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Cotter takes his wings to state post
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008
Monday, Dec. 1, 2008
Monday, Dec. 1, 2008
Monday, Dec. 1, 2008
Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008
Clock is ticking on taxiway repairs
Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008
Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008
Monday, Nov. 24, 2008
Scout leader exuberant
Monday, Nov. 24, 2008
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008
Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008
Friday, Nov. 21, 2008
Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008
Nighttime fire displaces family
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008
Property of the Past, Nov. 17, 2008
Monday, Nov. 17, 2008
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008
Friday, Nov. 14, 2008
Friday, Nov. 14, 2008
Brig. Gen. Urquhart, former Airlift Wing commander, dies
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008
Veteran remembers time at Rosecrans
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008
Monday, Nov. 10, 2008
Property of the Past, Nov. 10, 2008
Monday, Nov. 10, 2008
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
Corps holds public meeting
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008
Up to 40,000 could vote in county
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008
Monday, Nov. 3, 2008
Monday, Nov. 3, 2008
Ex-St. Joe resident leads library restoration
Monday, Nov. 3, 2008
Friday, Oct. 31, 2008
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008
Backpacks provide for hungry kids
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008
Monday, Oct. 27, 2008
Monday, Oct. 27, 2008
Friday, Oct. 24, 2008
Friday, Oct. 24, 2008
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008
Cotter takes his wings to state post
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008
The No. 1 man at the 139th Airlift Wing will step down this month and transfer to the state headquarters in Jefferson City, Mo. Col. Stephen Cotter, who assumed command of the Wing in August 2003, will become the No. 2 man in command of the Missouri Air National Guard. Mr. Cotter is a 33-year veteran of the Air Guard, with more than 7,000 flying hours. He will remain in the area and largely commute to Jefferson City. “He’s got a good sense about the challenges facing the Air National Guard and the Missouri Air National Guard,” said Brig. Gen. Craig McCord, commander of Missouri’s Air Guard. “His name popped right to the top and he’s got a good track record.”
Law enforcement officers discount 'Mexican mafia initiation'Monday, Dec. 1, 2008
Shots fired at homes and vehicles last Tuesday and Wednesday in Gentry and DeKalb counties have led to the revival of an old Internet myth.
Stabbing details come to lightMonday, Dec. 1, 2008
Details of a stabbing in St. Joseph last Wednesday involving a 43-year-old truck driver were released in Atchison.
Air Guard's Cotter leaves to take new postMonday, Dec. 1, 2008
Col. Stephen Cotter, commander of the 139th Airlift Wing of the Missouri Air National Guard, announced his resignation from the wing's top position.
Museums collaborate on holiday promotionsSunday, Nov. 30, 2008
Three St. Joseph museums planning family activities to kick off the Christmas holiday season on Dec. 6 found a way to stretch their dollars.
The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph Museums Inc. and Robidoux Row Museum were all independently planning family-oriented programs.
“Breakfast with Santa” and a gingerbread house workshop for children were on the art museum’s agenda. Staff at St. Joseph Museums Inc. created “Nature’s Noel,” a family craft workshop at the Wyeth-Tootle mansion as their Christmas offering. And the St. Joseph Historical Society had its annual tour of the Christmas rooms, designed by local businesses and families at the Robidoux Row Museum, to promote. Each of those museums has a limited advertising budget.
Clock is ticking on taxiway repairs
Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008
The city of St. Joseph waits as others decide what will be done about the crumbling taxiways at Rosecrans Memorial Airport. The city, working with the state, set aside $1.1 million of matching money for repairs, but it has to be spent before September 2009, said Mike Hurst, the airport manager. Rosecrans has a taxi path located east of the main runway that stretches about 8,300 feet from north to south and is used by all the light civilian and the heavy military aircraft. Back in 1994, workers installed a 7-inch layer of concrete on the airport taxi path over 14 inches of old concrete.
Agencies make headway on invasion investigationThursday, Nov. 27, 2008
The Missouri State Highway Patrol and area law enforcement agencies arrested three people in a continuing criminal investigation of home invasions and burglaries, including one in Amazonia, Mo., on Nov. 19.
Coach will address Guard symposiumWednesday, Nov. 26, 2008
A St. Joseph native who will return to the coaching sidelines next year will be back in town Jan. 14 to speak at the 28th annual Tactics and Intelligence Symposium, sponsored by the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center.
A reason to give thanksTuesday, Nov. 25, 2008
Police officers, sheriff’s deputies and security officers from Missouri Western State University went knocking on doors Monday, but it wasn’t to serve warrants.
Instead, the local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police believes Thanksgiving shouldn’t be a time when people go hungry; so they raised funds, bought food through America’s Second Harvest of Greater St. Joseph and contacted the St. Joseph School District for a list of families needing assistance. Officers loaded large boxes with all the food needed to make a great dinner, including the frozen bird, and headed out into the community at about 9 a.m. Monday.
