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By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph residents were told to avoid the area of 102 North Woodbine road early this morning as the St. Joseph Fire Department handled a structure fire. Officials report the call of the large structure fire came in around 4'o clock this morning. Officials confirm the building was unoccupied and the fire, which appears to have been on the Optimum property, was caught early enough to be handled properly.

Rep. Brenda Shields of St. Joseph/File photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostState Rep. Brenda Shields of St. Joseph wants to make it easier to get physical therapy.Shields says her top piece of legislation this year would cut the regulations associated with receiving physical therapy."I am really working on open access for our physical therapists so individuals can go see a physical therapist without having to have a written order from a doctor," Shields tells the Missourinet in an inte...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post The Missouri Department of Conservation is seeing a drop in the number of deer hunters. Deer and Elk Program Leader Jason Isabel says looking at the number of deer hunters he sees that it has dropped tremendously over the last decade. "If you look back about 10 years ago was our peak number of deer hunters and we're actually down about 41,000 deer hunters from where we were a decade ago,"" Isabel tells Kyle Carroll during his regular visit on th...

Former St. Joseph Police Chief Chris Connally. The search for a new police chief has been ongoing since Connally announced his retirement in September/ File photo By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post The city of St. Joseph is still searching for a new police Chief after the retirement of Chris Connally. That search could take its next step tonight. Councilmember Madison Davis says during tonight's council meeting there will be a vote on whether to approve a search firm to assist in hiring a new Pol...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA St. Joseph man suffered a stabbing wound late Sunday afternoon.St. Joseph police are investigating the stabbing after a man sought help at the Quick Stop Food Store on 2607 Frederick Avenue. The man showed up at the convenience store around five o'clock Sunday afternoon with a stab wound to his arm. He was taken to the hospital with what is believed to be a non-life-threatening wound.Police believe the victim suffered the wound in a disturbance in the neighbo...

The building that housed Kmart before it closed in 2019 has sat abandoned along the Belt Highway with options being explored of what can be done with it/ Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post St. Joseph city councilmembers are aware of a large number of abandoned buildings in the city, including some former retail business buildings along the city's main commercial road. Councilmember Madison Davis, in response to a caller on the KFEQ Hotline, says the council is aiming to do so...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Last year felt different from the years during the coronavirus pandemic for the United Way of Greater St. Joseph. President Kylee Strough says things felt back to normal as services bounced back to how they were prior to 2020. "We saw a lot of our programming return to things we recognized," Strough tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "For instance, through our profit and education initiative we were able to get career speakers back into classrooms and scho...

By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostThe Missouri Highway Patrol reports a minimal number of fatalities during the New Year's holiday counting period. Statewide the Highway Patrol reports two fatalities and 75 injuries in 243 traffic crashes. There were zero boating accidents or drownings. Both fatalities occurred in the Troop E region in the southeastern part of the state near the Poplar Bluff area. 104 drivers were arrested for drunk driving. The two fatalities mark an increase of one from last ye...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post St. Joseph City Manager Bryan Carter sees new opportunities for access to downtown in the proposed changes to the I-229 double decker bridge. Carter says good access and the same accesses to downtown today are totally different things, but bringing entirely different ways into downtown presents good opportunities "One of the pieces that's been talked about is an extension of St. Joseph Avenue to the, instead of it kind of merging into 229, extending it t...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Some people may celebrate the new year a little harder than others and should get home safely this holiday weekend. Seargent Shane Hux with Troop H of the Missouri Highway Patrol in St. Joseph says if you are at a party with alcohol this new year's, practice precaution getting home. "By all means reach out and make sure you have a sober designated driver, there's a lot of services provided for you even around the St. Joe area there's Ubers, Lyf...