taken.&nbsp; Police have not reported an arrest or suspect information.

ATCHISON —Law enforcement are&nbsp;investigating a burglary at a business&nbsp; in Atchison.The alleged crime occurred in the early morning hours of February 3, at Rudolph’s Inc in the 700 block Commercial in Atchison, Police Chief Mike Wilson reported on Monday.A front glass window was broken and jewelry was taken.&nbsp; Police have not reported an arrest or suspect information.

Police investigating pawn shop burglary

BY:&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/author/nikitaponomarenko/">NIKITA PONOMARENKO</a>

Grain Belt Express has filed nearly 40 eminent domain petitions against Missouri property owners since 2021 as it prepares to build a transmission line across the state.

The first eminent domain petition in Callaway County was filed last month for an easement of nearly an acre of land owned by Jordyn and Mitchell Christensen.

Grain Belt Express offered the property owners $8,046 for the easement, but the owners rejected the offer and the two parties could not agree on compensation.

If granted, the easement would be within an 81-acre piece of land on County Road 264.

Eminent domain is the power to acquire property for public use with compensation to the owners. This legal proceeding can allow the government or a company to gain access to land for its purposes, independent of the property owner’s wishes.

Grain Belt Express is a $7 billion clean-energy project run by Invenergy, an Illinois-based company. Stretching from Kansas to Indiana, the transmission line is designed to bring wind and solar energy to communities in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, as well as cities farther east.

According to the Grain Belt Express website, construction is scheduled to begin sometime this year and be completed by 2028, barring complications.

The line would run through eight counties in northern Missouri with a spur called the Tiger Connector in Callaway County. The Missouri Public Service Commission approved the Tiger Connector route in October 2023.

The connector extends from the main line near Moberly south to Kingdom City.

To build the 800-mile line across four states, Invenergy must secure land permits called easements. Original landowners retain ownership of the property but allow transmission infrastructure to be built with access to the site for construction and maintenance crews.

“Grain Belt Express team has already voluntarily secured over 1,450 easements needed for the project,” said Patrick Whitty, senior vice president of public affairs for transmission at Invenergy.

“These voluntary easement agreements provide tens of millions of dollars to project landowners, who maintain ownership and use of their land for farming, ranching, hunting and other uses.”

According to Invenegy, 97% of property owners in Kansas and Missouri have already agreed to the deals offered by the company.

In 2022, then-Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation requiring developers to pay landowners 150% of fair market value for property taken through eminent domain for electrical transmission projects.

The compromise legislation was reached after Republican legislators spent years fighting the project by seeking tougher eminent domain provisions.

Although it may seem profitable for landowners to reject offers and hold out for 150% compensation, going to court may be costly and not worth the risk, said James Owen, director of Renew Missouri, a local clean energy nonprofit organization.

“I do not believe it is going to be in anyone’s best interest to challenge this in court,” he said. “They’re going to have to pay attorney fees on that. It’s going to be dragged out.”

Since the first eminent domain proceeding in 2021 in Missouri, nearly 40 petitions have been filed by Grain Belt Express to clear the way for the line.

Five petitions were filed in 2021, 11 in both 2022 and 2023, and seven in 2024. Three more have been filed since January. Of that total, at least 17 have been dismissed.

Almost all of the petitions have been filed against property owners in the western part of the state and relate to Phase 1 of the project — the portion of the line that brings power from Kansas to mid-Missouri.

“For over a year, we have been negotiating voluntary easements along the Tiger Connector, which continues to this day,” Whitty said. “In certain cases, and always as a last resort when efforts to reach negotiated agreements have been exhausted, the only option available is a legal proceeding.”

According to Missouri Public Service officials, the Grain Belt Express can save Missouri residents roughly $17.6 billion on utilities by 2066. Invenegy already has agreements with 39 Missouri communities intended to save residents roughly $12 million each year in utility payments, Whitty said.

“I think it’s an enormous value to help keeping utility rates down and keeping them competitive, to attract businesses here,” Owen said.

“A lot of businesses want to be able to take clean energy as the main source of how their power is received.”

In the works since 2010, the Grain Belt Express is designed to carry 5,000 megawatts of electricity to the eastern half of the country. It would connect solar and wind farms in the Midwest to cities in the East, eventually contributing power to 3.1 million homes.

