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By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph public school officials have shifted focus on summer school.St. Joseph School Superintendent Gabe Edgar says in the past the St. Joseph School District tended to focus on getting as many students as possible in summer school to draw down as much state money as possible. Edgar says, now, the focus is on the students, getting them caught up academically and prepared for next fall."We feel like we have a pretty good program going and we have a good partnership with Catapult Learning," Edgar tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. "It'...

St. Joseph firefighters wrap up work on Clay Street near the intersection of 22nd./Photo by Brent Martin By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostFire engulfed an occupied house on Clay Street, near the intersection with 22nd, early Tuesday evening, leaving one injured.St. Joseph Fire Inspector Steve Henrichson says the fire department got the call shortly after 6:30. Henrichson says when crews arrived, they found heavy fire and smoke in the back of the building."They made sure everyone was evacuated," Henrichson tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "Did a secondary search because they weren't...

The Imagine 11 concert series draws several hundreds of people to Coleman Hawkins Park every Sunday between the first Sunday of June and the second Sunday of August/ Photo courtesy of Imagine 11 By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post A concert series that has filled downtown with music for over a decade is returning this weekend. Several area churches came together in 2013 to form the Imagine 11 concert series, helping fill Sundays at Coleman Hawkins Park with a variety of music. Director Roger Lenander says when the event was originally planned, he thought it would just be once or twice a month, but it...

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostPerhaps this time, it will actually become law.Max's Law is once again on the governor's desk.State Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer of Parkville has hope that this year will be the year."This is the third year now that I've sponsored Max's Law," Luetkemeyer tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post.Luetkemeyer first carried the legislation in the session following the death of K-9 Max. The St. Jospeh police dog was shot and killed by a suspect he was chasing June 21st of 2021. It was discovered after the death that under Missouri law the killing of a police a...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Efforts to clean up St. Joseph have been going on for several years, and the St. Joseph City Council is putting forth efforts to help in that mission. Second District Councilmember Andy Trout says along with new infrastructure projects, there are several other projects in place to clean up the city "There's been a lot of street projects, a lot of historic restoration projects, a lot of structures that could not be saved have been demolished just because they're dangerous," Trout tells host of the KFEQ Hotline Barry Birr. "So, I think along ...