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Residents gather at the Fairview Golf Course banquet room for trivia night supporting the St. Joseph Public Library/ Photo courtesy of the St. Joseph Public Library Facebook, taken during the ninth annual event By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Fun will be had as the St. Joseph Public Library will host an annual fundraiser later this month. The 11th annual trivia night benefiting the library will be held at the Fairview Golf Course banquet room on June 29th. Outreach librarian Crystal Stuck says the ...

By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostBuchanan County Sheriff Bill Puett is notifying the public of a new scam contacting registered sex offenders and their employers.Puett reports his office has receieved multiple calls about scammers contacting regisered sex offenders and their employers claiming to be a law enforcement officer threatening the sex offender or employer with arrest if they do not purchase gift cards and give that information to the con artist. The scammer is claiming they are with the Plat...

Dr. Mike Aberger sits in the Da Vinci surgical console to see the new features on the upgraded model/ Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph has been utilizing robotic assisted surgery for going on three years, but now the hospital will be getting an upgrade. The Da Vinci system helps provide minimally invasive surgery with surgeons being assisted by robotics. Da Vinci representative Whitney Eliot says the procedure helps hospitals get patients home quicke...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostThe Missouri Chamber of Commerce is harsh in its assessment of this year's legislative session, calling it dysfunctional.State Chamber President Dan Mehan says the General Assembly did little this year, passing only 28 non-budget bills. And Mehan claims that when lawmakers did try to pass legislation, they too often attempted to hamper businesses with regulations."This may seem like it's odd, but this is the truth. There was a bill that would have man...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph firefighters put out a house fire on Olive Street Sunday afternoon in about two hours.Residents of the house at 3118 Olive escaped without harm, according to the St. Joseph Fire Department.The investigation into the cause of the fire continues.You can follow Brent on X @GBrentKFEQ and St. Joseph Post @StJosephPost.

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph public school officials have shifted focus on summer school.St. Joseph School Superintendent Gabe Edgar says in the past the St. Joseph School District tended to focus on getting as many students as possible in summer school to draw down as much state money as possible. Edgar says, now, the focus is on the students, getting them caught up academically and prepared for next fall."We feel like we have a pretty good program going and we have a good part...

St. Joseph firefighters wrap up work on Clay Street near the intersection of 22nd./Photo by Brent Martin By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostFire engulfed an occupied house on Clay Street, near the intersection with 22nd, early Tuesday evening, leaving one injured.St. Joseph Fire Inspector Steve Henrichson says the fire department got the call shortly after 6:30. Henrichson says when crews arrived, they found heavy fire and smoke in the back of the building."They made sure everyone was evacuated,...

The Imagine 11 concert series draws several hundreds of people to Coleman Hawkins Park every Sunday between the first Sunday of June and the second Sunday of August/ Photo courtesy of Imagine 11 By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post A concert series that has filled downtown with music for over a decade is returning this weekend. Several area churches came together in 2013 to form the Imagine 11 concert series, helping fill Sundays at Coleman Hawkins Park with a variety of music. Director Roger Lenander s...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostPerhaps this time, it will actually become law.Max's Law is once again on the governor's desk.State Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer of Parkville has hope that this year will be the year."This is the third year now that I've sponsored Max's Law," Luetkemeyer tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post.Luetkemeyer first carried the legislation in the session following the death of K-9 Max. The St. Jospeh police dog was shot and killed by a suspect he was chasing Ju...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Efforts to clean up St. Joseph have been going on for several years, and the St. Joseph City Council is putting forth efforts to help in that mission. Second District Councilmember Andy Trout says along with new infrastructure projects, there are several other projects in place to clean up the city "There's been a lot of street projects, a lot of historic restoration projects, a lot of structures that could not be saved have been demolished just because the...