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Tracking a hot & windy Wednesday

Good morning St. Joseph! Today will bring another day full of sunshine, with temperatures expected to be a bit warmer. Afternoon highs will reach the upper 80s, potentially marking our first 90-degree day of the year. It will be windy, with sustained winds between 10 and 15 mph and gusts up to 25 mph. A

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Missouri’s Truth-in-Sentencing Laws Stall in Legislation

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Truth-in-Sentencing laws require people to serve a certain percentage of their sentence behind bars.  In the past few years, Missouri has seen several bills related to Truth-in-Sentencing, some aiming to strengthen these laws and others focusing on reducing incarceration periods.  Despite stalled bills and mixed opinions on whether longer sentences

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St. Joseph eyes wholesale changes to address critical housing gap, improve population

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — As the weeks eventually turned to months in his pursuit of a suitable place to rent, Missouri Western State University senior Abakhaye “AB” Anetekhai, a 23-year-old manufacturing/engineering major, thought his luck was finally starting to change. “I actually found a place,” said Anetekhai, a native of Chicago and president

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