Members of a Mount Mora association smiled Friday as their first restoration project neared completion. The Floyd family mausoleum, a concrete and stone structure, underwent restoration this week. The mausoleum, built in 1890, has seen 118 years of freezing and thawing. Water has damaged the whole structure and put it in danger of collapse, said Suzanne Lehr, a member of the Mount Mora Preservation & Restoration Association.

A woman who killed her husband finally got the chance Thursday to confess her crime.
An emotional Robin Sands, 36, stood before Circuit Court Judge Dan Kellogg and accepted the felony charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Workers began assembling a neon sign Tuesday that’s familiar to many in St. Joseph, even if the location seems a bit strange. Clarence Miller, an 80-year-old glass blower and neon sign creator for Roderick Sign Co., said the Pony Express Motel sign is one of his oldest, if not the oldest, surviving sign still in use. He created the sign in 1955 for the motel that was located northeast of the intersection of the Belt Highway and Frederick Boulevard. Each night drivers on the Belt could see the familiar Pony Express rider galloping on the sign. The motel was torn down in 2007 to make way for a new bank development project that brought Panera Bread and other shops to St. Joseph.

SAVANNAH, Mo. — City officials are checking facts and figures to determine whether a joint Savannah/Andrew County fire department could improve safety and response times and reduce insurance rates.

The YWCA’s annual “Take Back the Night” program celebrated survivors of domestic violence Monday. To show the extent of the problem of spousal abuse, Jean Brown, the YWCA’s executive director, said that in 2000 the agency’s shelter and staff served an average of 11 people each day. “By 2007, that number had grown to 45 per day and the demand for services continues,” Mrs. Brown said.

SAVANNAH, Mo. — A city administrator from Cass County will replace Savannah’s longtime clerk/administrator, Janice Hatcher.

Property of the Past, Oct. 6, 2008

It appears likely that emergency personnel may have to respond to a serious accident at a St. Joseph railroad crossing unless motorists change their habits.
“We’re truly worried about people’s safety, and this could be bad,” said Capt. Duane Robinson, commander of Troop H of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The Highway Patrol and the St. Joseph Police Department conducted a railroad crossing enforcement check on Wednesday with disappointing results.
A total of 41 summonses were issued for railroad grade crossing violations during the four-hour operation.

SAVANNAH, Mo. — On Wednesday, the Missouri Department of Revenue closed down the licensing office run by an independent contractor in the southeast corner of the Andrew County courthouse basement.

When Robert Thompson talks about Rosecrans Memorial Airport, he refers to it as the city’s new airport.