On the first of the few floats that rolled through The Palms 23rd Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade, riders throw candy and beads to the crowd gathered on Buchanan Street outside The Palms Bar & Grill in Maryville, Mo., Wednesday afternoon.

Published on March 18, 2010

Edie Lowry took an early retirement from her job as a bus driver in St. Joseph so she could move to South Carolina to help her elderly mother. One thing she says she wont miss is the snow.

Published on March 18, 2010

Authorities from multiple counties executed a search warrant at the Roger and Rebecca Hollister residence in rural Nemaha County Wednesday morning in what is believed to be another turn in the Patricia Kimmi case.

Published on March 18, 2010

Director of the Noyes Home for Children Ray Carson greets a group of Parkway Elementary School fifth-graders bearing books as a gift to the home. By class vote, the Parkway kids chose to donate 250 books to the Noyes Home and another 250 to the YWCA after earning the books in a contest to read 100 books in a month.

Published on March 18, 2010

A fire official looks on as an 1800's cabin burns at the top of Krug Park, Wednesday night.

Published on March 17, 2010

Sheri Caldwell holds a poster promoting the Nuval system of nutritional information used at Hy-Vee.

Published on March 17, 2010

Published on March 17, 2010

The city is interested in further improvements for Phil Welch stadium, including upgrades to the restrooms adjacent to the party deck.

Published on March 17, 2010

Ken Shearin

Published on March 16, 2010

Farmer Garrett Patterson employs sophisticated technology on his John Deere planter that helps avoid wasted seed, but the high cost of bean and corn seed is eating into his profits.

Published on March 16, 2010

Gary Cooper, who sings with his wife in Glory Band, a contemporary christian band made up of mostly family members rehearses at the group's home church, Maxwell Height Presbyterian, in North St. Joseph Tuesday night.

Published on March 15, 2010

Published on March 15, 2010

Published on March 15, 2010

The U.S. Senate approved a bill last week that would extend federal tax credits to help the biodiesel industry and companies like Ag Processing in St. Joseph.

Published on March 15, 2010

Asian Lady Beetles are not the same as ladybugs, but they are similar.

Published on March 15, 2010

Poochie Johnson’s home, which is on Cook Road east of St. Joseph, is surrounded by water after the Platte River left its banks Thursday.

Published on March 14, 2010

Maryville forward William Payne is full with emotion after the loss to the Hogan Prep Rams Saturday at Smith-Cotton High School.

Published on March 13, 2010

Maryville center Adam Thomson is surronded by the Hogan Prep Rams players going after a rebound Saturday at Smith-Cotton High School.

Published on March 13, 2010

Maryville guard Josh Elliott shoots the ball in the lane versus the Hogan Prep Rams Saturday afternoon at Smith-Cotton High School.

Published on March 13, 2010

Maryville center Keenan Joiner makes a move in the lane Saturday at Smith-Cotton High School versus the Hogan Prep Rams.

Published on March 13, 2010