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St. Joseph's Civic Arena has been completely refurbished over the last year or so, with a newly renovated floor, new scoreboard, new electronic scorers' tables, new seats, new hoops and more. Photo courtesy of the St. Joseph Sports Commission. By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostAfter many months of hard work, preparation and anticipation, the week is finally here.The city of St. Joseph, in conjunction with the St. Joseph Sports Commission and Missouri Western State University, is all set to ...

By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostA former President at Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph has died. James J. Scanlon served as the third President of the University from 2001 to 2008. He died at his home in California earlier this week. In an email to campus current President Elizabeth Kennedy expressed her sadness about the death of Scanlon. Kennedy says during Scanlon's tenure he helped shape the mission of applied learning and says his greatest accomplishment was designating Misso...

Photo by Clifton Grooms. By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostSPRINGFIELD - Some might think it's the luck of the Irish.Lafayette boys' basketball coach Kevin Bristol doesn't. What he saw Friday is what he believe his team could be all season long."Today, we got back to the formula that got us here," Bristol said. "It's good to see everyone get back on track. Like I always say, it's who we are."The Irish (23-8) buried 16 three-pointers, and shot 53.7 percent ...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post The St. Joseph community alliance is looking at the feasibility to determine the addition of a new sports facility. The community alliance is made up of the St. Joseph city council, Buchanan County commission, Chamber of Commerce, Missouri Western, and the St. Joseph Visitors Bureau. City Manager Bryan Carter says part of adding this new facility would be for youth athletics, but he also says this current study is unique. "This isn't a situation where we...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostEvents surrounding St. Joseph's hosting of the NCAA Division II Women's Elite Eight National Championship Tournament get underway this weekend.The St. Joseph Sports Commission and Missouri Family Sports host a youth basketball clinic at East Hills Shopping Center Saturday, beginning at 11am.Sports Commission Director Brett Easley says a youth clinic featuring former Missouri State standout Jackie Stiles next week on the Missouri Western State University St...

Local Tik Tok star Elisabeth Wykert has amassed 600,000 Tik Tok followers and is making several waves outside of the app as well/ Photo by Brent Martin By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post A local social media influencer is making big waves on Tik Tok. Elisabeth Wykert grew up in Union Star and Savannah, and after a stint in Los Angeles moved back to St. Joseph in 2021. And since 2019, she has become quite the social media star Wykert began posting Tik Toks in 2019 and in the four years of posting on...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post A new service to Buchanan County is helping to provide training for caregivers taking care of loved ones or friends at home. Former Buchanan County Commissioner Lee Sawyer says this service is important in the county because of a lack of training for caregiving at home. "The main goal is that when people go home from the hospital, if they've had some type of surgery or they've had some other type of situation, you want them to have good care at home...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostMissouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has led Missouri out of a consortium of states formed to fight voter fraud.Ashcroft, a Republican, says the Electronic Registration Information Center, known as ERIC, has strayed from its original mission. Ashcroft complains that some states in the group focused too heavily on adding to voter registration rolls at the expense of cracking down on voter fraud."Those states seem to want to prioritize trying to fill our vote...

HPI in downtown St. Joseph/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph's complaint against HPI Products has been dropped after the company went into receivership and the federal government stepped in to clean up alleged environmental damage from the chemical company located in downtown St. Joseph.City officials filed a complaint against HPI at the end of November 2020, alleging HPI "repeatedly discharged chemicals into the City's sewer system and operated within city limit...

20230228_110830.jpg By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post St. Joseph Restaurant Week not only helped benefit several local eateries, it also helped raise money for a local non-profit that helps feed people in the region. This year's partner non-profit during Restaurant Week was Second Harvest Community Food Bank, which serves 19 counties across northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas. CEO of Second Harvest Chad Higdon says it was a really exciting opportunity to partner with the St. Joseph Chambe...