This story originally appeared in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_news/grain-belt-express-files-dozens-of-eminent-domain-petitions-to-build-power-line-across-missouri/article_5f83c298-e5bd-11ef-8dcc-c33e4a2d3c2f.html" target="_blank">Columbia Missourian</a>. It can be republished in print or online.&nbsp;

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/2/1739195184098.png" alt="The Grain Belt Express is designed to carry 5,000 megawatts of electricity to the eastern half of the country. It would connect solar and wind farms in the Midwest to cities in the East, eventually contributing power to 3.1 million homes (Robert Zullo/ States Newsroom)." />
 <figcaption>The Grain Belt Express is designed to carry 5,000 megawatts of electricity to the eastern half of the country. It would connect solar and wind farms in the Midwest to cities in the East, eventually contributing power to 3.1 million homes (Robert Zullo/ States Newsroom).</figcaption>
 </figure>BY:&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/author/nikitaponomarenko/">NIKITA PONOMARENKO</a>Grain Belt Express has filed nearly 40 eminent domain petitions against Missouri property owners since 2021 as it prepares to build a transmission line across the state.The first eminent domain petition in Callaway County was filed last month for an easement of nearly an acre of land owned by Jordyn and Mitchell Christensen.Grain Belt Express offered the property owners $8,046 for the easement, but the owners rejected the offer and the two parties could not agree on compensation.If granted, the easement would be within an 81-acre piece of land on County Road 264.Eminent domain is the power to acquire property for public use with compensation to the owners. This legal proceeding can allow the government or a company to gain access to land for its purposes, independent of the property owner’s wishes.Grain Belt Express is a $7 billion clean-energy project run by Invenergy, an Illinois-based company. Stretching from Kansas to Indiana, the transmission line is designed to bring wind and solar energy to communities in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, as well as cities farther east.According to the Grain Belt Express website, construction is scheduled to begin sometime this year and be completed by 2028, barring complications.The line would run through eight counties in northern Missouri with a spur called the Tiger Connector in Callaway County. The Missouri Public Service Commission approved the Tiger Connector route in October 2023.The connector extends from the main line near Moberly south to Kingdom City.To build the 800-mile line across four states, Invenergy must secure land permits called easements. Original landowners retain ownership of the property but allow transmission infrastructure to be built with access to the site for construction and maintenance crews.“Grain Belt Express team has already voluntarily secured over 1,450 easements needed for the project,” said Patrick Whitty, senior vice president of public affairs for transmission at Invenergy.“These voluntary easement agreements provide tens of millions of dollars to project landowners, who maintain ownership and use of their land for farming, ranching, hunting and other uses.”According to Invenegy, 97% of property owners in Kansas and Missouri have already agreed to the deals offered by the company.In 2022, then-Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation requiring developers to pay landowners 150% of fair market value for property taken through eminent domain for electrical transmission projects.The compromise legislation was reached after Republican legislators spent years fighting the project by seeking tougher eminent domain provisions.Although it may seem profitable for landowners to reject offers and hold out for 150% compensation, going to court may be costly and not worth the risk, said James Owen, director of Renew Missouri, a local clean energy nonprofit organization.“I do not believe it is going to be in anyone’s best interest to challenge this in court,” he said. “They’re going to have to pay attorney fees on that. It’s going to be dragged out.”Since the first eminent domain proceeding in 2021 in Missouri, nearly 40 petitions have been filed by Grain Belt Express to clear the way for the line.Five petitions were filed in 2021, 11 in both 2022 and 2023, and seven in 2024. Three more have been filed since January. Of that total, at least 17 have been dismissed.Almost all of the petitions have been filed against property owners in the western part of the state and relate to Phase 1 of the project — the portion of the line that brings power from Kansas to mid-Missouri.“For over a year, we have been negotiating voluntary easements along the Tiger Connector, which continues to this day,” Whitty said. “In certain cases, and always as a last resort when efforts to reach negotiated agreements have been exhausted, the only option available is a legal proceeding.”According to Missouri Public Service officials, the Grain Belt Express can save Missouri residents roughly $17.6 billion on utilities by 2066. Invenegy already has agreements with 39 Missouri communities intended to save residents roughly $12 million each year in utility payments, Whitty said.“I think it’s an enormous value to help keeping utility rates down and keeping them competitive, to attract businesses here,” Owen said.“A lot of businesses want to be able to take clean energy as the main source of how their power is received.”In the works since 2010, the Grain Belt Express is designed to carry 5,000 megawatts of electricity to the eastern half of the country. It would connect solar and wind farms in the Midwest to cities in the East, eventually contributing power to 3.1 million homes.This story originally appeared in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_news/grain-belt-express-files-dozens-of-eminent-domain-petitions-to-build-power-line-across-missouri/article_5f83c298-e5bd-11ef-8dcc-c33e4a2d3c2f.html" target="_blank">Columbia Missourian</a>. It can be republished in print or online.&nbsp;

Grain Belt Express files dozens of eminent domain petitions to build power line across Missouri

An investigation
is underway to determine why a shooting took place late Sunday morning at the
North Belt Walmart in St. Joseph.

The St. Joseph
Police Department reports the victim and the suspect knew each other. The
victim suffered sustained gunshot wounds and is receiving medical treatment, according
to the department.

Police say the
shooting took place shortly after 11am Sunday. Police report the identity of
the shooter has not been confirmed. The investigation continues.

The St. Joseph
Police Department encourages anyone with information about the shooting to
contact the department at 816-271-4777 or submit an anonymous tip
through the local Crime Stoppers hotline.

