JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- Multiple schools throughout the St. Joseph community held their respective commencement ceremonies today to celebrate the graduating class of 2025.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Francis Xavier House of Bread or The Noyes Home for Children. As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.

Linda L. Deckard, 76, of St. Joseph, passed away surrounded by family and friends on Monday, May 12, 2025, at her home. She was born Aug. 1, 1948, in St. Joseph, to ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph Fire Department's new leader is coming from within its ranks. Ivan Klippenstein has been named the department's new chief. Klippenstein joined ...

"So our firehouses really were, as you could see, from the one next door to us over here, not much more than a pole barn designed to house the fire trucks,” said Steve Downey, St. Joseph County ...

He was born May 5, 1954, St. Joseph. Preceded in death by parents, Benny Messa and Norma Yonning. Survivors include three children: son, Terry Messa Jr., daughter, Stacy Lucker, and son ...

Deborah Lee Miller, 68, of St. Joseph, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Mosaic Life Care, in St. Joseph. She was born March 23, 1957, in St. Joseph, daughter of ...

Sandra Ezzell 69, of St. Joseph, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in a St. Joseph hospital. She was born April 11, 1956, in St. Joseph. Her husband is Corky Ezzell. Sandra has been cremated under ...

of St. Joseph; his brothers-in-law ... While working full-time, with his own talented hands, he built a four bedroom ranch house and moved the family into it. After the Dodge dealership, Don ...

Christopher Patrick Lemley, 25, of St. Joseph, passed away Sunday, May 4, 2025, in St. Joseph. He was born Nov. 9, 1999, in Hays, Kansas. Family will receive friends ...

Emma Lee McEnaney, daughter of Logan and Dorothy (Good) Townsend, born March 30, 1941. Emma Lee united in marriage to Gerald McEnaney and became parents of two children, Leonard and Jerrone.

Susan Cobb Fetty, 63, St. Joseph, passed away on May 3, 2025, at her residence. Susan was born on Aug. 28, 1961, to Jimmie and Margaret (Fuston) Cobb, in St. Joseph. She graduated from Lafayette ...