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By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post If you are preparing to use a tax preparer this tax season officials with the IRS encourage you to do your homework and protect yourself. IRS spokesman Michael Devine says the great majority of tax professionals are just that, tax professionals, but then there are criminals. "There are people who pretend to be, you know, tax preparers, we call them sometimes ghost preparers," Devine tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "These are people who will say I'l...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post St. Joseph City Councilmembers will be reviewing the fees the city charges to the tenants of the Missouri Theatre complex. A special committee of the council suggests phasing in a different rent structure that would leave two of the larger spaces for the Symphony and Allied Arts. Councilmember-at-Large Jeff Schomburg isn't sure that the arts district is being used as effectively as it should be. "The Allied Arts and the different performing arts and the ...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostOne juvenile has been taken to the hospital for treatment in what St. Joseph police believe was an accidental shooting Tuesday night in the 800 block of Mason Street.St. Joseph police report it appears one juvenile shot another accidentally shortly after seven o'clock last night.The extent of the gunshot wound has not been disclosed, but the juvenile required medical treatment. Police took into custody the other juvenile.Identities of the juveniles involved hav...

St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce President Natalie Redmond recaps the success of the fourth annual St. Joseph Restaurant Week to a crowd gathered at Felix Street Gourmet as Second Harvest Community Food Bank CEO Chad Higdon looks on/ Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post At the conclusion of the fourth annual St. Joseph Restaurant Week, officials with the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce call it a success. Founder of Felix Street Gourmet Terri Modlin says the event bounced back well fol...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostAdditional school counselors and social workers are on hand at south end St. Joseph schools in wake of the shooting death of a district student.St. Joseph police are releasing few details. Police only say a teenage boy shot and fatally wounded another teen shortly after seven o'clock at a home in the 800 block of Mason Road. The circumstances of the shooting are under investigation.The victim was rushed to the hospital, but he died of his wounds.Identities of t...

Then Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George delivers a speech at Missouri Western State University/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostFormer Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George isn't sure what her future holds after being required to retire at the age of 65.George, a native of Faucett, began as a bank examiner with the Federal Reserve in 1982. It was then that George saw first-hand what inflation and higher interest rates did to the regional banking indust...

Sidney Johnson/Official Missouri Senate photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostFormer state Senator and Buchanan County Presiding Commissioner Sidney Johnson has died.Johnson was born in Sedalia. His family moved to St. Joseph when he was two, eventually settling in Agency where the family ran a farm.Johnson, a Democrat, won election as Buchanan County Collector, Buchanan County Presiding Commissioner, and Missouri state Senator. Johnson served 12 years in the Missouri Senate, where he served as As...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post A new scholarship opportunity will aim to help the workforce shortage in the healthcare industry. The Mosaic Life Care Foundation has launched the Health Care Workforce Development Scholarship Foundation President Julie Gaddie says with the work force shortage in certain healthcare areas, the job has become a nationwide talent competition of sorts. "So, this is a way to entice our high school seniors' interest in healthcare, to not only support their ed...

Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art/Photo courtesy of Albrecth-Kemper By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostYou have a chance to meet with an artist, eat a great meal, and take in the collection at the Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art Tuesday evening.After-hours returns to Albrecht Kemper with free admission to the St. Joseph art gallery.Albrecht Marketing Director Kaitlyn Doolan says it's a great opportunity to view art and get up close and personal with John Hulsey, who's "Transcendence: Truth i...

By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostThe search for St. Joseph's next police chief has officially begun.The city announced Friday that Public Sector Search & Consulting, a firm that specializes in conducting national level recruitments for police executives, was hired by the city of St. Joseph to assist in this effort.The search firm hosted multiple virtual meetings of diverse internal and external stakeholders and administered an online survey to both the police department and the community.Re...