The city of Saint Joseph has reconsidered and will help residents clean up after the Sunday night windstorm. Residents are to leave tree limbs at the curb by nightfall May 27. City crews will begin picking up the debris the next day. They’ll make only one pass and will not return to pick up more [...]
Saint Joseph police are asking the public to help identify a suspect who robbed a convenience store May 8. It happened in the Quick Stop at 6739 Highway 59. The suspect walked around the store at 7 am as if selecting items, then displayed a handgun and robbed the clerk. He left on foot, running [...]
Saint Joseph Police are investigating a robbery last night at the Ramada Inn. Officials say just before midnight a man approached the front desk and demanded money. He did not display a weapon. He left with an undetermined amount of cash. The robber was described as having an average build, about five-foot eight to five-foot [...]
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night….will prevent the Apple Blossom Parade from going on as scheduled. Parade officials say they’ve had lots of calls about how the bad weather will impact the annual event, and the answer is, it won’t. The Saint Joseph tradition starts at 9:30 Saturday morning. Spectators and [...]
The Missouri Senate has voted to allow food prepared in home kitchens to be served at non-profit events. State Senator Mike Cunningham says “food nazis” have shut down church suppers and similar events to supposedly protect us. He says when the government says it’s here to help, watch out. Cunningham says he wrote the [...]
The Saint Joseph School District is losing its chief financial officer. Janet Pullen has announced her retirement effective July 1. She has been the district’s go-to budget expert since 2001. Superintendent Melody Smith praises Pullen’s integrity and work ethic. Pullen says she has enjoyed working on the district’s leadership team and moving our schools forward. [...]
A fundraiser is scheduled Sunday in Maryville for an organization that helps entrepreneurs in Northwest Missouri. Annette Weeks of Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation focuses on six counties: Andrew, Holt, Gentry, Atchison, Nodaway, and Worth. And Weeks says it’s making a difference: starting 49 business, arranging six acquisitions, 16 businesses expanded or retained, 188 jobs [...]
The Saint Joseph City Council has moved a step closer to sending a proposed smoking ordinance to a vote of the people. That tentative decision at a worksession Wednesday would have to be confirmed during a regular council meeting. The proposed ordinance would ban smoking at all restaurants and bars. That would include the gaming [...]
State Senator Kurt Schaefer wants an explanation from Governor Jay Nixon on why his administration shared confidential citizen information with two federal agencies. Schaefer says the Social Security Administration asked for a comprehensive list of Missourians with concealed weapon permits, and shared the list with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. He [...]
Nearly 900 Buchanan County homeowners have signed up to pay real estate taxes on the installment plan. Presiding Commissioner RT Turner says there’s not a good time to pay taxes, ever, but spreading the annual tax bill over ten monthly payments will be easier than coming up with one big payment at the end [...]