Month: December 2024

By Jenna Wilson Meghan Casias spends countless hours working alongside the St. Joseph Animal Shelter, even fostering pets herself to help with the influx. Casias started her career working for an animal shelter in St. Louis where she grew up. That passion led her to kickstart a nonprofit dog rescue called ‘Is Today My Day

By Kirsten Stokes In the eyes of Robert and Kim Sigrist, educating youth and motivating them to serve is the reason they’ve dedicated so much of their lives to education. Robert has dedicated 31 years to education, holding positions like assistant principal at Central for 13 years, science teacher at Cameron and currently assistant superintendent

By Jenna Wilson If you don’t recognize Ron Auxier by his name, you certainly may have seen his composition around the city of St. Joseph. A retired architect, Auxier spends his time delivering mobile meals through InterServ and currently sits on the InterServ Board of Directors. Over the course of a successful career, Auxier carried

By Cameron Montemayor It‘s the fond memories of a sprawling Downtown that Christy George remembers, much like her grandparents before her, that drive her to create the same experience for residents and families through a variety of roles. “I think downtowns are the heart of every city,” said George, president of Main Street Downtown St.

By Jenna Wilson Even through the hardest parts of being a special education teacher, Deirdra “Deedie” Killgore finds joy in empowering students, even in retirement. Killgore spent the majority of her life working as a special education teacher for the St. Joseph School District and several other areas – educating infants to young adults. “There

By Cameron Montemayor It’s hard to imagine where Mosaic Life Care’s anesthesiology department would be without the leadership of Moe Matthias over nearly four decades. Matthias has been integral in numerous processes and plans to improve perioperative and anesthetic care within the hospital system to the benefit of countless patients. “Anesthesiology was a lot riskier

By Jenna Wilson While her original life journey didn’t include advocating for abused children, Carrie Watkins had a change of heart and felt the need to be a voice for so many in St. Joseph. Watkins graduated from Missouri Western in 2003 with a bachelor’s in social work and a minor in gerontology, with an

By Cameron Montemayor Over the last 14 years, longtime Central High School history teacher Jeff Carter has helped turn the school’s Scholar Bowl program into a state powerhouse while mentoring countless students to academic success along the way. A desire to coach ultimately led Carter, a former Central alum, to start the Scholar Bowl program

By Kendra Simpson Annie Bramlage knew exactly the person she wanted to be by the age of 10. Today, she’s not only living out her dreams but also teaching hundreds of students to live out their own. Bramlage has lived a life dedicated to theatre. Her father passed on his passion of theatre to Bramlage,

By Kirsten Stokes Striving to do everything for the glory of God, Karon Milbourn doesn’t see her acts of service as her own, but as a ministry to bring light and encouragement to others. Spreading sunshine to nursing homes since May, Milbourn is a part of the “Sunshine Ladies.” Once a month, the group goes