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By NewsPress Now Crews are working on emergency concrete repairs on Interstate 229 Downtown. Maintenance crews with the Missouri Department of Transportation will close the southbound driving lane of the bridge over Poulin Street to repair the surface. Work will happen around the clock, and the lane closure is tentatively scheduled to be completed by

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, then rebounded from a landslide defeat to become a global advocate of human rights and democracy, has died. He was 100 years old. The Carter Center said the 39th president

By Cameron Montemayor A St. Joseph woman accused of fatally hitting a motorcyclist in a wrong-way crash in May will go to trial on a charge of first-degree involuntary manslaughter. Katherine Deweese, 47, appeared in court Friday afternoon in front of Circuit Court Judge Dan Kellogg, who set her case for trial at 9 a.m.

By NewsPress Now A man is charged with first-degree robbery after pointing a gun at a clerk and taking money from a cash register at a convenience store in the southwest part of Buchanan County.  Sheriff Bill Puett said the crime happened at about 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Stop and Go gas station in

By NewsPress Now Four men have been named finalists to be St. Joseph’s next city manager. Robert S. Cowell, Jr., Jason A. Gage, Darron J. Leiker and Mike Schumacher were selected following a nationwide search that produced a field of 26 candidates from 15 states. The four finalists will come to St. Joseph for interviews

By NewsPress Now A noontime shooting sent two people to the hospital, with police taking one person into custody on Friday. The shooting happened near the 1500 and 1600 blocks of Beattie Street, a little north of Mt. Mora Cemetery, according to St. Joseph Police Sgt. Brian McClintick. He said the shooting followed an argument

By NewsPress Now Due to the Purdue vs. Michigan State football game being on Fox 26 KNPN our 9 p.m. news will air on the NOW channel. You can catch News-Press NOW’s broadcast on Fox after the game. 

By Eric Tucker Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following continued scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation that cast doubt on the former congressman’s ability to be confirmed as the nation’s chief federal law enforcement officer. The Florida Republican’s announcement came one day after meeting

By Calvin Silvers Northwest Missouri State University will not renew football head coach Rich Wright’s contract, effective Dec. 31. Wright finished his eighth season as the leader of the Bearcat program on Saturday, losing 23-7 to Pittsburg State, marking a 6-5 overall record and 6-4 in MIAA play. Director of Athletics Dr. Andy Peterson said a

By Jenna Wilson The person killed in a Midtown shooting Sunday is a 36-year-old St. Joseph man. Dustin Allen Graham died after being found when police responded just after noon to a shots fired call at North 20th and Jules streets, Capt. Jeff Wilson said. There is still no suspect in custody. Police found a

By Jenna Wilson Officials with the St. Joseph Police Department confirmed a 36-year-old man from St. Joseph was killed in a shooting near Midtown Sunday. The St. Joseph Police Department responded to a shots fired call at North 20th and Jules at about 12:08 p.m. and found a vehicle with a bullet hole and the

By NewsPress Now No charges will be filed in the death of a man shot by a homeowner on Sept. 18 on private property in Dearborn, Missouri. The shooting has been determined a justifiable use of force, officials said in a statement issued Friday. Joshua C. Hinderliter was shot by a female homeowner as he

By Chris Fortune After what initially appeared to be an upset, Ron Hook has held Buchanan County’s Western District commissioner seat. Incumbent Democrat Hook currently has a 20-ballot advantage over Republican Everett Goddard Jr. Hook has held the seat since 2009. There were a handful of write-in candidates in the race. With 100% of the

By Leah Rainwater Two Northwest Missouri incumbents will return to the state’s House of Representatives after defeating their Democratic challengers by an easy margin. Republican Bill Falkner will serve a fourth term in Jefferson City after defeating Democratic challenger Andrew Gibson on Tuesday. Falkner claimed more than 63% of the vote en route to winning

By Ashley Luthans Buchanan County voters turned out in force for Tuesday’s general election, with just over 68% of those registered casting ballots. Unofficial results showed 36,135 residents voted early or on Election Day, according to the Buchanan County Clerk’s Office. Numbers at some of the smaller polling places in the southern and eastern parts

By Jared Shelton and Charles Christian Wind damage has been reported across parts of Nodaway, Holt and Atchison counties Wednesday after a severe thunderstorm blew through the area just before 1:30 p.m. According to emergency personnel, damage is concentrated north of Mound City near Craig, where three semi trucks were overturned on Interstate 29, closing

By Calvin Silvers The Arena League announced Wednesday that the Kansas City Goats will relocate to St. Joseph for the 2025 season and beyond. The team, which played its inaugural season in 2024 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, will begin play in late May at Civic Arena. General Manager Ted Sweeny and co-owners Christian

By NewsPress Now St. Joseph police say the man killed in a Sunday afternoon shooting was a resident of the home where the shooting happened. The victim is 30-year-old Melchizedek J. Fitzgerald, who resided at 2218 S. 14th St. in the home where the shooting took place, according to Capt. Jeff Wilson of the St.

By Jazmine Knight Students at Missouri Western State University are in for a major change to their weekly schedule. Missouri Western President Elizabeth Kennedy announced the end of the college’s Gold Fridays at Thursday’s Board of Governors meeting. “The task force has unanimously recommended that Missouri Western return to a five-day class schedule at the

By NewsPress Now A baby is dead and four others are injured following a four-vehicle crash involving semis Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 29 in northern Platte County. The boy, who was less than a year old and from Sedalia, Missouri, was a passenger in a southbound Toyota Corolla, which was struck from behind by a

By NewsPress Now A woman is in the hospital with injuries from a shooting that followed a car accident Wednesday evening at South 40th Street and Commonwealth Drive.  St. Joseph police are investigating the incident, which happened around 9:05 p.m. near Menards.  “Police responded to the intersection of A Highway (U.S. Highway A/South 40th Street)

By NewsPress Now One man has been shot and another is in custody following an incident at about 10 p.m. Saturday in the 700 block of Jules Street.  St. Joseph police officers at the scene of the incident could not say how badly the victim was injured. A woman who lives nearby told News-Press NOW

By Jared Shelton Extreme heat and humidity will continue to impact the mid-Missouri River Valley Tuesday, as above-average temperatures intensify across the heartland. Temperatures are anticipated to reach the upper 90s across Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas after lunchtime Tuesday, with oppressive humidity resulting in heat indices or “feels like” temperatures of up to 113

By Jared Shelton High heat and humidity builds into the mid-Missouri River Valley on Monday afternoon, as a wave of above-average temperatures sweeps through the heartland. Temperatures are anticipated to reach the upper 90s across Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas after lunchtime Monday, with oppressive humidity resulting in heat indices or “feels like” temperatures of

By NewsPress Now Officials are recommending moving forward with a project that will remove the Interstate 229 double-decker bridge. A release from the Missouri Department of Transportation said the preferred alternative is for the current double-decker bridge to be removed and replaced with a new four-lane road constructed at grade in generally the same location

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Secret Service said Tuesday she is resigning following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission. Kimberly Cheatle, who had served as