Zion Michael Allen Meers-Chavez, infant child of Rebecca and Rion Meers, passed away on April 2, 2025, in St. Joseph. Zion is survived by his parents: Rebecca Chavez and Rion Meers; and siblings, River, Drayden and Maddie, all of St. Joseph. No services are scheduled at this time. Online condolence, obituary www.ruppfuneral.com. As published in
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CAMERON, Mo. – Lester Eugene “Gene” Simmons, 98, passed away peacefully April 2, 2025, at Mosaic Hospital. Gene was born July 5, 1926, in King City, Missouri, to Roy and Ottie (Meeker) Simmons. He graduated from King City High School in 1944 and University of Missouri in 1949. Gene served in the Army Infantry from
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Late Notices Delena K. Ferris Delena Kay (Arbuckle) Ferris, 70 of St. Joseph died April 7, 2025. Services April 12, 11 a.m. at The Pentecostals of St. Joseph, 1701 Jules Street, St. Joseph. Arrangements are under the direction of Heaton- Bowman-Smith & Sidenfaden Chapel. Georgene Kelly Georgene Kelly, 61, St. Joseph, died April 4, 2025.
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By WILL WEISSERT, CHEYANNE MUMPHREY and SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and about $790 million for Northwestern University while the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at the schools, the White House said. It’s part of a broader
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT, CHEYANNE MUMPHREY and SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in federal funding for Cornell University and about $790 million for Northwestern University while the government investigates alleged civil rights violations at the schools, the White House said. It’s part of a broader
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By The Associated Press NBA Thursday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at INDIANA 9½ (228½) Cleveland at DETROIT 5 (225½) New York Atlanta 13 (228½) at BROOKLYN at MILWAUKEE 15½ (221½) New Orleans at MEMPHIS 1 (234½) Minnesota MLB Thursday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at TAMPA BAY -132 LA Angels +112 at CLEVELAND -220
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Waldenberg, TuAnh Dam and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is freezing $790 million in federal funding to Northwestern University and more than $1 billion in funding to Cornell University, a White House official told CNN. ”The money was frozen in connection with several ongoing, credible, and concerning Title VI investigations,”
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By Emma Tucker and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A youth soccer coach charged in the killing of a 13-year-old California boy was previously accused of preying upon other children, prompting authorities to make a public plea for information about other potential victims. The suspect, Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, 43, was accused in the killing of
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SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (AP) — Three people were killed and three others were wounded in a shooting in northeastern Virginia on Tuesday evening, and one or more shooters was on the loose, authorities said. At about 5:30 p.m., 911 calls came in about a shooting at a town house complex in Spotsylvania County, just outside
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By TERRY TANG and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There are sharp generational disagreements among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders when it comes to how the U.S. should handle mass deportations, with older AAPI adults — many of whom are themselves immigrants — taking a much tougher stance on unlawful border
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By TERRY TANG and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There are sharp generational disagreements among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders when it comes to how the U.S. should handle mass deportations, with older AAPI adults — many of whom are themselves immigrants — taking a much tougher stance on unlawful border
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By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong social worker was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison Wednesday on a charge of riot for her role in the 2019 anti-government movement, in a case that signals the authorities’ stern approach to protest-related acts. Jackie Chen was among a
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press Panama City (AP) — US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats from China but that together the United States and Panama will keep it secure. Hegseth’s remarks triggered a fiery response from the Chinese government, which said: “Who represents the real threat to the Canal? People
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By The Associated Press Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” returning for its sixth and final season and Viola Davis playing a U.S. president in the action movie “G20” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time, as selected by The
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By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Manufacturers struggling to make long-term plans. Farmers facing retaliation from Chinese buyers. U.S. households burdened with higher prices. Republican senators are confronting the Trump administration with those worries and many more as they fret about the economic impact of the president’s sweeping tariff strategy that went into
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Continue ReadingPor Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, estaba hablando con periodistas junto al primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, en la Oficina Oval el lunes cuando hizo un anuncio sorpresa: las conversaciones nucleares directas están en marcha entre EE.UU. e Irán y una “reunión muy importante” tendrá lugar el sábado. Si
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — By declaring a trade war on the rest of the world, President Donald Trump has panicked global financial markets, raised the risk of a recession and broken the political and economic alliances that made much of the world stable for business after World War II. Trump’s
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It was a fairy tale romance. There was the lavish royal wedding. A kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Cheers from the adoring throngs below. Wait! That’s the wrong story. The right one is much more, well, complicated. King Charles III and Queen Camilla met more
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It was a fairy tale romance. There was the lavish royal wedding. A kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. Cheers from the adoring throngs below. Wait! That’s the wrong story. The right one is much more, well, complicated. King Charles III and Queen Camilla met more
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors and attorneys for a man charged in the killings of four University of Idaho students in 2022 argued some of the final ground rules they want for Bryan Kohberger’s trial in a hearing Wednesday. Kohberger, 30, is charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of
Continue ReadingBy Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN New York (CNN) — Despite rattled financial markets, threats of retaliation and some of President Donald Trump’s biggest supporters encouraging him to back off his signature economic policy, he didn’t give in. His administration piled on heaps of new “reciprocal” tariffs Wednesday on dozens of American allies and adversaries alike, aiming
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Evening” game were: 2, 3, 7 (two, three, seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press (AP) — Kris Jenkins, who made the winning shot for Villanova in the 2016 college basketball championship game, is suing the NCAA and six conferences to recoup income he contends he would have earned if athletes at the time were not barred from making money from their name, image and likeness. Jenkins
Continue ReadingBy Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Pam Bondi railed against a federal judge who partially blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting the Jenner & Block law firm, telling government agencies to stop enforcing the order despite the “blatant overstepping of the judicial power,” while suggesting that the agencies are still
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St. Joseph Animal Shelter highlights lap dog ‘Anakin.’
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