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Mosaic Life Care Chief Medical Officer Dr. Edward Kammerer addresses reporters about expansion of the UMKC School of Medicine at Mosaic/Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post After wrapping up its first year of rural health education, a UMKC campus located at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, will be getting some help. Mosaic Chief Medical Officer Dr. Edward Kammerer says the fund received from the federal government will help with some much-needed expansion to the UMKC School of Medic...

Congressman Sam Graves/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostNorthern Missouri Congressman Sam Graves says the financial sanctions imposed by the Biden Administration on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine have come up short.Graves, a Republican member of the House Armed Services Committee, says it is the sanctions not imposed by President Biden that troubles him."He did not include the world banking system, which is a problem," Graves tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "He did not inc...

Red Lion Hotel in downtown St. Joseph/Photo by Brent Martin By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA dilapidated hotel which has become an eyesore in downtown St. Joseph just might get new life.St. Joseph city officials have outlined a tax break proposal intended to spark a $27 million renovation of the old Red Lion Hotel, vacant for the past three years.St. Joseph Planning and Community Development Director Clint Thompson says though the hotel has undergone considerable deterioration, the potential deve...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA 32-year-old St. Joseph woman has been charged with resisting arrest and suspicion of driving drunk after leading law enforcement on a chase from Kansas City to St. Joseph.The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports T'era Pennell was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon near downtown St. Joseph.The patrol says Pennell fled police officers at Interstate 29 and 72nd Street in Kansas City, driving north on I-29. Buchanan County authorities put down spike strips and...

Two of the Peterson Farm Brothers speak to a packed crowd at the Farm-City Breakfast in St. Joseph/Photo by Brent Martin By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostIt began as a lark. Then, it caught fire.The Peterson Farm Brothers might just be farm kids from central Kansas, but they have become social media sensations with their farm-based parodies of popular songs drawing millions of views.Greg Peterson, a Kansas State University communications graduate, says these videos might seem light-hearted, but the...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post The Lions Club in St. Joseph invites St. Joseph residents to eat some pancakes, and give some blood, as part of its 69th annual pancake days. Pancake Days will begin on Friday March 25th and run through Sunday the 27th. President of the Host Lions Club Roer Unruh says the first day of pancake days will look a little different this year, as the Lions Club looks to help out with the ongoing blood shortage in the area. "The blood agencies around the city of St. Jos...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph police are looking for three young men, suspected of shooting into a car late Sunday night.The driver, who was the only occupant of the car, was not wounded, but did suffer minor injuries from broken glass.Police say the shooting began shortly before 11 o'clock last night in the 300 block of West Valley in south St. Joseph. Police suspect three young men were responsible. No one is in custody at this time.St. Joseph police officers also responded to ...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA 41-year-old Ridgeway man has been charged with second degree murder in the death of a Bethany man.The Harrison County Sheriff's Office reports Travis Gilliland has been charged by the prosecuting attorney's office with the death of 51-year-old Lynn Trammel, found shot dead March 15th at a residence in the 300 block of Locust Street in Ridgeway.The office says its officers along with members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the house and ...

Kelsey Johnson (left) dribbles in the first half of Benton's 47-42 win over Helias Catholic in the Class 4 state semifinal at the Hammond Student Center on Friday. Photo by Tommy Rezac. By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostSPRINGFIELD - It was unclear for about the first three quarters of Friday's Class 4 state semifinal between Benton and Helias Catholic whether any team could pull away.With the game knotted at 23-23 with 2:44 left in the third, neither team had led by more than three and the...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA three-year-old boy was run over and killed early Thursday evening in a driveway at a home just east of Cosby.The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the three-year-old was standing in front of the passenger side of the pick-up driven by 73-year-old Timothy Sweeney of Easton when the truck moved forward and struck the boy.The boy was rushed to Mosaic Life Care, but pronounced dead more than an hour later.