Katie Hrenchir, Staff Sgt. Stefanie Linville and Senior Airman Daniel Steidel from the Missouri Air National Guard spruce up Mount Mora Cemetery Friday afternoon. // Click here to purchase
Fellow residents of the Mid-Town Apartments pointed fingers at Harry Gardner, alleging that he started a fire in his apartment by falling asleep with a lit cigarette Tuesday morning.
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Lafayette sophomore Nicole Courtney savors her 60 cent banana during lunch Tuesday afternoon. Food costs for the district have increased this year, partly because the district is purchasing more healthful foods. // Click here to purchase
Firfighters work to extinguish a blaze at 703 S. 7th Tuesday morning. // Click here to purchase
A drawing will determine who can purchase the keys to a pair of homes at 402 and 414 S. 17th. // Click here to purchase
The 17th street homes are new construction, and both come with a basement and garage. // Click here to purchase
Jamey Carpenter was surprised to see a city work crew mowing his lawn Monday morning, and more surprised when they claimed it as city property. Mr. Carpenter’s protest resulted in the crew leaving his yard half-mowed. // Click here to purchase
Dylan Irvin tows Ashleigh Coe around the playground at United Cereble Palsy. The pre-schoolers are participating in a program that integrates developmentally delayed and non delayed children at UCP. // Click here to purchase
Brooke Blair, right, couldn’t contain her smile as she began the march toward her diploma Saturday afternoon at Missouri Western State University. // Click here to purchase
Geri Dyche says she is willing to sit on her porch with a police-issued radar gun if it will slow people down on Pacific Street. // Click here to purchase
The Catholic faith runs paramount through Marie Lederer’s life. Here she is reflected in a portrait of Jesus, which is hanging in the House of Bread. // Click here to purchase
As co-director of the House of Bread, Marie Lederer is a central hub of the food bank’s operation. // Click here to purchase
Jeff Sampson, owner of Clark-Sampson Funeral Home of St. Joseph, says the prearrangement problems some people are having are due to third-party contracts. // Click here to purchase
Patti Steele takes advantage of the discount she receives at Price Chopper for using their green bags. // Click here to purchase
Spectators crammed Frederick Avenue Saturday morning to get a glimpse of the annual Apple Blossom Parade. // Click here to purchase
Recently retired Carolina Panthers player and Benton grad Mike Rucker was a grand marshal for this year’s parade, along with his family. // Click here to purchase
Jeri Abbott took advantage of Frederick Avenue Laundry & Cleaners’ location to get some washing done while she watched the parade roll by Saturday morning. // Click here to purchase
Chris Price and Alison Marek had to share their recieving line with Dan Wawrzyniak and any one else who decided to go shopping at HyVee in the middle of their wedding Saturday afternoon. // Click here to purchase
Bode Middle School student Zach Hill earned first place out of 229 seventh-grade entries in the Kansas City region division of an essay contest called ‘What My Father Means to Me.’ Zach’s dad, Rich Hill, is an insurance agent. // Click here to purchase
Felipe Barrera, a Bode Middle School student, was one of four runners-up, out of 278 eighth-grader entries, in the essay contest. Felipe’s father, Juan Berrera, is a truck driver for Triumph Foods. // Click here to purchase
