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Director of the St. Joseph Community Alliance Tama Wagner presents results of a community survey to Community Alliance members and members of the media/ Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post The St. Joseph Community Alliance has revealed the results of a recent community survey and are seeing improvements for the first time in years. Director of the Community Alliance Tama Wagner says perception of St. Joseph has increased in several key areas. "Every livability trend has improved from is it a good place to work, is there overall quality of life in the community, is it a good pl...

Paul Luster (at podium) will become the next Chief of the St. Joseph Police Department. Luster will take over the position on June 26th/ Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Officials with the City of St. Joseph have named the next Chief of Police. Paul Luster. who spent 25 plus years with the Kansas City Police Department, will take over leadership of the St. Joseph Police Department next month. Luster says he was drawn to St. Joseph after participating in a training session in the city two years ago. "Thought to myself then this is a really neat city, so when I saw the opport...

Fence posts (left) go up as part of the wall construction at the Benedictines of Mary, Que

File photo By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Along with a move to the north side of Rosecrans Memorial Airport, members of the 139th Airlift Wing are also awaiting word on if they'll be receiving new jets. The 139th has applied to upgrade the current C-130 H Model aircraft to the larger C-130 J models. Commander of the 139th Colonel John Cluck says currently it's wait and see as they proceed through the selection process. "It's over now to, at some point, the director of the Air National Guard for the country will make a decision, I think St. Joe is the perfect candidate, I thin...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post An annual event hosted by the St. Joseph Police Department will help show kids the importance of police officers and how they can help. The Cops Who Care Kids Camp will be held July 17th through the 21st. Interim Police Chief Dave Hart says the camp is a great opportunity for kids to build relationships with the city's officers "The kids have an absolute blast, they do a bunch of sports, and on top of that they'll do demonstrations, when and how to call 9-1-1, fire safety, crime scene investigation, other educational programs, so we try to kind o...