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostAn investigation
is underway to determine why a shooting took place late Sunday morning at the
North Belt Walmart in St. Joseph.The St. Joseph
Police Department reports the victim and the suspect knew each other. The
victim suffered sustained gunshot wounds and is receiving medical treatment, according
to the department.Police say the
shooting took place shortly after 11am Sunday. Police report the identity of
the shooter has not been confirmed. The investigation continues.The St. Joseph
Police Department encourages anyone with information about the shooting to
contact the department at 816-271-4777 or submit an anonymous tip
through the local Crime Stoppers hotline.You can follow Brent on X @GBrentKFEQ and St. Joseph Post @StJosephPost.

Investigation continues into shooting at St. Joseph N. Belt Walmart

 Cooper DeJean, Josh Sweat and the Philadelphia Eagles’ ferocious defense denied Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat.&nbsp; It wasn’t even close.

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 </figure>By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Cooper DeJean, Josh Sweat and the Philadelphia Eagles’ ferocious defense denied Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat.&nbsp; It wasn’t even close.DeJean got a pick six&nbsp; on his birthday, Sweat tormented Mahomes and the Eagles routed the Chiefs 40-22 on Sunday to secure the franchise’s second Super Bowl championship.Jalen Hurts threw for two touchdowns and ran for a score on a tush push to earn Super Bowl MVP honors, and Vic Fangio's defense was so dominant that the Eagles didn't need much from Saquon Barkley.&nbsp; The game-changing running back finished with 57 yards, breaking Terrell Davis’ record for yards rushing in a season, playoffs included. Hurts threw for 221 yards.“This is the ultimate team game. You can’t be great without the greatness of others. Great performance by everybody — offense, defense, special teams,” coach Nick Sirianni said. “We didn’t really ever care what anyone thought about how we won, or their opinions. All we want to do is win.”Not in Kansas City’s worst nightmares could its fans have imagined such a lackluster performance. The Chiefs had won three of the previous five Super Bowls, losing 31-9 to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers four years ago.Mahomes was 8-0 against Fangio’s defenses before the longtime coordinator and former Broncos head coach outcoached Andy Reid, capping his first season with his hometown team. Reid fell to 3-3 in Super Bowls, including a loss with the Eagles.&nbsp; The Eagles sacked Mahomes six times, the most of his career, including 2.5 by Sweat. And they did it without Fangio calling a single blitz.“Defense wins championships,” Hurts said. “We saw how they played today. We saw the difference they made in the game. They gave us opportunities, gave us short fields. And we’re able to do what we do.”The Chiefs were aiming to become the third team in NFL history to win three straight championships and the first to three-peat in the Super Bowl era.Hurts nearly led the Eagles to victory against the Chiefs two years ago in Arizona, but Mahomes led a comeback and Harrison Butker kicked the game-winning field goal in the final minute for a 38-35 victory. Mahomes rallied Kansas City to an overtime victory over San Francisco last year for the Chiefs' second straight title.“That’s a great football team and we had to come out and play our best, and we did,” Sirianni said.This time, a revamped Philly defense featuring eight new starters from the 2022 team made sure Mahomes had no chance to pull off his magic.“Today was a rough day all around. Nothing went right. I didn’t coach well. Proud of our guys for fighting. We will learn from this,” Reid said. “Too many turnovers, too many penalties. Against a good football team, can’t do that.”Barkley helped push Hurts into the end zone from the 1 to give Philadelphia a 7-0 lead in the first quarter.&nbsp; Up 10-0 after Jake Elliott’s 48-yard field goal, Sweat and Jalyx Hunt sacked Mahomes on consecutive plays. Mahomes then rolled out and made an errant throw that was picked by DeJean, who returned it 38 yards for a 17-0 lead.&nbsp; It was Mahomes’ first pick six in 21 career playoff games and ended a streak of 297 straight passes without an interception.“We didn’t start how we wanted to. The turnovers hurt. I take all the blame for that,” Mahomes said. “I didn’t play to my standard.”All-Pro linebacker Zack Baun picked Mahomes again late in the second quarter, and Hurts connected with A.J. Brown on a 12-yard TD pass for a 24-0 lead.&nbsp; Hurts threw a perfect 46-yard TD pass to DeVonta Smith to make it 34-0 late in the third.Mahomes fired a 24-yard TD pass to Xavier Worthy to avoid the shutout, but the 2-point conversion failed. He threw two late, mostly meaningless TD passes, one to DeAndre Hopkins and another to Worthy.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Patrick Mahomes connects with Xavier Worthy for a 50-yard TD 📺: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SBLIX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SBLIX</a> on FOX 📱: Tubi + NFL app <a href="https://t.co/s7g5xqfmVB">pic.twitter.com/s7g5xqfmVB</a>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1888788542387544263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>The Green Bay Packers are the only NFL team to win three championships in a row, doing it from 1929-31 and 1965-67.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/2/1739158888084.jpeg" alt="Philadelphia Eagles tackle Jordan Mailata celebrates after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Doug Benc)" />
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