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Amanda Hoenes makes a stop in Jefferson City, across from the Missouri Capitol/Photo used by permission By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA Marine veteran viewed St. Joseph from the Missouri River as she paddled the 3,300 miles from the headwaters of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico.Amanda Hoenes of Branson wrote about the adventure in her book: Digging Deeper: USMC Veteran Solo Paddles the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.Hoenes says the trip took her by St. Joseph as the trees began to turn colors."Just the beauty was such a surprise and St. Joe in particular," Hoenes tells KFEQ/St. J...

Two new simulators at the Missouri Western Law Enforcement Academy in St. Joseph will provide unique learning experiences for incoming cadets to the Academy/ Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Two new simulators at the Missouri Western Law Enforcement Academy will help future law enforcement officers learn in new and advanced ways. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in a new training suite at the law enforcement academy for a MILO simulator, which teaches decision making, and a new driving simulator. Incoming Academy Commander Lonnie Bishop says the MILO simulator will help simula...

By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostThe Andrew County Health Department was recently awarded a grant of more than $397,000 to implement a WIC Community Innovation and Outreach Project, or WIC CIAO.The project is supported by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, and it aims to build outreach strategies to increase participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.Jayne White, Director of Clinical Operations at the Andrew County Health Department, says Andrew County was one of 36 agencies selected for this grant in a pool of 150 applicants."We worked throu...

By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostA committee formed by the Missouri Association of Counties is working to find solutions to help get mentally ill people treatment, rather than incarceration. Buchanan County Sheriff Bill Puett, a member of that committee, says on any given day Missouri jails could be holding 190 to 200 mentally ill inmates as they wait for beds in mental health facilities. "Often times those individuals sit between 8 to 12 months and the issue with that is the staffing in jails are not designed, or do they have the resources, to deal with individuals in mental health crisis,&quo...

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