Chance for rain overnight
If you can endure the cloudy skies and light rain for Monday you are in for a treat for the rest of the week. Expect mostly sunny skies with temperatures well into the 70s for at least the middle part...
View ArticleMoDOT: Can They See You? Don’t Bet Your Life On It
JEFFERSON CITY – Commercial motor vehicles are an important part of our nation’s economy. They carry goods from coast to coast, and make up 20 percent of all traffic on Missouri’s interstates. Crashes...
View Article“Slam Busy!” Clear Air Ordinance Brings Voters To The Polls
Buchanan County Clerk Mary Baack-Garvey says the polling places have been “slam, busy.” So far that hasn’t translated to larger turnout numbers. Her mid-morning count so far showed just 9% of voters...
View ArticleClear and mild overnight
Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 36. North northwest wind 9 to 14 mph becoming light and variable. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a south...
View Article(Election Results) Smoking Ban Passes; “Kappy” Meet “Spanky”
Smoking will soon be banned in most public places in St Joseph, where voters on Tuesday narrowly approved a clean-air initiative. Out of 16,200 people casting ballots, the margin was just 818 votes,...
View ArticleSerious Injuries When Car Hits Tree in Saint Joseph
One man was seriously injured Wednesday morning when his car slammed into a tree in midtown Saint Joseph. Police Sergeant Jill Voltmer says the 25 year old driver was the only occupant of the 2011...
View ArticleOne injured in Tuesday night rollover crash
A Northeast Kansas woman was injured in a Tuesday night rollover crash in Brown County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports a 2003 Ford Taurus driven by Misty M. Wakole, 24, Willis, KS, was travelling...
View ArticleArea Schools Get Mixed Results On Bond Votes
The Mid-Buchanan R-V School District fell short in its efforts to pass a $1.2 million bond issue to build a multipurpose safe room and tornado shelter. Just 56.8% of voters there voted yes. They needed...
View ArticleWhat’s In A Name? If It’s A NW Mo Ballot, Punctuation Marks!
Ballots winners in Northwest Missouri Tuesday included a number of candidates who include punctuation marks in their names. We have a “Kappy,” a (Spanky), and, a “Grumpy.” “Kappy” is Kathleen Hodges,...
View ArticleBuchanan County Booking Activity 4/8/2014
Here’s the latest booking activity from the Buchanan County Jail. All persons included in this post are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law. These are courtesy photos. This...
View ArticleMaya Tuylieva Performs at Missouri Western Thursday (VIDEO)
Pianist Maya Tuylieva will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The recital is free and open to the...
View ArticleMissouri Supreme Court Sets Another Death Date
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday set a May execution date for convicted killer Russell Bucklew, continuing a trend of scheduling one execution per month. Bucklew is set to die...
View ArticleWindy Conditions Persist; Open Burning Cancelled
St Joseph police and fire officials have cancelled open burning on Wednesday because of the wind. Wind gusts up to 30 mph were common Wednesday throughout the region. The National Weather Service...
View ArticleClear and mild overnight
Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 56. South southwest wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind 8 to 16 mph becoming north in...
View ArticleGas Prices Jump!
We spotted a lot of stations adding twenty cents to their price for a gallon of gasoline Wednesday. Prices ranged from $3.29 to $3.45 per gallon Thursday morning. The market average was $3.36 per...
View ArticleFamily Dollar to cut jobs, close about 370 stores
MATTHEWS, N.C. (AP) — Family Dollar says it will be cutting jobs and closing about 370 underperforming stores as it looks for ways to improve its financial performance. It says it will also cut prices...
View Article(Opinion) Block Grain Belt Express
By Russ Pisciotta Block Grain Belt Express President By now most everyone has read or heard about the Grain Belt Express, the extremely high voltage transmission line proposal from Clean Line Energy...
View ArticleCommission approves funds for science research center
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Buchanan County Commission has approved funding that makes it likely construction will begin on a science research center in St. Joseph. The commission voted Wednesday to...
View ArticleWoman injured in Thursday morning rollover crash
BETHANY–One person was injured in a Thursday morning crash in Harrison County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Mazda 626 driven by Sarah H. Nelson, 38, Elk River was southbound in the...
View ArticlePartly cloudy, not as windy overnight
The week will end with two wonderful spring days, with temperatures likely in the 60s to 70s. Saturday will be the warmest day of the weekend, however a cold front will dive through the area late this...
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