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Continue ReadingST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Looking to improve your home? The St. Joseph Public Library has lots of books to help you get started. This is part one of our handyman book reviews, with part two coming in May. These books are available at the St. Joseph Public Library, at other Missouri Evergreen libraries
Continue ReadingMedia outlets are reporting that the suspect allegedly involved in the Friday morning a double homicide and child abduction from Riverside, Missouri, was killed by police. The Platte County, Missouri Sheriff’s Office originally issued an Amber Alert at 5:10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, for a five-year-old child. Guiliana Manning was abducted after the suspect
Continue ReadingBy Bob Ford Maj. Jimmie Doolittle, former champion speed pilot of the army, was in Chicago, superintending the completion of a mystery plane, he will fly in the national air races at Cleveland, Aug. 22, 1931. The ship according to E.M. Laird, the designer and builder will make 300 miles an hour. If you love
Continue ReadingBy Bob Ford If you love history, we are seeking sponsors to run this column. To comment or join in supporting this non-profit, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. Lt. Col. Doolittle with members of his flight crew and Chinese officials in China after the attack. From left to right: Staff Sgt. Fred A. Braemer, bombardier; Staff Sgt.
Continue ReadingBy Bob Ford If you love history, we are seeking sponsors to run this column. To comment or join in supporting this non-profit, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. The Dec. 7, 1941, surprise dawn attack by the Japanese Air Force on Pearl Harbor left the United States reeling. We weren’t ready for war. My mother remembered sitting
Continue ReadingBy Bob Ford Special to News-Press NOW If you love history, we are seeking sponsors to run this column. To comment or join in supporting this non-profit, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. In life, if your name is given to anything including a crime, you’ve left a mark on society, like Charles Ponzi. Charles Ponzi is pictured
Continue ReadingBy Bob Ford If you love history, we are seeking sponsors to run this column. To comment or join in supporting this non-profit, contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton authorized Massachusetts Governor John Andrews to call for volunteers for an all-black infantry regiment. He received help from a number of Massachusetts men and
Continue ReadingLate Notices Carol J. Berry Carol Jean (Johnson) Berry, 73, St. Joseph, died Jan. 14, 2025. Cremation under the direction of Simplify Cremations & Funerals. Bette L. Robbins EASTON, Mo. – Bette Louise Robbins, 81, died Jan. 13, 2025. Memorial service 3 p.m. Jan. 17, at Turner Family Funeral Home of Stewartsville, Missouri, with burial
Continue ReadingRobert “Boe” Hoecker, 62 years old, of St. Joseph, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, at his home. He was born on Dec. 13, 1962, in Seattle, Washington, to Norman and Betty Hoecker. Boe lived in various states in his younger years due to his father’s employment, including Washington, Missouri, Alabama, Florida, and Maryland.
Continue ReadingLONGMONT, Colo. – Donald Keith Hiskey, 85, passed away on Jan. 11, 2025, in Longmont, Colorado. Born on Feb. 26, 1939, in St. Joseph, to Walter and Beulah (Drake) Hiskey, he graduated from Chillicothe, Missouri, High School and Northeast Missouri State in Kirksville. Don worked for the Missouri Departments of Revenue and Transportation, and the
Continue ReadingMarilyn Francis Dugger, 74, of St. Joseph, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, surrounded by her family at Mosaic Life Care. She was born June 17, 1950, in St. Joseph, daughter of Bill and Mary Ann Toney. She graduated from Central High School, class of 1969. On May, 9, 1969, she married Donald
Continue ReadingCLARKSDALE, Mo. – Joy Luella Collins, 87, of Clarksdale, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, in St. Joseph. She was born July 14, 1937, in Wathena, Kansas, daughter of Helen and Joseph Springs. She attended Kirschner School. On Sept. 15, 1955, she married Russell Dean Collins. Joy worked on the Production Line at Quaker
Continue Readingby Sherman Smith Gov. Laura Kelly speaks with John Nave, executive vice president of Kansas AFL-CIO, before a labor rally on Jan. 14, 2025, at the Statehouse. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly praised labor unions for contributing to unprecedented economic growth in Kansas and touted her administration’s economic development gains in a
Continue Readingby Zach Wendling State Sen. Rick Holdcroft of Bellevue applauds an announced guest during Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s State of the State address on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Lincoln, Neb. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — Nebraska’s K-12 schools would be required to teach students from elementary to high schools about human development under a
Continue Readingby Jacob Richey, KOMU 8 Digital Content Editor An arrest warrant has been issued for a Tipton Correctional Center employee accused of having sex with an inmate, court records show. Jessica D. Baird is charged with sexual conduct in the course of public duty after she allegedly had sex with an offender at the center
