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The building that housed Kmart before it closed in 2019 has sat abandoned along the Belt Highway with options being explored of what can be done with it/ Photo by Matt Pike By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post St. Joseph city councilmembers are aware of a large number of abandoned buildings in the city, including some former retail business buildings along the city's main commercial road. Councilmember Madison Davis, in response to a caller on the KFEQ Hotline, says the council is aiming to do something about these buildings. However, for many of those buildings along Belt Highway, Davis says ...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Last year felt different from the years during the coronavirus pandemic for the United Way of Greater St. Joseph. President Kylee Strough says things felt back to normal as services bounced back to how they were prior to 2020. "We saw a lot of our programming return to things we recognized," Strough tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "For instance, through our profit and education initiative we were able to get career speakers back into classrooms and school settings to share with students about career paths they might want to consider in their education...

By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostThe Missouri Highway Patrol reports a minimal number of fatalities during the New Year's holiday counting period. Statewide the Highway Patrol reports two fatalities and 75 injuries in 243 traffic crashes. There were zero boating accidents or drownings. Both fatalities occurred in the Troop E region in the southeastern part of the state near the Poplar Bluff area. 104 drivers were arrested for drunk driving. The two fatalities mark an increase of one from last year, with one fatality and 331 injuries in 1,045 traffic crashes. 

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post St. Joseph City Manager Bryan Carter sees new opportunities for access to downtown in the proposed changes to the I-229 double decker bridge. Carter says good access and the same accesses to downtown today are totally different things, but bringing entirely different ways into downtown presents good opportunities "One of the pieces that's been talked about is an extension of St. Joseph Avenue to the, instead of it kind of merging into 229, extending it to the west in a way that would attach to McArthur," Carter tells KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr. ...

By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Some people may celebrate the new year a little harder than others and should get home safely this holiday weekend. Seargent Shane Hux with Troop H of the Missouri Highway Patrol in St. Joseph says if you are at a party with alcohol this new year's, practice precaution getting home. "By all means reach out and make sure you have a sober designated driver, there's a lot of services provided for you even around the St. Joe area there's Ubers, Lyfts, things like that taxi service," Hux tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "So, just make sure yo...