By Linda GeistUniversity of Missouri Extension COLUMBIA, Mo. – Few vegetables elicit less excitement from the average gardener than beets, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Once relegated to pickling or making borscht, beet is enjoying greater respect due to its reported health benefits, Trinklein said. Humans have eaten beets for more than
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Tip for a good night’s sleep To the person who called in about not being able to sleep because they are worried President Trump’s going to cut Social Security and Medicaid and Medicare, Trump is not going to cut any of those programs. If you want a good night’s sleep, stop watching the liberal news
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Check out these upcoming events. Estate Farm Auction, April 26, Craig, Missouri (see page 4) B&S Equipment Auction, April 26, Gallatin, Missouri (see page 8) Harrison Township Auction, April 26, Gallatin, Missouri (see page 5) Estate Coin Auction, April 30, Maryville, Missouri (see page 4) Sealed Bid Auction, ends April 30, Tarkio, Missouri (see page 5)
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By USDA-MO Dept of Ag Market News RECEIPTS: Auctions Direct Video/Internet TotalThis Week: 168,300 32,000 52,100 252,400Last Week: 122,400 23,000 32,700 178,100Year Ago: 167,700 44,900 70,900 283,500 Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with instances in the South-Central area of up to 13.00 higher. Demand was good to very
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All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Tampa Bay vs. Florida Tuesday, April 22: Florida at Tampa Bay, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24: Florida at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26: Tampa Bay at Florida, 1 p.m. Monday, April 28: Tampa Bay at Florida, TBA x-Wednesday, April 30: Florida at Tampa
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Winnipeg 5, St. Louis 3 Colorado 5, Dallas 1, series tied 1 – 1 Sunday, April 20 Carolina 4, New Jersey 1, Carolina leads series 1 – 0 Toronto 6, Ottawa 2, Toronto leads series 1 – 0 Vegas 4, Minnesota 2, Vegas leads
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program will move Wednesday to what’s known as the “expert level” — a sign analysts say shows that the talks are moving forward rapidly. However, experts not involved in the talks who
Continue Reading AP News Digest – Great Plains The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER Montana has a measles outbreak with its first cases in
Continue Reading AP News Digest – Great Plains The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER Montana has a measles outbreak with its first cases in
Continue Reading AP News Digest – Great Plains The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER Montana has a measles outbreak with its first cases in
Continue Reading AP News Digest – Great Plains The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER Montana has a measles outbreak with its first cases in
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Vernon “Vern” Dale Perkins, 92, of St. Joseph, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2025, at his home. He was born July 24, 1932, in St. Joseph, son of the late Ethel and Oscar Perkins. Vern attended Benton High School, and joined the United States Air Force at the age of 17, then serving in the
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Frederick Peters, 86, St. Joseph, died Saturday April 19, 2025, in St. Joseph. Preceded in death by his parents; wife; three brothers; and one sister. Survivors include five children; three brothers; one sister; 15 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and four great- great-grandchildren. Family to receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral Service: 2 p.m. Wednesday,
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Shawn Wilson, 48, of St. Joseph, passed away Saturday, April 19, 2025, at his home. Shawn was born Aug. 18, 1976, in Hiawatha, Kansas, son of the late Betty and Rex Wilson. Shawn attended Lafayette High School. On Sept. 19, 1998, he married Sonya Cox, in St. Joseph. Shawn was a Member of the Laborers
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CRESTON, Iowa – Michael William Emerson, 77, of Creston, Iowa, died peacefully at his home on Feb. 2, 2025. Michael was born to William Siggins Emerson and Jan (McKinney) Emerson, on April 1, 1947, in Atlanta, Georgia. Michael moved to St. Jospeh in 1955 with his father and stepmother, Jane (Barrow) Emerson, of St. Joseph,
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Late Notices Sharon Wilkinson Sharon Wilkinson, 89, of St. Joseph died April 18, 2025. Services April 24 at 2 p.m. at Heaton-Bowman-Smith & Sidenfaden Chapel. Interment will follow at Blakely Cemetery. Visitation April 23, 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. www.heatonbowmansmith.com As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NBA Wednesday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at BOSTON 10½ (197½) Orlando at CLEVELAND 12 (212) Miami at HOUSTON 3½ (203½) Golden State MLB Wednesday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE N.Y Yankees -152 at CLEVELAND +128 at BOSTON -130 Seattle +110 at MINNESOTA -240 Chicago White Sox +198 Toronto -116 at
