One of the world’s largest wrestling companies is coming to St. Joseph. TNA Wrestling will add to St. Joseph’s history with wrestling when it hosts iMPACT! on Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29, at the Civic Arena. Performers like Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy, Nic Nemeth, Joe Hendry, Masha Slamovich, Steve Maclin, Moose and
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Local businesses are keeping busy despite a recent group of break-ins in the Downtown area.
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SJPD is encouraging the community to sign up for Buchanan County’s annual Citizen’s Law enforcement Academy.
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Police are investigating after four downtown businesses were vandalized overnight on Sunday.
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St. Joseph residents will head to the polls on April 8 to vote for two school board members and to approve or deny a 60-cent property tax levy, known as Proposition 2, which covers the school district’s plans to move to a new two-high school model.
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News-Press NOW’s Leah Rainwater (left) and SJSD School Board Candidate Cassandra Veale (right) talk about Veale’s interests in running for School Board.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Community members can bid on auction items while helping youth in St. Joseph at a benefit event later this month.
Continue Reading ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Friday night brings the chance to play a familiar game with an international twist.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph School Board discussed salary preparations for the upcoming school year and new Early Learning Center boundaries. Proposed salary schedules for the 2025-2026 school year where discussed before heading to the agenda to be approved or denied by the School Board on Monday, March 24. The schedules
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Students at Hillyard Technical Center to be offered hands-on, simulated flight experiences. In a new, strategic partnership, Hillyard Technical Center and FlyTech Pilot Academy will provide immersive, in-motion flight experiences through a full-motion fight simulator. This opportunity comes to students through the guidance of Hillyard’s faculty and FlyTech Certified Instructors. The integration of
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The United Way of Greater St. Joseph hosted their final Reading Adventure event on Friday.
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The Remington Nature Center, located at 1502 McArthur Dr., in St. Joseph, Missouri, closed on Wednesday, March 5, after losing power following a winter storm and high winds. Power was eventually restored after midnight on Friday, March 7.
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A police siren is shown in a file photo.
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MSHP shares total calls for hazardous winter weather conditions on the road.
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The Missouri Sheriffs Association is emphasizing the needs for harsher sentencing laws in the state.
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A proposed expansion to Buchanan County’s juvenile justice center would include four times as many beds as what currently sits in the building.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Family Guidance Center is hosting the annual Black Balloon Day Memorial.
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News-Press Now’s Leah Rainwater (left) speaks to Melody Smith (right), the St. Joseph School District’s first female superintendent.
Continue Reading Gusty winds and snow covered roads are continuing to make travel hazardous Wednesday morning, after 1 to 3 inches of snow fell overnight. Scattered to widespread power outages have been reported across the region, due to numerous wind gusts of well over 60 miles per hour since late Tuesday night. According to Evergy, approximately 3,700
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Drug distribution and manslaughter charges are filed in Platte County against two men in the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans whose bodies were discovered outside a home more than a year ago. Jordan Willis and Ivory Carson are each charged with distribution of a controlled substance and
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The United Way of Greater St. Joseph is recruiting community members to help evaluate its partner agencies and decide how it invests campaign funds.
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The Senior Citizen Tax Credit Program, which opened on Monday, March 3, allows taxpayers over 62-years-old to apply for credits that cap future real property tax increases. Since Monday, about 200 applications have been filled out.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Residents can enjoy an Italian meal and support local initiatives at a fundraiser this Friday. Eastside Rotary’s 42nd Annual Spaghetti Dinner is offered from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 7, at Ashland United Methodist Church, 2711 Ashland Ave. The meal includes spaghetti with a homemade sauce, salad, bread
Continue Reading A potent spring storm system will continue to bring periods of rain late Tuesday evening before high winds and blowing snow develop into early Wednesday morning. Multiple alerts have been issued across the region as high winds are anticipated to result in scattered power outages, and blowing snow is likely to make travel treacherous. A
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St. Joseph School Board candidate, James Mrkvicka talks about why he’s running for the board.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — St. Joseph emergency crews responded to a vehicle crash near Lake Avenue and King Hill Avenue Monday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to the scene, located at King Hill Mart and Liquor gas station after a person was run over by his vehicle. According to St. Joseph Police Department Sergeant
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A St. Joseph family is seeking justice after their family member, Jason Goldesberry, was killed in a hit-and-run accident along St. Joseph Avenue on December 1, 2024.
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The Museum also welcomed new board members and volunteer staff in the new year. The group finished orientation last month to help them acclimate to their new roles.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Two local men are joining the Missouri Western State University Board of Governors. Bill Severn, of Country Club and Thaddus “Dan” Danford of Kansas City, were appointed to the board by Gov. Mike Kehoe. Severn is an executive vice president for the News-Press and Gazette Company, where he has
Continue Reading ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Missouri Western State University’s Board of Governors has two new members Scott Albers of Country Club and Todd Michalski of St. Joseph have been added to the board by Gov. Mike Kehoe. Albers is the president of Public Refrigerated Warehousing at Nor-Am Cold Storage. He serves on the board of the
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