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By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostWater main valve replacement will force a road closure in St. Joseph Tuesday. Missouri American Water will begin work to replace water main valves on 28th Street. South 28th Street will close to all traffic at the north intersection of Walnut beginning Tuesday April 4th at 7:00 a.m. Northbound traffic will follow the detour north on Agency Road then east on Jackson Street back to 28th. Southbound traffic will detour east on Winterwood Lane, south on Valley Brook Ln, e...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostBuchanan County voters will decide today whether to extend the sales tax that pays for much of the county ambulance service.The quarter-cent emergency ambulance service expires at the end of the year. Buchanan County EMS is asking voters to approve a 20-year extension.Field Operations Director Steve Groshong says the tax is vital to funding the ambulance service."So, the county collects a quarter-cent sales tax, which basically covers probably about 45% of our ...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post With a number of local issues that will impact the community, officials are expecting a low voter turnout for today's election. Buchanan County Clerk Mary Baack Garvey says it's surprising to her how quiet voters have been in this election thus far. "Our absentees, the people that came into the counter, we barely broke 100 people," Baack Garvey tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "So, I'm going to predict about an 11% turnout for today for all...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph voters will decide Tuesday whether sales of recreational marijuana will be taxed in St. Joseph.City Manager Bryan Carter says the city council at first passed on asking voters to impose the tax, but changed its mind after receiving additional information."That decision was made when we figured out that there were about 60 other communities, at least 60 other communities, that were running a tax in April," Carter tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ...

 photo by Tommy Rezac. By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostThe Kansas Ci

 photo by Tommy Rezac. By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostThe Kansas Ci

 photo by Tommy Rezac. By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostThe Kansas Ci

 photo by Tommy Rezac. By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostThe Kansas Ci

St. Joseph city manager Bryan Carter recently gave an update on the city's search for a new permanent chief of police. Photo by Tommy Rezac. By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostThe city of St. Joseph officially opened its search for a new police chief on February 24.The city hired Public Sector Search & Consulting, a search firm that specializes in conducting national level recruitment for police executives.St. Joseph city manager Bryan Carter says the job application for the city police chie...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post A local transit union gathered at St. Joseph City Hall to picket as contract negotiations with St. Joseph transit are ongoing. St. Joseph Transit Facilities Manager Scott Butcher says currently contract negotiations are at a standstill between the Local 847 Union and St. Joseph Transit. Butcher says after the contract with the union expired at the end of June last year negotiations began again. "And then the union decided to not extend the contracts, which ult...