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By Chris Fortune Crowds of visitors gathered at Magoon’s Famous Delicatessen for live music and mushroom delicacies. The deli at 632 South Eighth St. hosted six musical acts from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday as guests gathered inside for food and entertainment. But other visitors opted to enjoy the sunshine on the adjoining patio

By Kirsten Stokes An Andrew County care center is under new management and ownership. Shady Lawn in Savannah, Missouri, has become Abundant Acres Care and Rehab and now will be run by Andrew County. “It will just be an amazing leadership team that we have developed from professionals around the county that have been in

By Kirsten Stokes Community members gathered for some fun at the Noyes Home on Friday, with food trucks, a balloon artist and plenty of other fun.  The Porch Party, which was free and open to the public, raised money for the Noyes Home and its mission to help kids and families at risk. “Edutainers” Will

By Jazmine Knight Sitting in a hot car on a summer day can be uncomfortable — especially if you’ve got leather seats — but the extreme heat can even be detrimental to your vehicle’s exterior. According to Remington Couch, owner of Couch Motors and Ideal Paintless Dent Removal LLC, the UV rays from the summer

By Kyle Schmidt Before you fire up the grill this Memorial Day weekend, make sure you’re following safety protocols to keep the fire on the food and away from the house.  “You want to make sure that your hoses and supply lines are fresh,” said Bill Lamar, emergency manager. “If you’re on a deck, you’re

By NewsPress Now Demolition is well underway on the former America’s Best Value Inn hotel at the corner of Interstate 29 and Frederick Avenue, laying the groundwork for the addition of St. Joseph’s first QuikTrip. CDS Demolition, based out of Louisville, Kentucky, is expected to finish tearing down the building around the first week of

By Chris Fortune A local nonprofit and hardware store are once again teaming up to cool off St. Joseph residents this summer. Westlake Ace Hardware and the Salvation Army are working together to raise money to distribute fans. Monetary donations to help them purchase fans can be made at all Westlake Ace Hardware locations by

By Cameron Montemayor One of St. Joseph’s flagship boxing gyms located on U.S. Highway 59 will soon call a well-known Frederick Avenue location its new home in the coming weeks. Bear Den Boxing LLC, currently located at 8004 U.S. Highway 59 in St. Joseph, will be moving up a weight class from 1,200 square feet

By Kirsten Stokes InterServ staff, board members and volunteers came together Monday to celebrate the organization’s accomplishments over the past year. InterServ Executive Director Brett King said the annual meeting’s theme of “then and now” was sparked after they found archived achievements in storage. “We went back into our archives and saw things that happened

By Jenna Wilson An evidentiary hearing is set to take place in Maysville, Missouri, this summer in the case of a Missouri man who has been in prison for 33 years over the death of his wife. Ken Middleton was charged with first-degree murder after his wife died from a gunshot wound in 1990. He

By Riley Funk The long-awaited air traffic control tower project at Rosecrans Memorial Airport took flight on Monday. The tower’s renovations are propelling the complex, which was built in 1952, into a more modern era. The nearly $20 million in funding for the new tower’s construction along with other infrastructure upgrades was approved by the