KYW By Dan Snyder, Ed Specht Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A woman was found dead in a home in the West Mount Airy section of Philadelphia Monday afternoon, emergency officials said. The first floor of the home on Mount Airy Place collapsed into the basement, fire officials said. Crews
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Police lights flash at the scene of a police incident near the Sinclair gas station at Frederick Avenue and North 25th Street on Wednesday in St. Joseph.
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A Missouri Senate bill would create specialized courts focused on providing an alternative for certain criminal defendants who are suffering from a mental health disorder.
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CNN By Marshall Cohen, Alexandra Skores and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Over the weekend, the Trump administration invoked wartime powers to deport hundreds of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the US to El Salvador. After a lawsuit was filed, a federal judge ordered the administration to stop the deportations, for now. Here’s
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St. Joseph Bartlett Hard wheat: No bids Soft wheat: No bids Yellow corn: 4.35 White corn: 4.80 Soybeans: 9.70 Atchison Cargill Hard wheat: 5.01 Soft wheat: 5.20 Yellow corn: 4.43 White corn: No bids Soybeans: 9.69 Lifeline Foods Yellow corn: 4.39 AGP Soybeans: 9.85
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — To help offset the shortages of dentists, the University of Missouri — Kansas City is expanding its program with a satellite location at Missouri Western State University. UMKC has had past success with other healthcare programs in satellite locations across the state. These include the UMKC School of Medicine physician program
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CNN, KATV, KFVS, WFSA, KYTV, KAIT, WBRC By Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford, Rafael Romo and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm system that tore across the United States in recent days was winding down Monday, but in its wake are devastated communities hit with violent tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms spun off by
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WBZ By Chris Tanaka Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — A house in Boston is on its way to becoming an historic landmark after the current owner discovered something unusual about the home’s history. “It just looked odd,” said Adam Shutes. Shutes felt that way when he first saw the house
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CNN By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — All golfers have been there. The target for your shot is surrounded by a water hazard, adding some jeopardy to the occasion. In Sunday’s final round at the Players Championship, Alex Smalley endured a moment which took the nerve-wracking experience of playing with water to a whole new
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CNN By Kyle Feldscher, Homero De la Fuente and Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — The fields are set and it’s time for a big exhale before the madness truly kicks into gear. The selection committees for both the men’s and women’s NCAA college basketball postseason tournaments unveiled the fields of 68 teams on Sunday evening.
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Healthy and glad I was looking at the paper here and it says, “Do you do anything to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?” I celebrate every St. Patrick’s Day, which is my birthday. So, I celebrate it. I’m getting older every year, but I’m healthy and I’m glad. Be more cognizant With all the motorcyclists running
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – James “Jim” Staples, 77, Overland Park, Kansas, formerly of St. Joseph, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2025. He was born April 25, 1947, to Everett and Sybil (Wolfing) Staples. Farewell Services and Public Livestream 10 a.m. Friday, March 21, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will
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Beth Ann Chalender, 56, of St. Joseph, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in a Kansas City, Kansas, hospital. She was born Jan. 12, 1969, in St. Joseph. Survivors include three children, Jeanann Ashlock, Savannah Snyder, and Glen Chalender; brother, Randy Dunnihoo; and a sister, Ruth Andres. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, March 15, 2025, at
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Russell Leroy Beers, 90, of St. Joseph, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2025, at his home. He was born Dec. 31, 1934, in Stewartsville, Missouri, son of Lorene and Norville “Lee” Beers. Russell graduated from Missouri School for the Deaf in 1955. On June 27, 1970, he married Christina Vaughn, in St. Joseph. Russell was
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It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother and sister, Viola Mae Mason. Viola passed away peacefully under the care of her family and the assistance of hospice at home on March 13, 2025. Like everything she did in life, she fought a hard battle with
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LAWSON, Mo. – Iletta Faye (Swartz) Pulley, of Lawson, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, from natural causes. Iletta was born on Saturday, April 25, 1936, in Amity, Missouri, the daughter of the late Harry and Mollie (Hines) Swartz. After graduating from Clarksdale High School in 1954 she then attended Platt Business College,
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ATCHISON, Kan. – Sister Frances Yarc, OSB, 97, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas, died Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at the monastery. The vigil service will be Thursday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there Friday, March 28, at 10:30 a.m.
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Late Notices David I. Armstrong TARKIO, Mo. – David Isaac Armstrong, 35, Tarkio, Missouri, died March 9, 2025. Memorial Service: 11 a.m. March 17, Davis Funeral Home, Tarkio. Visitation 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, prior to service. No open visitation. Arrangements: Davis Funeral Home, Tarkio. www.minterfuneralchapels.com Finest L. Banks Finest L. Banks, 65, St. Joseph,
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Every year, the Lions Club aims to serve 5,000 people pancakes to raise funds for eye and hearing assistance devices.
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STEWARTSVILLE, Mo. (News-Press NOW)–Three people were taken to Mosaic Life Care Saturday evening after a car crash in Dekalb County. At approximately 11:06 p.m. Saturday, a driver of a Mercury Sable failed to stop at a stop sign when traveling south on MO-31. The car struck a Kia Forte traveling east on US-36. The Mercury Sable skidded off the
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph School District’s long-range plan includes right-sizing and reconfiguring its 25 campuses. While working on its two-high-school model, the district has an idea for which buildings it wants to continue to utilize for students throughout St. Joseph. The way the model is structured depends on the passing of
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CNN By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic Party’s favorability rating among Americans stands at a record low, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, fueled in part by dimming views from its own frustrated supporters. With many in the party saying publicly that their leaders should do more to stand up
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Buchanan County Sheriff Bill Puett works at his desk in his office. Recent scam attempts in Buchanan County have included people impersonating law enforcement and demanding money for arrest warrants they claim residents have, Puett said.
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Light rain and snow will linger across Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas Saturday night, before sunshine returns for Sunday, leading into a warm and windy start to next week. Mostly cloudy skies Saturday afternoon will give way to a 60% – 70% chance of light rain and snow showers. Light accumulations of up to a
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — On Saturday, March 15, community members came together to celebrate Irish heritage with the 39th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in St. Joseph.
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CNN By Hanna Park, Eric Zerkel, Angela Fritz and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Large tornadoes are carving paths of destruction across the South for the second day in a row as a deadly storm system churns across the United States. EF-4 or EF-5 tornadoes, the most violent on the damage scale, are possible if
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CNN By Rene Marsh and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The chaos at the Internal Revenue Service began almost immediately after the first envoy from the Department of Government Efficiency arrived last month at the agency’s Washington, DC, headquarters. Within minutes of showing up, a twenty-something software engineer dispatched from DOGE began demanding access to
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KCAL, KCBS, CAL FIRE RIVERSIDE, CNN By Mary Gilbert, Eric Zerkel, Zoe Sottile and Angela Fritz (CNN) — The strongest storm system of spring so far roared across the Midwest and South Friday night into Saturday morning, spawning what could end up being dozens of tornadoes that raked through towns in darkness — the most
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Ballotpedia reports that the overall partisan composition across all 50 state legislatures changed by 0.7% in favor of Republicans.
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Ramp explains that some of the most successful business owners know that tax planning is a year-round process, not a one-time event.
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