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By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Levee repairs along the Missouri River are ongoing and the Army Corps of Engineers has granted its largest contract ever for the Kansas City District to repair and raise the levee protecting St. Joseph as well as Elwood, Wathena, and Rosecrans Memorial Airport. The contract totals 14-Million dollars. It is the fifth in a series of six contracts to improve flood control in northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas. Project manager Craig Weltig with the Army Corps of ...

Stock photo. By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph voters will decide in November if they're in favor of a half-cent sales tax increase designed to increase St. Joseph police officer pay. This would also go toward new equipment within the department.J.L. Robertson, co-chair of the Citizens for Our Police, Our City committee, says increasing officer salaries is vital in addressing some of the law enforcement shortages locally."In 2021, we had 135 officers," Robertson said. "...

Candidates for Senate representing the 12th and 34th districts. (From L to R) Democrat Michael Baumli, Republican State Representative Rusty Black, Moderator Brent Martin, Republican Tony Luetkemeyer, Democrat Sarah Shorter/ Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post The candidates for the 12th Missouri State Senate District fielded a range of questions during a candidate forum sponsored by the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce. Republican State Representative Rusty Black of Chillicothe def...

Trudy Busch Valentine in St. Joseph/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostFormer northwest Missouri Republican Congressman Tom Coleman has come out in favor of Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine for United States Senate.Though Coleman throws his support to Valentine's candidacy, it is his opposition to the Republican nominee that is most prominent. Coleman calls Attorney General Eric Schmitt too extreme, pointing out Schmitt has done everything he could to win the endorsement of former Presi...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostKansas voters will decide whether the legislature should have more power to overturn rules and regulations devised by state agencies.Question One is a Constitutional Amendment on the November 8th ballot in Kansas.Americans for Prosperity of Kansas supports the measure with Legislative Director Michael Austin arguing the power of state agencies is growing without accountability."If we take a step back, let's remember our Civics 101," Austin tells KFEQ/...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post With the cold weather starting to arrive, people will be bringing out their winter clothes to stay warm. And for those that can't afford warm clothes, the Salvation Army in St. Joseph is here to help with its annual coat drive. Major Ronald Key, Administrator of the Salvation Army in St. Joseph, says they will provide many different types of winter weather gear. "What people do (they) just come into our office, they need a coat we give them a voucher, an...

By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph city councilmembers this week officially approved the demolition and rebuild of the Red Lion Hotel in downtown.HDDA St. Joseph LLC and the city agreed to redevelop the Red Lion Hotel, which has sat vacant for years. The decision by city council confirms that the developer will tear down the existing structure and build a 150-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel.Marci Bennett, Executive Director of the St. Joseph Convention and Visitors Bureau says the decision...

McCray-photo Buchanan Co. By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA 33-year-old St. Joseph man has been charged with felony robbery in a carjacking Sunday night.St. Joseph police report Bryson McCray has been charged after forcing a couple from their car at gunpoint.Police accuse McCray of approached the two with a handgun in the 2400 block of Olive Street Sunday night. He forced them out of the vehicle and fled.St. Joseph police officers pursued the vehicle and stopped it at Maple Leaf Parkway and Pendle...

Congressman Sam Graves/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostNorthern Missouri Congressman Sam Graves opposes President Biden's proposal to nearly double the number of IRS agents.Graves, a Republican, casts doubt on the wisdom of hiring 87,000 new agents at the Internal Revenue Service, pointing out the United States has a little more than 3,100 counties."You do the math, with 87,000 IRS agents, that means we're going to have 27 IRS agents for every single county in the United ...

By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostThe Missouri Highway Patrol has reopened both lanes of I-29 in far northwestern Missouri after clearing hazardous material from the roadway.I-29 was closed from mile marker 99 to mile marker 107 due to a wreck involving a tanker truck carrying fuel. The truck overturned in a construction zone forcing the closure so crews could clean up the mess. The closure lasted just around four hours. The patrol has reopened both the northbound and southbound lanes of I-29. The nort...