Officer Scott Vanover’s first delivery ended up being a bit emotional.
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008
The St. Joseph Fire Department worries about how local businesses deal with planning for confined-space emergencies.
Heating pad causes house fireMonday, Nov. 24, 2008
A family of six escaped a fire from their one-story frame house Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Scout leader exuberant
Monday, Nov. 24, 2008
The Pony Express Council is hoping a man with enthusiasm, personal energy, creative ideas, a smile and a warm handshake can make a difference as its new Boy Scout leader.
Savannah official tackles responsibilitiesSunday, Nov. 23, 2008
SAVANNAH, Mo. — The city’s new administrator, Mike Fisher, settles in with gusto and enjoyment to his new job.
Still looking for answersSaturday, Nov. 22, 2008
State samples give Cameron’s water supply an OK, but doubts still exist. Thursday, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources released the results of a second round of testing from 10 Cameron homes and four Cameron public school sites. Water samples were collected in September. Additional samples of untreated water were taken at Grindstone Reservoir, which supplies city drinking water, and from a small lake at the local golf course. Thursday’s departmental press release stated that the September test results are similar to those taken in May, when the department tested both source water and finished water and found all samples well within standards.
Ever AfterFriday, Nov. 21, 2008
An Army warrant officer from St. Joseph proposed to his future bride during a tour of the White House earlier this year.
Museums putting on new facesThursday, Nov. 20, 2008
As the tourism year ends for the Patee House Museum, staff and volunteers are beginning to make changes to present a new face in 2009.
Nighttime fire displaces family
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008
A basement fire early Tuesday destroyed an older home and left a South Side family homeless. “The smoke detectors were working and sounded an alarm so that all seven members of the Helmich family could escape the two-story house safely,” said Rob Blizzard, an inspector with the St. Joseph Fire Department. Family members said that the pet dogs also aided in the escape, said Mike Dalsing, the fire chief.
Fire leaves South Side family homelessTuesday, Nov. 18, 2008
A basement fire early Tuesday destroyed an older home and left a South Side family homeless.
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008
ELWOOD, Kan. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revised its Elwood Bottoms Wildlife Area proposal in deference to the concerns of the Air Guard and city of St. Joseph.
Trucker dies from injuries in I-29 crashTuesday, Nov. 18, 2008
Thursday’s truck and jeep accident on Interstate 29 became a fatality when a 72-year-old Minnesota man became the 41st road death this year in Northwest Missouri.
Property of the Past, Nov. 17, 2008
Monday, Nov. 17, 2008
The Remington Nature Center is full of exhibits that show animals in their natural habitat, but it’s so much more than just nature. The Nature Center also is a museum of St. Joseph history, and one of the showpieces is a life-sized model of the front of a Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad engine.
Tractor-trailer accident victims remain hospitalizedSaturday, Nov. 15, 2008
Up to three people remained hospitalized Friday following a spectacular crash on Interstate 29 that injured two adults and three children.
Burglars hit Livingston CountySaturday, Nov. 15, 2008
Authorities are investigating a two-week burglary spree in northern portions of Livingston County.
Burglaries plague Livingston CountyFriday, Nov. 14, 2008
Law enforcement officers continued to investigate a two-week crime spree in northern portions of Livingston County Friday.
Fiery crash injures fiveFriday, Nov. 14, 2008
A spectacular crash on Interstate 29 injured two adults and three children Thursday night.
Brig. Gen. Urquhart, former Airlift Wing commander, dies
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008
Decisions made more than 25 years ago by a local man, who died Monday, still affect St. Joseph’s economy. It was Brig. Gen. Robert Urquhart’s decision that transformed the 139th Air Refueling Group into the 139th Airlift Wing, said Col. Bob Agee, a retired Air Guard member and president of the local chapter of the Missouri Air National Guard retirees.
Contest held to name Amtrak trainTuesday, Nov. 11, 2008
The Missouri Department of Transportation and Amtrak are pleased to announce a “Name the Train” contest.
Veteran remembers time at Rosecrans
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008
In July 1944, Ronald Swartz found himself working as an aircraft mechanic at Rosecrans Memorial Airport.
But in the middle of World War II, it wasn’t a civilian airport. It was a busy military hub operated by the Army Air Corps with military planes descending and ascending at all hours.
The youngest of five brothers, Mr. Swartz was drafted out of the Pennsylvania coal fields, and he decided at an early age to leave the Rust Belt behind.
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008
A police chase ended with flames and a Taser early Monday morning about three miles south of St. Joseph.
Man sentenced to 20 years in McDonald's robberyTuesday, Nov. 11, 2008
The man who carried a gun and was shot by police after the robbery of a McDonald’s in February came to court Monday before heading to prison.
Police pursue, Taser fleeing suspectMonday, Nov. 10, 2008
A police chase in the early morning hours Monday ended in flames about three miles south of St. Joseph on Missouri Route V.
