By Brandpoint (BPT) (BPT) – If your walls could talk, what would the paint color say about you? You’re bold? Calm? Sophisticated? Whatever the answer would be, painting a wall multiple colors is an affordable, yet impactful, way to uniquely express your personality. A two-toned wall is an interior design technique that utilizes two paint
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By NewsPress Now (NAPSI)—For Jimi Olaghere, sickle cell disease once meant a life of limitations, sudden pain episodes and frequent hospitalizations. Today, thanks to groundbreaking gene therapy and blood donors, he is reaching new heights. “I don’t think I would have had the opportunity to have a gene-editing transplant without blood donations,” said
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By Brandpoint (BPT) (BPT) – The entire country has experienced its share of extreme weather lately. Record-breaking heat, torrential rain and drought — you name it, Mother Nature has been doling it out. It has caused many people to start thinking about climate change and what they can do to help, including improving the environmental
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By NewsPress Now A discussion on this area’s rocks and minerals will highlight National Fossil Day at the Rolling Hills Library. John Pope, a retired geology professor from Northwest Missouri State University, will speak about the natural history of northern Missouri at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the library’s Belt branch community room.
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By NewsPress Now (NAPSI)—The latest Cancer Risk Survey: Breast Cancer Edition from Myriad Genetics shows that more than half (63%) of women do not know that breast density can reveal an increased risk of breast cancer. Though dense breast tissue is normal, women who have it are at a slightly elevated risk for
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By NewsPress Now (NAPSI)—Cancer. It’s a word no one wants to hear, but every one should be prepared for. Individuals getting cancer treatment must make many lifestyle changes. People battling cancer and undergoing chemotherapy will have many new and often unexpected health complications that they will have to adapt their lifestyle to accommodate. Oral health
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By Brandpoint (BPT) (BPT) – Sponsored by Sanofi As many in the type 1 diabetes community can attest, it can be difficult at first to understand the purpose of screening or the subsequent tests before and following a type 1 diabetes diagnosis, and what the results can mean for you or a loved one. To
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By NewsPress Now What in the world are they doing? What in the world is the City of St. Joseph doing on N 36th St. and Robin Lane off of Karnes Rd.? It is been closed now going on two weeks and some days they don’t show up at all. Other days when they show
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By NewsPress Now ELWOOD, Kan. – Jimmy Ray Clements, 68, of Elwood, Kansas, passed away Oct. 8, 2024, at home. He was born on Jan. 23, 1956, to Hubert and Hazel McGeorge-Clements. He married Marlene Clements in St. Joseph on July 22, 1988, and she survives of the home. Preceding in death are his parents;
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By NewsPress Now Late Notices Nancy C. Green Nancy Christine Green, 80, of St. Joseph, passed away Oct. 8, 2024. Visitation 5 to 6 p.m. Friday, memorial services following Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. at the Rupp Funeral Home. Arrangements Rupp Funeral Home. Roger B. Hinderks MAYSVILLE, Mo. – Roger Blair Hinderks, 89, passed away
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By NewsPress Now (StatePoint) Fifty-one percent of families find it challenging to get new ideas for meal planning. If you’re like most Americans and stuck in a recipe rut, or you’re often tired when it’s time to prepare dinner and want something fast and easy, it’s time to expand your repertoire of go-to meals that
Continue ReadingBy NewsPress Now We’ll have all the latest on Hurricane Milton after it made landfall Wednesday night. Tune in to News-Press NOW this morning for coverage.
