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File photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph city officials welcome the public's input as they search for a new police chief.The St. Joseph City Council hired a national search firm that specializes in law enforcement.City Manager Bryan Carter urges residents to go to the City of St. Joseph website to give their opinion on the police chief search."We have a link to that survey out on the city's website right now that just anyone in the community can jump on there and take," Carter tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. "It's a really important tool that...

By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostRural broadband will take a big step after receiving funding from the Missouri Department of Economic Development. Gov. Mike Parson announced today that $261 million has been awarded to 60 recipients for projects to expand and improve Internet access across Missouri, including three major northwest Missouri projects. United Services has been awarded $8.2-million to provide broadband service to Andrew, Buchanan, Holt, Nodaway, and Worth Counties. Green Hills Telephone Corporation has been awarded $6.2-million for Caldwell County. Mid-State Services has been awarded $...

The Buchanan County Courthouse/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostThe Buchanan County Courthouse needs a new roof.And this roofing project is unlike most roofing projects. County officials have to comply with historic preservation rules as they seek to tear off the old roof and put on a new one, a project likely to cost more than a million dollars.Presiding County Commissioner Scott Nelson says the roof is showing its age."But there's some leaks," Nelson tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. "You go up into the attic of the courthouse and like any old building, w...

Western Reception Diagnostic and Correctional Center / File photo By MATT PIKESt. Joseph Post The Missouri Department of Corrections says an offender died at Western Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center Thursday morning. According to the department of corrections, 59-year-old Jerry McGinnis was pronounced dead at 9:15 a.m. McGinnis was serving two seven-year sentences for possession of a controlled substance, a seven-year sentence for forgery, a seven-year sentence for distribution of a controlled substance and a seven-year sentence for endangering the welfare of a child, all in Ra...

Photo courtesy of the Missouri Conservation Department By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Conservation officials are making strides in getting the elk population back in Missouri. The elk population is in a good place conservation officials say after efforts to revitalize the animal in Missouri. Deer and Elk program leader Jason Isabel says his department in association with several others have been working hard to bring the elk back to the state. "About 10 years ago we wrapped up that restoration effort, brought in about 110 elk from Kentucky and released them down into a part of the Ozarks...