ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A stalwart of St. Joseph’s Public Works Department was honored Monday with a prestigious key to the city for a dedicated career of service spanning nearly four decades.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — What happened over the last month of the season for the Kansas City Chiefs figures to be a whole lot less interesting than what will transpire over the next few months, when a perennial juggernaut in desperate need of a reset begins work on the retooling.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A local civic group is inviting residents to take part in a special two-day trip across the region to explore the legacy of a historic local artist integral to City Hall and the Missouri Theater.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. took the unprecedented step Monday of dropping the number of vaccines it recommends for every child — leaving other immunizations, such as flu shots, open to families to choose but without clear guidance.
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(CNN) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Monday that he is dropping his reelection bid for a third term as a welfare-fraud scandal in his state has intensified and become a political flashpoint seized upon by President Donald Trump.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Missouri saw a notable increase in highway fatalities over the New Year’s holiday according to state highway authorities.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Training Division will soon gain a new member.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) —Â A local eatery originally based in Gower, Missouri, is finding success since making the move to St. Joseph in December.
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country in a stunning military operation early Saturday that plucked a sitting leader from office. President Donald Trump insisted the U.S. government would run the country at least temporarily and was already doing so.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — County Club Village authorities reported a mountain lion was struck by a vehicle Friday evening in the area of 71 Highway and Miller Road.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — More than a dozen social service agencies are set to receive funds from the city’s HUD-funded Community Development Block Grant program this fiscal year.Â
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The FBI said Friday it disrupted a New Year’s Eve attack plot targeting a grocery store and fast-food restaurant in North Carolina, arresting an 18-year-old man who authorities say pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Leave on the lights and grab a blanket, the books this month from the St. Joseph Public Library are all about horror.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The first baby of the new year at Mosaic Life Care is a boy.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Buchanan County recorded a 35% decline in fatal overdoses in 2025, the fewest cases going back to 2019 according to county data.Â
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NEW YORK (AP) — Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees expired overnight, cementing higher health costs for millions of Americans at the start of the new year.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A hard worker, jokester, kind hearted, compassionate, generous and a dear friend. Those are just a few of the words used to describe what the late Adrián Pérez meant to members of the St. Joseph and Northwest Missouri community.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — City officials and the local firefighters union have negotiated a new $200,000 contract to raise firefighter pay by 4% in 2026, including future raises in 2027 and 2028.Â
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — One of multiple large-scale hotel projects is underway on North Woodbine Road in the form of a new four-story TownePlace Suites Hotel.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Julia Dvorak is worried her 83-year-old mother’s emergency room trips for seizures are depleting her retirement savings and will soon force her to go on Medicaid.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A young couple visiting for the Christmas holiday is seeking the public’s help with locating a lost rescue dog after days of searching without luck in St. Joseph.
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FOREST CITY, Mo. — Birdwatchers were treated to one last holiday surprise when a record number of bald eagles were observed at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday.
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(AP) — Most Americans aren’t making end-of-year charitable giving plans, according to the results of a new AP-NORC poll, despite the many fundraising appeals made by nonprofits that rely on donation surges in the calendar’s final month to reach budget targets.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Multiple members of the St. Joseph Fire Department are moving up the ranks after promotions to key positions this month, including two new captains and a fire inspector.Â
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KQTV) — Kansas City International Airport officials said the airport is back open after a brief evacuation and lockdown Wednesday morning into the afternoon.
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(AP) — The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A newly-created service award was bestowed this December to one longtime St. Joseph educator revered for her commitment to St. Joseph and inspiring others.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The second of two planned increases to Missouri’s minimum wage is set to take effect on Thursday, jumping by more than a dollar.Â
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Seven candidates are throwing their hat into the ring to seek one of two open seats on the St. Joseph School District Board of Education.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV)– One person died in a Downtown apartment fire at Wesley Senior Towers Monday night, according to the St. Joseph Fire Department.
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