Property of the Past, Nov. 10, 2008
Monday, Nov. 10, 2008
Tuesday, the nation will celebrate Veterans Day, an occasion that began as a remembrance to those who gave their lives during World War I. That war also led to the founding of the American Legion, and a St. Joseph museum has a direct connection to the war and the Legion’s creation.
Cameron prison celebrates 20 years of serviceSaturday, Nov. 8, 2008
CAMERON, Mo. — The Western Missouri Correctional Center has received, housed, trained and released state felons for 20 years.
Fire damages houseFriday, Nov. 7, 2008
An explosion Wednesday from an undetermined source may have caused a fire that damaged a home in northeast St. Joseph.
Corps holds public meeting
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers came to town Thursday to talk about a Missouri River bank degradation study. This is a study to determine if the corps will do a feasibility study on river degradation, said Christina Ostrander, the corps project manager for the study.
139th passes Air Force test with flying colorsFriday, Nov. 7, 2008
The Air Force made it official Thursday: Its reality test showed the 139th Airlift Wing is a team of excellent men and women ready to go to war.
It's all in the family for Andrew CountyWednesday, Nov. 5, 2008
Andrew County politics has a friendly family look after voters completed their work Tuesday. Andrew County added an Atkins and kept a Howard on the list of elected officials.
Up to 40,000 could vote in county
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008
Everything is in place for a possible record voter turnout today in Buchanan County.
Saturday morning, 130 voters came to the Buchanan County Courthouse to vote and that was a record for a single morning, said Pat Conway, Buchanan County clerk. If the number of voters goes over 40,000 today, that will be a record, Mr. Conway said. And it looks like the county could break its record for absentee votes too, he said.
Turnout could be heavy enough that some voters may have to wait in line for 30 to 60 minutes during peak times at some of the larger polling places, Mr. Conway said. Peak times generally are from 6 to 8:30 a.m. and from 4 to 7 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 3, 2008
A two-vehicle accident Sunday left a Fall City, Neb., woman hospitalized Monday in St. Joseph.
Deer jumps in front of motorcycleMonday, Nov. 3, 2008
Sunday afternoon seemed to be a perfect day to ride for a 43-year-old man and his Harley-Davidson motorcycle until the deer jumped into the middle of the road about five miles east of Spickard on Missouri Route Y.
Ex-St. Joe resident leads library restoration
Monday, Nov. 3, 2008
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – A former St. Joseph resident is leading efforts to restore a library that was destroyed this summer during the catastrophic flood in eastern Iowa.
Police arrest 2 for operating a drug gang in St. JosephFriday, Oct. 31, 2008
Law enforcement officers arrested two individuals Wednesday for allegedly operating a drug gang on St. Joseph streets for several months.
New stove goes up in flamesThursday, Oct. 30, 2008
A new stove was delivered to a rental property then, minutes later, fireman were called to extinguish the flames.
Backpacks provide for hungry kids
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008
SAVANNAH, Mo. — Andrew County Ministries is successfully fighting child hunger with the Backpack Buddies program. The group built the program on the St. Joseph model after meeting with Scott Tomhave, director of America’s Second Harvest of Greater St. Joseph last year.
139th Airlift Wing ‘ready to excel’Monday, Oct. 27, 2008
The winds blew in more than cold air Sunday at Rosecrans Memorial Airport. The Air Force launched an operational readiness inspection when Col. John “Woody” Almind and 17 other inspectors with the Air Mobility Command touched down at Rosecrans to test everyone in the 139th Airlift Wing of the Missouri Air National Guard.
Property of the Past. Oct. 27, 2008Monday, Oct. 27, 2008
Cemeteries can be more than just the place where one goes to bury the dead. Just ask Suzanne Lehr. She found a second career at St. Joseph’s only cemetery on the National Register of Historic Places and knows that tombstones can be more than grave markers.
Suspect’s arrest in Portugal tied to heist in SavannahFriday, Oct. 24, 2008
SAVANNAH, Mo. — An international investigation into the 2007 telephone extortion and bank robbery of Nodaway Valley Bank in Savannah and other banking institutions around the world has led to an arrest in Portugal.
State audit of Union Star reveals a ‘mess’Friday, Oct. 24, 2008
UNION STAR, Mo. — The results of a state performance audit revealed some major problems with Union Star’s accounting procedures.
“Things were a mess,” said Todd Schuler, an audit manager for the office of State Auditor Susan Montee.
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008
An international investigation into the 2007 telephone extortion and bank robbery of Nodaway Valley Bank in Savannah and other banking institutions around the world has led to an arrest in Portugal.
Guard helps deliver in BalkansThursday, Oct. 23, 2008
Soldiers learn early in their careers to “expect the unexpected,” and some Northwest Missouri men had that lesson re-enforced while on patrol in Kosovo.
