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Holthus to speak at Farm City Breakfast
Mitch Holthus Photo courtesy Wikipedia (St. Joseph, MO) — In honor of National Ag Day, the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce will host the 11th annual Farm City Breakfast on Friday, March 20. This is one...
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Fire on St Joe Avenue
Crews from the St Joseph Fire Department were dispatched to a fire at the First Ward House nightclub and restaurant at 2101 St Joseph Avenue. The call came out at around 6:20 Tuesday evening. Traffic...
View Article(VIDEO) Fire guts First Ward House
The “Oldest Saloon West of the Mississippi” was gutted by fire Tuesday evening. A blaze at the First Ward House at 2101 St Joseph Avenue spread to a business, a residence and a tree across Grand...
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(Update) Missouri River fire flares up
Shortly after 7:30 Tuesday evening, dispatchers received the report of a brush fire near McArthur and Water Works Road. This is in the same area as the fire Sunday that prompted evacuations and...
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Damage “substantial,” but owner hopes to reopen historic saloon
Ryan Gerster, the owner of the First Ward House, received a phone call ten minutes after leaving the nightclub, and was told that “the fire was substantial.” Gerster says there were six employees and...
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St. Joseph Public Library to celebrate 125 years
East Hills LibraryCourtesy SJPL The St. Joseph Public Library is celebrating its 125th year serving the citizens of St. Joseph. To kick off the year of celebration, the St. Joseph Public Library...
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First Ward House fire blamed on electric problem in meat smoker
Officials now believe the fire that gutted a historic saloon on St Joe Avenue to have originated in the kitchen. Public Information Officer Mike Neylon of the St Joseph Fire Department says...
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Cameron Police Department issues endangered missing adult alert
Hugo Humphrey MSHP The Cameron Police Department has issued an Endangered SILVER Advisory for a missing adult incident that occurred at Tecumseh, Michigan at 08:30 AM on March 17, 2015. The endangered...
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Rep. Graves Introduces Bill to Reform the Army Corps’ Flood Management...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sam Graves introduced legislation designed to improve management of the Missouri River. This bill would remove “fish and wildlife” from the list of authorized...
View ArticleEconomic issues force Missouri Western to eliminate Driver’s Education program
St. Joseph, Mo. —March 18, 2015— Economic realities mean the end of a partnership that offered drivers’ education at Missouri Western State University. In 1999, the St Joseph School District and...
View ArticleSt. Patrick’s Day lead to arrests and tickets for several in Buchanan County
A sobriety checkpoint in Buchanan County led to 10 arrests and 15 tickets over St. Patrick’s Day. According to Capt. James McDonald, Missouri State Highway Patrol commanding officer of Troop H in St....
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Salvation Army celebrates re-opening of thrift store at new location
Salvation Army St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting. Photo courtesy Kristi Bailey/St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce The Salvation Army marked the re-opening of its thrift store in St. Joseph...
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Readjustment counseling for veterans to be held at Northwest
Northwest Administration Building. Photo courtesy Darren Whitley/Northwest Missouri State University MARYVILLE, Mo. – A Kansas City Vet Center Readjustment Counselor will be available at Northwest...
View ArticleMosaic Life Care announces task force recommendations regarding billing and...
Mosaic Life Care has announced recommendations for improvement made by a task force formed to evaluate its billing and collections processes that have been approved by its Board of Trustees. “It is...
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(Update) Power outage resolved; Traffic on Frederick back to normal.
(Update) Shortly before 5pm, St Joe police advised that the traffic issues along Frederick had been resolved. An earlier power outage affected hundreds of KCP&L customers including traffic lights...
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Mo. woman hospitalized after SUV overturns in DeKalb Co.
MAYSVILLE- A Missouri woman was injured in an accident just before 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday on in DeKalb County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Chevy Trailblazer driven by Lisa M....
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Gasoline prices up…and down
After rising for 40 days in a row, the national average price for regular unleaded gasoline fell for nine straight days. But, today they’re on their way back up. According to AAA, the national average...
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State legislature approves Saint Joseph School Board bill
Delus Johnson A bill that would change the Saint Joseph School Board has cleared the state legislature. House Bill 63 would reduce board terms to 3 years from the current 6, and would reduce the...
View ArticleSt. Joseph School Board applicant list grows daily as deadline nears
The list of candidates for St. Joseph School Board are growing every day as the deadline nears to submit letters of intent to fill the position left vacant by Dan Colgan’s resignation. As of Thursday...
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City of St. Joseph to take on Explorers Program void with REC Connect
St. Joseph REC Center The City of St. Joseph is introducing a program to help fill a void left behind by the elimination of the St. Joseph School District’s Summer Explorers program. “Several folks,...
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