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By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post With the cold weather starting to arrive, people will be bringing out their winter clothes to stay warm. And for those that can't afford warm clothes, the Salvation Army in St. Joseph is here to help with its annual coat drive. Major Ronald Key, Administrator of the Salvation Army in St. Joseph, says they will provide many different types of winter weather gear. "What people do (they) just come into our office, they need a coat we give them a voucher, and send them to our thrift store to take a coat that fits them," Key tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post....

By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph city councilmembers this week officially approved the demolition and rebuild of the Red Lion Hotel in downtown.HDDA St. Joseph LLC and the city agreed to redevelop the Red Lion Hotel, which has sat vacant for years. The decision by city council confirms that the developer will tear down the existing structure and build a 150-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel.Marci Bennett, Executive Director of the St. Joseph Convention and Visitors Bureau says the decision to tear down and rebuild the hotel was the best decision on the table."It'll be absolutel...

McCray-photo Buchanan Co. By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA 33-year-old St. Joseph man has been charged with felony robbery in a carjacking Sunday night.St. Joseph police report Bryson McCray has been charged after forcing a couple from their car at gunpoint.Police accuse McCray of approached the two with a handgun in the 2400 block of Olive Street Sunday night. He forced them out of the vehicle and fled.St. Joseph police officers pursued the vehicle and stopped it at Maple Leaf Parkway and Pendleton. McCray was taken into custody without incident.

Congressman Sam Graves/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostNorthern Missouri Congressman Sam Graves opposes President Biden's proposal to nearly double the number of IRS agents.Graves, a Republican, casts doubt on the wisdom of hiring 87,000 new agents at the Internal Revenue Service, pointing out the United States has a little more than 3,100 counties."You do the math, with 87,000 IRS agents, that means we're going to have 27 IRS agents for every single county in the United States," Graves tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "So that would be 27 agents for Atchison Count...

By MATT PIKESt. Joseph PostThe Missouri Highway Patrol has reopened both lanes of I-29 in far northwestern Missouri after clearing hazardous material from the roadway.I-29 was closed from mile marker 99 to mile marker 107 due to a wreck involving a tanker truck carrying fuel. The truck overturned in a construction zone forcing the closure so crews could clean up the mess. The closure lasted just around four hours. The patrol has reopened both the northbound and southbound lanes of I-29. The northbound passing lane has been reopened, with that stretch operating as a construction zone.