St. Joseph Post

SALINE COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities continue their search for a Salina man who has not been seen in over two weeks and is being considered a missing, endangered person. Police are looking for information concerning a Chevrolet Express van they believe is connected to the disappearance of a Salina...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday he would fight to preserve access to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and he called on Americans to elect more Democrats who would safeguard rights upended by the court’s decision. “This is not over,” he declared.

NODAWAY COUNTY —A Missouri woman was injured in an accident just after 6p.m. Friday in Nodaway County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2022 Freightliner semi driven by Salih A. Mohammed, 34, Portland, Oregon, was southbound on U.S. 71 a mile and a half north of Maryville. The...

KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement authorities investigating a fatal SUV, ATV crash have identified the victim as 39-year-old Nicholas Santiago-Angeles of Kansas City, Kansas, according to KCK police. Just before 9p.m. Wednesday, police responded to report of an accident in the 4900 Block of Shawnee Drive found a the Santiago-Angeles,...

HENRY COUNTY—Two people died in an accident just after midnight Saturday in Henry County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Chevy passenger vehicle driven by Christopher S. McCartney, 38, Windsor, was eastbound in the 200 Block of West 8th Street in Windsor. The driver failed to negotiate...

(AP) — Zack Greinke tossed six innings of one-run ball, Edward Olivares hit two solo homers and the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1. Both Grienke (1-4) and Olivares were activated from rehab assignments Friday. Olivares belted homers to left field in his first at-bats — in the third and fifth innings — for his first career multi-homer game. Greinke allowed one run on three hits with four strikeouts for his first win in his second stint with Kansas City.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House sent President Joe Biden the widest ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed in decades Friday, a measured compromise that at once illustrates progress on the long-intractable issue and the deep-seated partisan divide that persists. The Democratic-led chamber approved the election-year legislation on a...

GRUNDY COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just before 4p.m. Friday in Grundy County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Chrysler Van driven by Felicia D. Terhune, 38, Jamesport, was eastbound on MO 146 one mile west of Brimson. The van crossed the center line...

HARRISON COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just before 11:30a.m. Friday in Harrison County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Infiniti QK4 driven by Ethan R. Mann, 31, Bethany, was westbound on Route H two miles west of Gilman City. The vehicle traveled off the north...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. MissouriGovernor Mike Parson and members of the state's congressional delegation responded to the decision.

A small group of supporters came to St. Joseph to celebrate the decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade Friday. Rally organizer John Kreipe says while he had a feeling the decision would pass, he wasn't expecting it until right at the deadline on Monday. "So,...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, in a decision overturning the nearly 50-year-old case of Roe v. Wade, ruled that it’s up to each state to determine what, if any, restrictions to impose on abortion access. That ruling raises the stakes for an upcoming constitutional amendment vote in Kansas.

SHAWNEE COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Friday morning in Topeka. At approximately 9 a.m. on Friday, officers from the Topeka Police Department (TPD) responded to the area of 4th St. and SE Holliday, near the railroad, after 911 callers reported that a male subject armed with a knife had threatened them. The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office and BNSF Police Department also responded to the incident.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that “it’s a sad day for the court and the country” after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. (Click below to watch President Biden's comments) “Now with Roe gone,...

The St. Joseph Mustangs (13-7) scored their third straight win Thursday with a 13-8 victory over the Joplin Outlaws at Phil Welch Stadium. Trailing 6-2 entering the bottom of the sixth inning, the Mustangs put up six runs in the sixth and five more in the seventh to take the lead for good.

Following the Supreme Court of the United States’ ruling in Dobbs that overturns Roe v. Wade, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt Friday issued an opinion to the Missouri Revisor of Statutes that “triggers” parts of Missouri’s House Bill 126, effectively ending abortion in the State of Missouri, according to a statement from his office.

ATCHISON COUNTY —A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 5:30p.m. Thursday in Atchison. According to Police Chief Mike Wilson, a vehicle driven by Julia Holt, 31, Atchison, struck a parked vehicle in the 1100 block Laramie. EMS transport Holt to Amberwell Hospital for examination. Police reported...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. The decision,...

BUTLER COUNTY —Friends of 21-year-old Kansas girl who died in a weekend accident have created a fundraiser to assist her family. On Sunday law enforcement authorities and emergency crews located the body of Carley Bullard who was reported missing along the Walnut River after an ATV crash South of Augusta.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate easily approved a bipartisan gun violence bill Thursday that seemed unthinkable a month ago, setting up final approval of what will be Congress’ most far-reaching response in decades to the nation’s run of brutal mass shootings. After years futile Democratic efforts to...