Development on the new Rolling Hills Library is underway to replace the current St. Joseph branch located off of the North Belt Highway. Work on the nearly four-acre plot of land began in January.
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Pershing students learned empathy and compassion for others when they helped serve food at the Open Door Food Kitchen.
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Heart to Heart International provided two disaster response vehicles for free breast and cervical cancer screenings.
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Many contestants of the annual Chili Cookoff have participated for several years prior and enjoyed showing off their numerous trophies.
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Media outlets are reporting that the suspect allegedly involved in the Friday morning a double homicide and child abduction from Riverside, Missouri, was killed by police. The Platte County, Missouri Sheriff’s Office originally issued an Amber Alert at 5:10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, for a five-year-old child. Guiliana Manning was abducted after the suspect
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Owning a small local business in a market flooded with bigger chain competitors isn’t without its challenges, but St. Joseph entrepreneurs are showing they can be successful.
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The United Way of Greater St. Joseph announced a new program to provide community members with volunteer opportunities.
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(St. Joseph, Mo.) St. Joseph School District officials are taking a look at differences in course offerings at the city’s three public high schools. A supporting document presented during February’s school board meeting shows Central High School offers more courses, compared to Lafayette and Benton. SJSD High School Offerings Comparison 24-25 – Google SheetsDownload “The reason is
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Members of the military will receive a shout out at the 2025 Apple Blossom Parade, which has “Salute” as its theme. The parade is set for Saturday, May 3, and will start at 9:30 a.m. at Noyes and Frederick before heading Downtown. Entries are now being accepted. “The theme this year celebrates all branches of our
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St. Joseph’s Landfill Task Force received promising news on the facility’s critical capacity situation and plans to prevent a soft closure. As of Sunday, Feb. 23, the landfill was at 46% — or roughly 8,300 to 8,500 tons — of its average monthly waste intake of 18,111 tons. City officials implemented a voluntary 30%
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St. Joseph School District officials said they are investigating and don’t condone the actions of a staff member in a photo circulating on social media. The photo posted by a St. Joseph School District custodial employee shows someone squatting over a President Donald Trump-themed Valentine’s Day box created by a student at Bessie Ellison Elementary School. In
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With the St. Joseph School District preparing right-size schools in the coming years, the act won’t affect the recruitment and retention for staff. “It’s pretty safe to say that we will use every staff member that we have,” said Dr. Gabe Edgar, SJSD superintendent. “I know that there’s a lot of questions in the back of some
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The Davis brothers are among the group of people who will grace the wall of the St. Joseph Museum’s Black Archives Hall of Fame following the 2025 induction ceremony this Thursday night.
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Northwest Missouri State University is encouraging the northwest Missouri community to participate in an emergency and disaster response training. Northwest’s Emergency and Disaster Management program in Maryville, Missouri is accepting students, employees and community members to engage in is free Campus-Community Emergency Response Team training next month. “The main purpose of this training is to
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The annual Northwest Missouri Drug Task Force meeting was held at the Buchanan County law enforcement center on Wednesday, February 26.
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One of the state’s top nonprofit organizations is lending a helping hand to grow the St. Joseph Museums’ humanities education program. The MHC awarded a grant of $25,000 to the St. Joseph Museums on Wednesday, Feb. 26, to support a new project titled “St. Joseph, MO – An American (HIS)tory, (HER)story, (OUR)story.” According to the
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The Missouri Department of Transportation reopened the U.S. Route 59 (Savannah Road) in Andrew County on Wednesday morning. The U.S. Route 59 was previously closed for water main repairs from Route DD to County Line Road just north of St. Joseph. For up-to-date road conditions throughout the state, visit traveler.modot.org/map.
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UPDATE: The Atchison, Kansas Police Department has canceled the Silver Alert for a missing Atchison woman. According to the Atchison Police Department at 10:07 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 77-year-old Janice Buttron was found safe. The Atchison Police Department and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation are asking for the public’s help to find a missing
Continue Reading The St. Joseph School Board appointed cabinet positions, with staffing changes becoming ever-so-present for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year. Stacia Studer, the St. Joseph School District’s current director of curriculum and instruction, will take over for Dr. Ashly McGinnis as the Assistant Superintendent of Academics. McGinnis will assume her role of SJSD’s superintendent for the
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From teaching kids to teaching congregations, St. Joseph Pastor Brian Kirk is taking the opportunity to run for school board.
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A pop band known best for songs “Jungle,” “Renegades,” and “Unsteady” will headline the annual spring concert at Northwest Missouri State University next month. X Ambassadors will perform at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 4, in the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse on Northwest’s campus in Maryville, Missouri. Doors for the concert will open at
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On Saturday, February 22, SJPD was dispatched to the 1300 block of S 11th St in response to a report of a suspicious bag.
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Adult driver’s education students will have the opportunity to learn rules of the road with a program put on by the St. Joseph Safety Council.
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St. Joseph fire crews responded to a structure fire on the 3800 block of King Hill Avenue.
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The Senior Citizen Tax Credit program, signed into law by the Buchanan County Commission, allows taxpayers over 62-years-old to apply for credits that cap future real property tax increases.
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Contestants can now sign up for next month’s annual Apple Blossom pageant. The event begins at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, at the Missouri Theater. Girls ages 7 through 19 can sign up at www.appleblossomparade.com under the “royalty pageant” tab. There are categories for princess (ages 7 through 10), junior queen (ages 11 through
Continue Reading From snow days to finances, the St. Joseph School School District Board of Education discussed a laundry list of items at Monday night’s meeting. With the district utilizing all of its snow and alternate methods of instruction (AMI) days, the district looked at backup plans in case another unexpected event causes classes to be canceled
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SJFD Firefighters had previously responded to a structure fire at the same vacant property this past Tuesday, Feb. 18.
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St. Joseph Memorial Park and Mount Auburn Cemetery will conduct its semi-annual cemetery cleanup on Monday, March 3. Cemetery staff will clear all flowers, decorations and additional items off every grave to mow and conduct maintenance of the cemetery grounds. Community members are asked to remove any items that they wish to keep by the
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The Cotillion for Achievement honored 16 students from Andrew and Buchanan counties
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