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By Metro Creative Autumn evokes all types of cozy images. There are the chilly evenings spent around the fire pit outdoors or nights spent by the fireplace sipping warmed cider. Afternoons strolling through crunchy leaves or seeking out the perfect apples in the orchard also make autumn a special time of year. Comfort foods are
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By NewsPress Now DEAR ABBY, I own a lake cabin and enjoy hosting friends and relatives. Even though I don’t have a pet myself, I like animals and don’t mind if people ask to bring their dogs, because the ground floor is linoleum that’s easy to clean when the inevitable sand and water get tracked
Continue ReadingBy NewsUSA (NewsUSA) – According to a recent Houzz report, kitchens remain the most renovated interior room (29%), followed closely by guest and primary bathrooms (27% and 25%, respectively). In 2023, the median spend for kitchen renovations climbed by 20% to $24,000, while primary bath projects saw an 11% increase, reaching $15,000. With home improvement
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By NewsUSA (NewsUSA) – Have you ever thought about how you can buy most fresh fruits year-round? Think hemispheres: The U.S. is located in the Northern Hemisphere, so when certain fruits are out of season here, they are being grown, harvested, and shipped to your local grocery store by countries in the Southern Hemisphere. This
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By Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Giancarlo Stanton hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning amid a battle of the bullpens, and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Wednesday night in Game 3 of their AL Division Series at Kauffman Stadium. Stanton finished with three hits, drove in
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By NewsPress Now A woman is in the hospital with injuries from a shooting that followed a car accident Wednesday evening at South 40th Street and Commonwealth Drive. St. Joseph police are investigating the incident, which happened around 9:05 p.m. near Menards. “Police responded to the intersection of A Highway (U.S. Highway A/South 40th Street)
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By Associated Press WASHINGTON | President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday held their first call in seven weeks, a conversation that comes as Israel expands its ground incursion into Lebanon and considers how to respond to Iran’s recent ballistic missile attack. Vice President Kamala Harris also joined the 30-minute call,
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By NewsPress Now Major hurricane Milton is making landfall in Florida tonight on the heels of the destructive hurricane Helene, which ravaged parts of the southeast in late September. Aside from destructive winds and flooding rains, Milton is also set to bring catastrophic storm surge along a large swath of Florida’s west coast. News-Press NOW
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By Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. | Former President Donald Trump hurled insults at his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, and other women Wednesday — saying he had no interest in stopping his attacks even if they turn off female voters — as Hurricane Milton made landfall, lashing Florida with rain, tornadoes and tropical-storm-force winds. “I
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By Associated Press STOCKHOLM — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches inside cells that help control what the cells do and when they do it. If scientists can better understand how they
Continue Reading By Associated Press WASHINGTON — A unique peek inside the human brain may help explain how it clears away waste like the kind that can build up and lead to Alzheimer’s disease. Brain cells use a lot of nutrients which means they make a lot of waste. Scientists have long thought the brain has special
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By Jacob Meikel Riverside football is off to a superb start in 2024, and a win against its rival Troy on Friday would make its current win streak feel much sweeter. “We’re just ready. We don’t want to lose again,” junior quarterback Beckam Griffin said. “They’re our rival, so practice is a lot better and
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By Associated Press NEW YORK — Humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study. Advances in medical technology and genetic research — not to mention larger numbers of people making it to age 100 — are not translating into marked jumps in lifespan overall, according to researchers who found
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By Associated Press WAUKEGAN, Ill. — On a table at the office of the Waukegan Township Democrats sits a box of postcards with Wisconsin addresses that were collected during a postcard-writing pizza party to help turn out voters there. Leaning against the table are homemade Harris-Walz signs. “We know they’re handing these out everywhere in
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By Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister warned on Wednesday that his country’s retaliation for a recent Iranian missile attack will be “lethal” and “surprising,” while the Israeli military pushed ahead with a large-scale operation in northern Gaza and a ground offensive in Lebanon against Hezbollah militants. On the diplomatic front, Israeli Prime Minister
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By Associated Press DUBROVNIK, Croatia — Ukraine’s president on Wednesday said he intends to present his “victory plan” to Western leaders this week, but a weekend meeting to discuss it has been postponed as U.S. President Joe Biden said he had to stay home to respond to Hurricane Milton’ s landfall in Florida. Speaking at
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By Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Hurricane Milton crashed into Florida as a Category 3 storm Wednesday, pounding the coast with ferocious winds of over 100 mph (160 kph) and producing a series of tornadoes around the state. Tampa avoided a direct hit. The cyclone had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (205 kph) as
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By Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina legislators completed an initial $273 million relief package Wednesday to help spur recovery from Hurricane Helene, describing it as a down payment on aid and a way to help hard-hit counties gain more flexibility in holding elections already underway. The legislation, which was approved unanimously in the
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