By Chris Fortune Before deciding to put water back in Lake Contrary, a path must be cleared for a dredge to do its work. Buchanan County held its second public meeting for Lake Contrary at the Remington Nature Center on Thursday night as a potential dredging project continues to gain traction. A representative with Opterra
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By Charles Christian State Treasurer Vivek Malek made a brief campaign stop in St. Joseph at the Republican headquarters on Village Drive as part of his statewide campaign effort. Malek, a Republican, is running in the Aug. 6 primary against five other Republican competitors. He said he is hoping that his list of accomplishments in
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press MISSION, Kan. — A woman who was denied an abortion at a Kansas hospital after suffering a pregnancy complication that her attorneys say put her at risk of sepsis and even death is suing in a case that already prompted a federal investigation. Mylissa Farmer, of Joplin, Missouri, filed the lawsuit Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press NEW YORK — The U.S. will pay for flu shots for farmworkers this year, a strategy to prevent bird flu from changing into something more dangerous. Dairy and poultry farms are dealing with outbreaks of bird flu, and 13 workers have picked up infections. All cases are mild and are believed to
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By Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas is no longer enforcing a 3-year-old law making it a felony to impersonate election officials as it faces a legal challenge from critics who argue that the law has hindered efforts to register new voters. Attorneys for the state and groups suing over the law agreed on stopping
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By NewsPress Now Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek visited St. Joseph on Thursday during a campaign stop at local Republican headquarters. Malek is facing opposition from five opponents on Aug. 6 for the Republican Primary Election. He said his message centers on giving back to the citizens of Missouri through a strong lost funds program,
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press NEW YORK — Tongue-tie —a condition in infants that can affect breastfeeding — may be overdiagnosed in the U.S. and too often treated with unnecessary surgery, a prominent doctors’ group said Monday. The American Academy of Pediatrics is the latest, and largest, medical society to sound an alarm about the increasing use
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By My Courier-Tribune DEAR DR. ROACH, I had left knee-replacement surgery 10 years ago, and two days after surgery, I developed CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome). My shin, below my incision down in my left foot and toes, was burning and stinging for two years. It then receded to my toes for the past eight
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By Cameron Montemayor The clock for the 2024 Sound of Speed Air Show is counting down fast as anticipation builds for another edition of the award-winning show this September in St. Joseph. Event organizers like Rosecrans Airport Manager Julius Rice and Lute Atieh spent much of Thursday morning at Rosecrans Memorial Airport hashing out some
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By Wealth of Geeks via AP Money talks, but gratitude goes further. A new study, commissioned by Motivosity and conducted by OnePoll, finds 55% of people prefer having personalized forms of gratitude given to them in the workplace. While 52% prefer raises and 28% would rather have a promotion, 2000 workers polled say hearing a
Continue ReadingBy NewsPress Now Intel to cut roughly 15,000 jobs Chipmaker Intel Corp. is cutting 15% of its massive workforce — about 15,000 jobs — as it tries to turn its business around to compete with more successful rivals like Nvidia and AMD. In a memo to staff, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said Thursday the company
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By Associated Press ST. LOUIS — A deep-pocketed pro-Israel super PAC that helped defeat one member of the congressional group known as the Squad is now pushing to oust another — Missouri Democrat Cori Bush. Bush, of St. Louis, has been a vocal critic of how Israel responded when attacked by Hamas in October, calling
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits jumped to its highest level in a year last week, even as the labor market remains surprisingly healthy in an era of high interest rates. Jobless claims for the week ending July 27 climbed by 14,000 to 249,000, from 235,000 the previous week, the
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By Jacob Meikel Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire becomes the latest professional athlete to open up about his struggles with mental health. The fifth-year running back, known for his charismatic personality on the team, unveiled earlier in the week that he has been dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition that affects nearly 4% of
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By Cameron Montemayor As optimism builds for a potential lowering of interest rates in September, the lingering effects of elevated inflation and building costs continue to present challenges for long-term construction project planning. While challenges are less extreme than what many witnessed in 2021, 2022 and early 2023, when inflation surged between 8% and 9%,
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press The U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing a new rule that would ban airlines from charging parents more to sit with their young children. Under the proposal, released Thursday, U.S. and foreign carriers would be required to seat children ages 13 or younger next to a parent or accompanying adult for free.
