The federal watchdog for workplace safety is engaged in an investigation of how and why an Indiana man died last week while working at a local grain processing plant.

CUMMINGS — A man is fighting for his life after an apparent accident at the CargillAg plant in the Cummings area electrocuted one of his co-workers, and caused the surviving man serious injuries, as the two worked inside a grain storage area.

A St. Joseph, Missouri, man who had been living at a campsite along the Missouri River in that city is now known to be the victim of a drowning which led to the discovery of his body floating on Sunday down the river near Atchison.

Authorities have arrested a previously convicted violent felon who they say shot a man twice amid an argument in June.

Authorities say the boy who brought a BB gun to Atchison High School on Monday is in now in juvenile detention for behavior that prompted a brief lockdown before police secured the contraband.

A local business and community leader is recovering from a fall down a steep bluff on Monday evening.

Cloud L. “Bud” Cray Jr., among the most celebrated leaders in commerce, public service and philanthropy in the history of Atchison, has died at age 96.

WINTHROP, Missouri — A St. Joseph, Missouri, man with local ties died in a two-vehicle collision on Thursday just across the river.

A staple of the Atchison community will soon be out of business.

A Chicago-area man has died following a rural Atchison County single-vehicle wreck on Wednesday, information from authorities indicates.

The fate of a man who, authorities say, shot at a police officer in the north part of town before being wounded remains to be determined.

A man who had absconded from parole after being convicted in a 2017 aggravated battery died overnight Wednesday in a head-on vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 73 just south of town.

A suspect who, authorities say, tried to kill five people inside a pickup on Wednesday has been charged with attempted murder and remains at large.

HIAWATHA — Dozens of animals have been seized from a home in Bendena in connection with allegations of dogfighting.

ST. JOSEPH, Missouri — St. Joseph, Missouri, police have identified the victim in last Friday’s fatal auto collision as Cassandra D. Blackmore, of Atchison, Kansas.

A collision sent a man riding a motorcycle into a ditch off of US-59 Highway southwest of Atchison at about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, leaving his bike in a ruin and prompting authorities to evacuate him by medical helicopter.

A single-vehicle crash off of U.S. Highway 73 south of Atchison injured the driver and left the passenger shaken up, but otherwise unhurt.