Joplin’s city manager told the City Council on Monday night that he has developed pay range increases for some police officers and firefighters that he could present at the panel’s next meeting.
Monthly Archives: October 2018
New Indictment In Kansas Hoax Police Call Case
The man accused of making a hoax phone call that led police to fatally shoot a Wichita man has been arraigned on a new indictment. Tyler Barriss, of California, was arraigned Monday on a superseding indictment accusing him of making false/hoax reports to emergency services, cyberstalking, making interstate threats, wire fraud and conspiracy. A superseding indictment is one that replaces a previous indictment Barriss is accused of calling Wichita police in December 2017 from Los …
Staying Quiet for Your Wednesday
Looking at your Wednesday, we’ll have a quiet and warm day under partly to mostly sunny skies. The front will be located across the upper Midwest going into Wednesday afternoon along with another upper level disturbance. From extreme northeastern KS and northwestern MO up into the upper Midwest, that’s where we have the chance for strong to severe t-storms. We have a marginal risk outlined for that region with a slight risk outlined between north-central Iowa into central Wisconsin. I…
No T-Storms to Worry About for Tuesday
Even though we may have a few showers try to fire up during your Tuesday afternoon, we won’t have to worry about any t-storm chances around here. With our front to the north of us extending all the way into the Great Lakes and New England, that and an upper level disturbance will provide the better chance for strong to severe t-storms. In the marginal and slight risks for severe weather, those areas will have the better chance to see stronger t-storms with some damaging wind gusts and…
Suspected driver of stolen truck linked to burglaries arrested
A Look at the Tropics – October 1st
A look at the Tropics on this October 1st shows 3 active systems we’re keeping an eye on out in the Atlantic and Pacific. In the Atlantic, we have Tropical Storm Leslie located 595 miles east of the island of Bermuda. The latest advisory shows sustained wind speeds of 60 mph and a minimum central pressure of 990 millibars. The forecast track has this continuing to wander out in the Atlantic as we roll through the rest of the week. In terms of strength, Leslie will become a hurricane o…