Continue ReadingBy Ross Adkin, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he is open to the possibility of bilateral talks with Ukraine for the first time in years, as pressure from the United States builds on both sides to agree to a quick peace deal. US, European and Ukrainian officials are set to meet
Continue Reading NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_Donovan, St. Louis, .356; Tatis, San Diego, .344; Alonso, New York, .341; Frelick, Milwaukee, .338; Naylor, Arizona, .333; J.Lee, San Francisco, .329; K.Ruiz, Washington, .329; Carroll, Arizona, .323; Ozuna, Atlanta, .323; Fitzgerald, San Francisco, .318. RUNS_Tatis, San Diego, 23; Turang, Milwaukee, 23; Tucker, Chicago, 22; Ohtani, Los Angeles, 21; Carroll, Arizona, 19; Happ,
Continue Reading AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Judge, New York, .411; Goldschmidt, New York, .371; Aranda, Tampa Bay, .355; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .354; Springer, Toronto, .349; Kwan, Cleveland, .341; Story, Boston, .337; Campbell, Boston, .316; McKinstry, Detroit, .314; Bichette, Toronto, .310. RUNS_Judge, New York, 22; Buxton, Minnesota, 17; Kwan, Cleveland, 17; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 17; Soderstrom, Athletics, 17; Torkelson, Detroit, 17; Bregman,
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pope and before the election of another. They were flying back to Rome from the 2019 World Youth Day
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By TuAnh Dam, Betsy Klein, Kara Scannell and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration appears open to negotiations with Harvard, even after America’s most prestigious university sued the federal government – setting up a clash over academic freedom, federal funding and campus oversight. Last week, administration officials reached out to Harvard representatives three
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By The Associated Press A change in popes — through death or resignation — is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the spiritual head of the global Catholic Church and the Vatican’s head of state. These are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to
Continue ReadingPor Christopher Lamb, Alicia Johnson, Jhasua Razo y Sarah-Grace Mankarious, CNN Un viejo dicho sobre las elecciones papales dice: “Quien entra al cónclave como papa, lo deja como cardenal”. En otras palabras, cualquier candidato que se considere favorito antes de que comience la votación debe ser tratado con cautela, y ningún cardenal debería entrar en
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — As Amazonian bishops gathered at the Vatican on Oct. 21, 2019, a man entered a nearby church after dawn and stole three Indigenous statues brought to Rome for the occasion. He threw them into the Tiber River in a videotaped protest to denounce what he called
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By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Arborists are turning vacant land on Detroit’s eastside into a small urban forest, not of elms, oaks and red maples indigenous to the city but giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees that can live for thousands of years. The project on four lots will not only replace
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press As drivers on U.S. highways cross from one state to another, they often are greeted by a large “Welcome to ….” sign. But not all drivers are welcome in every state. In Florida, motorists with special out-of-state driver’s licenses issued to those in the U.S. illegally are not welcome
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press As drivers on U.S. highways cross from one state to another, they often are greeted by a large “Welcome to ….” sign. But not all drivers are welcome in every state. In Florida, motorists with special out-of-state driver’s licenses issued to those in the U.S. illegally are not welcome
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s chief deputy attorney general urged a federal judge on Tuesday to reject the Trump administration’s unprecedented bid to help an imprisoned former county clerk who embraced Trump’s lies that he lost the 2020 election because of fraud. The U.S. Justice Department in March submitted a federal
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By SOPHIE BATES Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city, who’s under indictment on federal bribery and conspiracy charges, trailed his opponent in Tuesday’s Democratic primary runoff, according to unofficial vote totals released by the City Clerk’s Office. Preliminary results showed state Sen. John Horhn leading with 18,493 votes compared
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