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By Associated Press NEW YORK — Just a day after rallying on hopes that the Federal Reserve is about to cut interest rates, U.S. stocks tumbled Thursday after weak data raised worries the Fed may have missed its window to do so before undercutting the economy’s growth. The S&P 500 sank 1.4% after a report
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By Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Exonerees and advocates on Thursday called out Missouri’s Republican attorney general for pushing for a man’s impending execution despite efforts by the local prosecutor to overturn the man’s murder conviction. Marcellus Williams is scheduled to die Sept. 24, roughly a month after a planned Aug. 21 hearing before
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By Associated Press WASHINGTON — A bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some tax breaks for businesses failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday as Republicans largely opposed the measure, arguing they would be in position to get a better deal next year. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., dared Republicans to
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press Emergency crews have rescued a terrified and screaming toddler after he fell into a narrow pipe and got stuck around a dozen feet below ground in the yard of his Kansas home. “There we go,” Officer Ronnie Wagner of the Moundridge Police Department can be heard saying on body camera video, clearly
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By Calvin Silvers We’re still months away from the 2024-25 high school girls’ basketball season, but that doesn’t mean offseason tasks weren’t completed as early as possible. For Bishop LeBlond, there was a large task at hand, and it involved finding a replacement for former LeBlond girls’ basketball coach, Jackie Steltenpohl. The search led to
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By Jazmine Knight As the Aug. 6 election approaches, voters will have to choose whether they are in favor of the school district proposition that would increase salaries for all school district staff by roughly $2,700. The goal of Proposition S is to increase retention and recruitment among teachers in response to the nationwide teacher
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By Cameron Montemayor As optimism builds for a potential lowering of interest rates in September, the lingering effects of elevated inflation and building costs continue to present challenges for long-term construction project planning. While challenges are less extreme than what many witnessed in 2021, 2022 and early 2023, when inflation surged between 8% and 9%,
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By Associated Press BEIRUT — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah confirmed Wednesday that Israel killed a top commander after a rare strike in Beirut. The Iran-backed group said earlier that Fouad Shukur was in the building during the attack on Tuesday, and they were searching for him in the rubble to determine his fate. Hezbollah’s
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By Associated Press NEW YORK — Two months after his felony conviction, Donald Trump still isn’t allowed to say everything he wants about his historic hush money criminal case. After a New York appeals court upheld his gag order on Thursday, he won’t be for a while. The state’s mid-level appellate court denied the Republican
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By Associated Press As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that several of the top contenders for the role are largely unknown to Americans. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly stands out as one with more name recognition and higher favorability,
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By Ashley Luthans The first August practice of the 2024 Chiefs Training Camp brought out crowds of people excited to cheer on their favorite team. Frankie Lund, a 9-year-old fan, said he came out to training camp because he was invited by his friend, 10-year-old Hayes Walker. “He invited me to go to training camp
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Japan Osprey crash caused by cracks in a gear, pilot’s decision to keep flying WASHINGTON | The Air Force says a deadly Osprey aircraft crash last November off Japan was caused by cracks in a metal gear and the pilot’s decision to keep flying instead of heeding multiple warnings that he
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By Associated Press JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Thursday that it has confirmed that the head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July. The announcement came a day after an apparent Israeli strike in the Iranian capital killed Hamas’ top political leader. The rapid events this
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By Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. — Donald Trump is used to defending himself. But this week, the Republican presidential nominee has been put in the rare position of having to defend someone else — his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance. When Vance was first introduced at the Republican National Convention last month, many GOP
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