Continue Readingby Rebecca Rivas The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation announced last month a series of proposed rules aimed at combating predatory financial agreements and other practices during the application process (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent). Missouri cannabis regulators and the state’s largest marijuana trade group agree that people should be banned from flooding the license lottery with
Continue Readingby Tim Carpenter Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes and House Minority Leader Brandon Woodard, both of Lenexa, said during a news conference Tuesday at the Capitol that Democrats in the 2025 legislative session would concentrate on issues that reduced the burden of basic cost increases on Kansans. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — Kansas Democrats vowed
Continue Readingby Robin Opsahl Gov. Kim Reynolds gave her 2025 Condition of the State Address at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Gov. Kim Reynolds, delivering her Condition of the State message Tuesday, said the state needs to take action on disaster recovery in the wake
Continue Readingby Staff Writer (Red Oak) — A Clarinda man was booked on a warrant in Red Oak Wednesday morning. The Red Oak Police Department says 37-year-old Bryce Michael McKinnon was arrested at around 10 a.m. on a warrant for violation of probation. Authorities say the arrest occurred in the 100 block of West Coolbaugh Street.
Continue Readingby By Sarah Fentem, St. Louis Public Radio The number of drug overdose deaths in Missouri went down for the first time in nearly a decade in 2023, according to the latest data from the state’s Department of Health and Senior Services. The number of fatal drug-related deaths, mostly from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids,
Continue Readingby Chloe Ireland-Killday, KOMU 8 Digital Producer A Linn County man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for recording himself having sexual contact with a 10-year-old girl, according to a news release from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Russell Alan Pirkey, 54, used his cell phone to record
Continue Readingby Clara Bates In 2022, Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem ordered the state to pay a little over $4 million that the company argued it was owed, and a jury awarded $18.9 million on additional claims (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). The Western District of Missouri Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a $23 million ruling
Continue Readingby Staff Writer According to reports from the Dent County Sheriff’s Department: • deputies took a report for a theft that occurred in the 400 block of County Road 5070 Jan. 1. The victim, a 65-year-old Salem man, stated money had been taken from his wallet. The investigation is ongoing. • deputies responded to the
Continue Readingby Jacob Richey, KOMU 8 Digital Content Editor Six suspects have been detained in connection to a reported armed robbery in Jefferson City Monday night, according to the Jefferson City Police Department. Three adults and three juveniles are currently in custody and awaiting formal charges of first-degree robbery, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a
Continue Readingby Jacob Richey, KOMU 8 Digital Content Editor Charges including first-degree murder have been filed against the suspect in a deadly assault between two patients at the Fulton State Hospital last week, court records show. Jabril Kanatzar, 29, was charged Friday with first-degree murder and fourth-degree assault in connection to the death of another patient
Continue Readingby Annelise Hanshaw The Missouri House of Representatives, as photographed during discussion of a bill aimed at teacher recruitment and retention (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). More Missouri educators are staying in their jobs following efforts to raise teachers’ base pay and provide alternative measures for certification, the State Board of Education learned last week. The Missouri
Continue Readingby By Annelise Henshaw, Missouri Independent More Missouri educators are staying in their jobs following efforts to raise teachers’ base pay and provide alternative measures for certification, the State Board of Education learned last week. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education predicts schools will have fewer vacancies in the future, speaking positively about
Continue Readingby Tim Carpenter The Kansas House chamber sits empty Monday morning ahead of the 2 p.m. start of the 2025 session of the Kansas Legislature. Republicans dominate the House and Senate with larger supermajorities as Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly enters the final two years of her governorship. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector) TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature
Continue Readingby Cindy Gonzalez Rod Yates in March 2024 shows a rendering of what the Gretna good life district could look like around his Nebraska Crossing shopping center. At the time, he envisioned a 3,000-acre sports-centric district whose engine would be the Nebraska Crossing stores but also featured would be a billion-dollar youths sports component, a
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