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Discovery Center in downtown St. Joseph/Photo by Matt Pike By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostCounty and city officials are pinning a lot of hopes on creation of the Children's Discovery Center in downtown St. Joseph.Buchanan County Presiding Commissioner Lee Sawyer says creation of the Children's Discovery Center will give the area an attraction once only available in much larger cities.Sawyer says he's excited about the plans the Mosaic Life Care Foundation has for the Discovery Cent...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostRepublicans had a disappointing showing in the mid-term elections.But northern Missouri Congressman Sam Graves says his party had some surprising successes. Graves says, overall, Republicans are disappointed the party didn't gain more seats in the United States House of Representatives."But we did pick up seats in New York we didn't expect to. We picked up seats in Florida. We picked up seats in California," Graves tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. &qu...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post With lows expected to drop well below freezing again later this week, it's important to make sure water pipes in your home are protected from the temperatures. Spokeswoman for Missouri American Water Christie Barnhart says every year Missouri American Water puts out tips of ways to protect your pipes. "They're just some easy things that can be done at an individual's place of residence that can prevent what can result in being a very costly pr...

The tree lit up on the north side of the Buchanan County Courthouse serves as a memorial for those victims gone to soon due to crime/ Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post On the north side of the Buchanan County courthouse a tree has been lit as part of an annual tradition, honoring families of those lost to crime. The tree has been lit for around 25 years by the Buchanan County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. Victim Advocate with the office Siobahn Jackson says the tree has alway...

File photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA St. Joseph city councilmember has high hopes for the future of the city's downtown.District Four Councilmember Michael Grimm says there is a lot happening downtown, including the rehabilitation of the old Hatfield Building."You go on down the street and the old tire building is being redone," Grimm tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. "It's really exciting and the city has some properties in there that are in really bad co...

The entrance to the future Children's Discovery Center. Construction began last week on the space and is expected to take two years./ Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Construction is now underway on the Mosaic Children's Discovery Center in downtown St. Joseph Mosaic Life Care Foundation President Julie Gaddie says this is a milestone project that everyone came together on for young families in St. Joseph "It really is about just looking to the future and thinki...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA pilot was injured after failing to take off from Rosecrans Memorial Airport shortly after noon Sunday.Rosecrans officials report the pilot was the only one on the privately-owned plane. As the plane began takeoff it ran off the runway and crashed into a fence.The pilot was taken to the hospital for treatment.

The switch to light up Holiday Park at Krug Park on the north end of St. Joseph will be flipped this Friday welcoming in people from around the area to see the holiday lights/ Photo courtesy of St. Joseph Parks and Recreation Facebook By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post With the Thanksgiving season nearing its end, two St. Joseph city parks will light up the Christmas spirit with annual lightings. St. Joseph City Manager Bryan Carter says the St. Joseph Parks Department has been hard at work getting ...

Interim St. Joseph Police Chief Dave Hart/Photo by Brent Martin By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph police plan to use extra money approved by voters to not only fill vacancies, but enhance the police department.Interim Police Chief Dave Hart says there is always room for improvement in any organization and the money raised by the half-cent sales tax will address real needs. "What we want to focus on right now is making this the best department that we can make it, so that we can attra...

By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostWith the cold weather seemingly here to stay for the winter, officials with Community Missions in St. Joseph are opening up cold weather shelters. Executive Director Rachael Bittiker says last year the cold weather shelters served 96 different homeless men around St. Joseph. And this year, Bittiker says, Community Missions is also opening up the shelter to homeless women"As far as women goes, we do know that there's a significant need for that for the fact th...