Northwest Missouri is now inside the one-year countdown for a long-awaited eclipse event. On Monday, August 21, 2017, a total eclipse of the sun will cross the entire United States, with the area of complete eclipse totality passing in a line running from St. Joseph, through Lathrop, down through Marshall, Boonville, and Columbia, before exiting […]
A St. Joseph, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Michael Robinson, 35, of St. Joseph, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to nine years in federal prison without parole. On May 22, 2014, Robinson pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute […]
A St. Joseph man was hurt when a concrete truck went off the road in Dekalb County, hit a utility pole, and overturned once, coming to rest on the driver’s side of the truck. 41-year old Juel Parker of St. Joseph was taken by private vehicle to Cameron Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. The […]
A northwest Missouri resident was hurt Tuesday morning when the pickup truck she was driving went off a road in Worth County, hit a hay bale and overturned. 30-year old Alicia Kennedy of Parnell, Missouri was flown by medical helicopter to Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph with serious injuries. The accident happened three miles north […]
A former owner of a solar energy installation company in St. Joseph, Mo., was sentenced in federal court for his role in a fraud scheme that totaled nearly $1.4 million in rebates through state and federal programs. Trevor Dryden, 36, of Texas but formerly of St. Joseph, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips to […]
Four St. Joseph, Mo., residents were indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a $1.5 million tax fraud scheme as well as individual tax fraud. Dinorah Stoll-Weaver, 48, her sister, Dawn Langlais (formerly Ankrom-Brown), 58, her husband, Thad Weaver, 45, and Langlais’s daughter, Jennifer Sturgis, 37, all of St. Joseph, were charged […]
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Five people have been charged in a deadly shooting in St. Joseph. As of Monday, second-degree murder charges had been filed against 34-year-old Omar Martinez Velez, 31-year-old Luis Omar Robles-Vagas, 19-year-old Alexi Martinez-Andino, 29-year-old Luz A Figueroa-Castillo and 26-year-old Raymond Jimenez Benebi Jr. The St. Joseph News-Press (http://bit.ly/29Tw1qY ) reports […]
Drivers of two vehicles were injured this morning in an accident at Utica. The highway patrol said 23-year-old Cody Ward of St. Joseph received moderate injuries, and 27-year-old Danielle Lopez of Utica sustained minor injuries. Both were taken by ambulance to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe. It was 7:30 this morning when according to the […]
A 60-year-old St. Joseph, Missouri, man was killed Saturday evening in a crash on Interstate 70 in Saline County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Larry Pierce was driving east near the 79-mile marker when his 1998 Ford Ranger went off the road, down an embankment, hit a tree coming to rest on its side. […]
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) – Investigators say the body of a man found near a submerged car was that of a St. Joseph man. The body of 48-year-old Ezequiel Contreras-Vasquez was found Tuesday in a pond south of St. Joseph in an area known as Banker’s Crossing. Patrol Sgt. Jake Angle says the water near […]
An accident in rural Buchanan County, reported to involve high speed and six teenage boys, sent those four of those children to the hospital after their car crashed into a tree and overturned at the intersection of Southeast 32nd Road and Southeast Barnett Road. The location of the accident was a few miles south of […]
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a body has been found near a submerged vehicle just south of St. Joseph. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a news release that the discovery was made Tuesday night after the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of the submerged vehicle. No occupants were […]
A St. Joseph resident was hurt when a van went off a road and hit an embankment northwest of Cainsville early Saturday evening. 22-year old Cherith Boger of St. Joseph was taken to Harrison County Community Hospital at Bethany with moderate injuries. She was a passenger in the van driven by 16-year old Jasmine Mclain […]
Megan Nickels Thomas, a Grundy County Art & Artist exhibitor at the Grundy County Museum is presenting a program at the museum Saturday, June 11th at 2:30. She will be discussing her art and how to develop a person’s personal style of art. She owns the Wooden Nickell Studio and works at The Griffey School for […]
A former federal employee pleaded guilty in federal court to using stolen money order receipts in a fraud scheme to avoid paying his medical bills. Byron G. Gorman, 51, of St. Joseph, Mo., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple to the charge contained in a Sept. 10, 2015, federal indictment. Gorman was employed as […]
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say two people have been arrested in the St. Joseph shooting death of a recent high school graduate. The St. Joseph News-Press (http://bit.ly/1TJnP7V ) reports that police announced Thursday that a 19-year-old and 20-year-old from Buchanan County are in custody in the death of Skylar Powell. He was found […]
A St. Joseph resident has been arrested on a felony charge of domestic assault in the second degree. 42-year-old Anthony Michael Roberts is accused of causing physical injury by choking a household member: Lisa Villarreal on Sunday. Bond is 15 thousand dollars cash. Roberts is to appear next Tuesday May 24th in the associate division of Grundy County […]
A St. Joseph, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for role in a large-scale conspiracy that distributed more than 15 kilograms of methamphetamine in St. Joseph and across a four-state region. Shannon Wayne Martinez, also known as “Big Homie,” 39, of St. Joseph, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Greg Kays to […]
Grundy County authorities are reporting several individuals arrested on Grundy County Grand Jury indictments, accusing them with distributing a controlled substance or conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. 48-year-old Misty Smith of Trenton is accused of three counts of distributing dilaudid. 48-year-old Patricia Todd, also known as Patricia Chipps, of Trenton is accused of one […]
(St. Joseph News Press) – A man was taken to the hospital late Thursday after he was shot at a home on Jackson Street. Police received a burglary in progress call around 10:10 p.m. from the owner of 2219 Jackson St., who said the man was trying to break into their home when they shot […]
