KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Several agencies, including the Pettis County Fire Department, are monitoring a fire Monday afternoon at the Central Missouri Landfill.

The Sedalia-Pettis County Emergency Management Agency posted on social media around 4:15 p.m. that some roads have been reopened in the area of the landfill.

The Sedalia Fire Department posted it was also monitoring the landfill and working with the National Weather Service to keep track of any wind gusts.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 18-year-old is dead and three other teenagers are injured after a crash Friday night in Johnson County, Missouri.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Turner George, 18, was driving a 2004 Dodge truck when he lost control while accelerating through a curve on Southwest 271st Road north of Southwest 1200th Road.

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George drove off the roadway and hit a ditch, causing his car to flip and crash into a fence, MSHP said. The crash happened at about 9 p.m.

MSHP said George was pronounced dead at the scene. He was not wearing a seatbelt.

A 17-year-old, 18-year-old and 19-year-old were also in the truck at the time of the crash. They all refused treatment and had minor injuries. The 17-year-old was the only one wearing a seatbelt.

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A proposed minimum wage ballot measure and paid sick leave for all Missouri workers is on the November ballot. Missouri’s four candidates for governor gave their take on whether Proposition A should pass, which would increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2026.

Republican Mike Kehoe, a former businessman, said that the government should not be setting wages – the economy should.

“When we change minimum wage standards, we actually affect those that we’re trying to help the most,” Kehoe said at a recent Missouri Press Association-hosted candidate forum. “Minimum wages will cause prices to rise on the most basic of products. It also leaves a void for the youngest of people who want to start at an entry level job. You take those jobs away from them.”

In doing so, Kehoe said a “false economy” is created where kids can’t get a job and the price for essential products goes up for people who need it the most.

Democrat Crystal Quade supports the ballot proposal. At the forum, she said that this is another example of the “status quo” not listening to the needs of citizens.

“We’ve heard on this stage that minimum wage jobs are entry level jobs and they’re just for kids,” she said. “The reality is we have so many parents and so many people who are working minimum wage jobs, multiple minimum wage jobs to get by because they can’t actually find good quality high paying jobs in the state of Missouri.”

To the other portion of the proposal, Quade said that she wants to “elevate” the earned sick leave part.

“As a working parent myself, I understand what it means when my kid gets sick, and I have to call in and wonder what that means for my job and my security,” said Quade. “And I have, and prior to becoming a legislator, I’ve had good jobs, but not everybody has that affordability where their employer is flexible with them.”

Kehoe did not say whether he opposes mandatory sick leave. Libertarian Bill Slantz and Green Party candidate Paul Lehmann also did not comment on the paid sick leave portion of the proposal.

Lehmann supports raising the minimum wage while Slantz does not.

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